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Israeli strikes kill at least 18 in central Gaza a day after attack on UN-run school

Jerusalem: Overnight Israeli airstrikes in central Gaza killed at least 18 people, including children, a day after 33 were killed at a United Nations-run school sheltering displaced Palestinian families, health officials said

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels detain at least 9 UN staffers and others in sudden crackdown, officials say

Dubai: At least nine Yemeni employees of United Nations agencies have been detained by Yemen’s Houthi rebels under unclear circumstances, authorities said Friday, as the rebels face increasing financial pressure and airstrikes

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Swedish police detain 19 pro-Palestinian activists who barricaded themselves inside a university

Copenhagen: Swedish police detained 19 pro-Palestinian activists who barricaded themselves in the country’s main technical education and research university on Friday. After two hours, police carried out the masked activists from the

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Taiwan rejects China’s protest over messages between PM Modi, Taiwanese Prez Lai

New Delhi: Taiwan on Friday rejected China’s outrage over a “cordial” exchange of messages between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te describing Beijing’s reaction as “utterly unjustified”. The comments

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China & Pakistan vow to protect CPEC from ‘detractors and adversaries’

Islamabad/Beijing: Pakistan and China on Friday vowed to protect the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) from its “detractors and adversaries”, as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met his Chinese counterpart Li Qiang and assured

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Israeli strike kills at least 33 people at a Gaza school sheltering displaced Palestinians

Deir Al-Balah (Gaza Strip): An Israeli strike early Thursday on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in central Gaza killed more than 30 people, including 23 women and children, according to local health

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Spain applies to join South Africa’s case at top UN court accusing Israel of genocide

Barcelona: Spain became on Thursday the first European country to ask a United Nations court for permission to join South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza. South Africa filed its

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Biden calls for solidarity with Ukraine at D-Day anniversary ceremony near the beaches of Normandy

Colleville-Sur-Mer (France): US President Joe Biden marked the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday by saying “we will not walk away” from the defense of Ukraine and allow Russia to threaten more

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China lodges protest over PM Modi’s response to Taiwan President’s greetings on his poll victory

Beijing: China on Thursday protested over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s comment that he looked forward to having closer ties with Taiwan, and insisted that New Delhi should resist Taiwan authorities’ “political calculations.”

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Sudanese RSF paramilitaries clash with the army, leaving at least 100 people dead

Cairo: At least 100 people were killed, and dozens were injured after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces attacked a village in Gezira province in Sudan on Wednesday, officials said. Women, children, and

Israel confirms its forces are in central Rafah in expanding offensive in the southern Gaza city

Jerusalem: The Israeli military confirmed Friday that its forces are operating in central parts of Rafah in its expanding offensive in the southern Gaza city. Israel launched its ground assault into the

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UN refugee chief says 114 million have fled homes because nations fail to tackle causes of conflict

United Nations: The number of people fleeing their homes because of war, violence and persecution has reached 114 million and is climbing because nations have failed to tackle the causes and combatants

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Donald Trump becomes first former US president to be convicted of felony in hush money trial

Washington: Donald Trump has been found guilty of all 34 charges of falsifying business records by a grand jury in New York, an unprecedented and historic verdict that makes him the first

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UN chief cites the promise and perils of dizzying new technology as ”AI for Good” conference opens

Geneva: The UN telecommunications agency has kicked off its annual AI for Good conference, hoping to guide business, consumers and governments on ways to tap the promise of the new technology but

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Massive international police operation takes down ransomware networks, arrests 4 suspects

The Hague (Netherlands): Police coordinated by the European Union’s justice agency have taken down computer networks responsible for spreading ransomware via infected emails, in what they called the biggest ever international operation

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2 soldiers are killed in a West Bank car-ramming attack, Israeli military says

Jerusalem: The Israeli military said Thursday that two soldiers were killed in a car-ramming attack in the occupied West Bank. Violence in the West Bank has surged throughout the war in Gaza

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Algeria proposes Security Council resolution demanding Israel halt offensive in Rafah

United Nations: Algeria is circulating a proposed UN Security Council resolution that would demand an immediate cease-fire in Gaza and order Israel to halt its military offensive in the southern city of

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Executions worldwide jumped last year to the highest number since 2015, Amnesty report says

London: The number of executions recorded worldwide last year jumped to the highest level since 2015, with a sharp rise in Iran and across the Middle East, Amnesty International said in a

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US condemns loss of life, but says no policy changes after civilian deaths in Israeli strike

Washington: The White House on Tuesday condemned the loss of life of dozens of civilians as a result of an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, but said it is not planning any policy

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Spain, Norway and Ireland formally recognise a Palestinian state as EU rift with Israel widens

Barcelona: Spain, Norway and Ireland formally recognised a Palestinian state on Tuesday in a coordinated effort by the three western European nations to add international pressure on Israel to soften its devastating

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