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5 missiles land near ship in the Red Sea in the latest attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels

Dubai: A ship traveling through the Red Sea came under repeated missile fire Friday in an attack launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, authorities said, the latest targeting the crucial maritime route. Five

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At least 9 dead including an entire family as landslides hit Nepal villages

Kathmandu: Landslides triggered by heavy rainfall on Saturday killed at least nine people including an entire family while they were sleeping in Nepal’s mountainous districts, officials said. The landslides buried houses in

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UNSC demands Yemen rebels halt their attacks on ships in Mideast waters

United Nations: The U.N. Security Council on Thursday approved a resolution demanding Yemen’s Houthi rebels halt all attacks on ships and urged that the disruption to maritime security in a critical Middle

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Israel lets 19 kids leave Gaza who are sick or wounded, first medical evacuation in nearly 2 months

Khan Younis (Gaza Strip): Israeli authorities say 68 people — 19 sick or wounded children plus their companions — have been allowed out of the Gaza Strip and into Egypt in the

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21 children to exit Gaza in first medical evacuation since early May

Khan Younis: Twenty-one critically ill children were set to exit Gaza on Thursday in the first medical evacuation since the territory’s sole travel crossing was shut down in early May, Palestinian officials

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Increase in anti-conversion laws, hate speech for minorities in India concerning: Blinken

Washington: There has been a “concerning increase” in anti-conversion laws, hate speech, and demolitions of homes and places of worship for members of minority faith communities in India, US Secretary of State

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after US legal battle ends

Canberra: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet on Wednesday, hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing US military secrets in a deal with Justice

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ICC convicts al-Qaida-linked leader of atrocities in Mali

The Hague: The International Criminal Court has convicted an al-Qaida-linked Islamic extremist leader of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Mali’s Timbuktu. Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud

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NATO appoints outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general

Brussels: NATO appointed Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general on Wednesday, putting the outgoing Dutch prime minister in charge of the world’s biggest security organisation at a critical time for European security

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Israeli supreme court says ultra-Orthodox men must serve in military

Jerusalem: Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for military service, a decision that could lead to the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s

Russia hammers Ukraine’s power grid again and Kyiv’s drones target more enemy oil depots

Kyiv: Russia resumed its aerial pounding of Ukraine’s power grid and Kyiv’s forces again targeted Russian oil facilities with cross-border drone strikes, seeking to curb each other’s ability to fight in a

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Ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels in fatal assault sinks in Red Sea in their second sinking

Dubai: A bulk carrier sank days after an attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels believed to have killed one mariner on board, authorities said early Wednesday, the second ship sunk in the rebels’

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Putin says Russia and North Korea have vowed to aid each other if attacked

Seoul: Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a new partnership deal that includes a vow of mutual aid if either country is attacked, as both face

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80 countries at Swiss conference agree territorial integrity of Ukraine must be basis of any peace

Obburgen (Switzerland): Eighty countries jointly called Sunday for the “territorial integrity” of Ukraine to be the basis for any peace agreement to end Russia’s two-year war, though some key developing nations at

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Israel’s army says it will pause daytime fighting along a route in southern Gaza to help ramp up aid

Jerusalem: Israel’s military announced on Sunday that it would pause fighting throughout daytime hours along a route in southern Gaza to free up a backlog of humanitarian aid deliveries destined for desperate

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G7 Summit commits to promoting India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor

Bari (Italy): The Group of Seven industrialised nations have committed to promoting concrete infrastructure initiatives such as the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) in the G7 Summit Communique issued at the end

2 weeks ago

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US military targets Houthi radar sites in Yemen after a merchant sailor goes missing

Dubai: The United States military unleashed a wave of attacks targeting radar sites operated by Yemen’s Houthi rebels over their assaults on shipping in the crucial Red Sea corridor, authorities said Saturday,

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Zelenskyy eyes ‘history being made’ at Swiss-hosted Ukraine peace conference

Obburgen (Switzerland): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday predicted “history being made” at the Swiss-hosted conference which aims to plot out the first steps toward peace in Ukraine even though experts and

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Italian PM Meloni officially closes G7 Summit; mentions talks with PM Modi

Bari (Italy): Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Saturday officially closed the G7 Summit in the Apulia region of southern Italy, with a reference to her talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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Iran swaps EU diplomat, another man for Sweden freeing Iranian convicted over ’88 mass executions

Dubai: Iran and Sweden carried out a prisoner swap on Saturday that saw Tehran release a European Union diplomat and another man for an Iranian convicted in Stockholm of committing war crimes

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