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Heads of CIA and MI6 issue joint call for cease-fire in Gaza
London: The heads of the American and British foreign intelligence agencies said Saturday they are “working ceaselessly” for a cease-fire...
Israeli forces appear to withdraw from Jenin — but the operation may not be over
Jenin Refugee Camp (West Bank): Israeli forces appeared to have withdrawn from three refugee camps in the occupied West Bank...
UN-backed rights experts seek wider arms embargo and ‘impartial force’ deployed to war-torn Sudan
Geneva: UN-backed human rights investigators on Friday urged the creation of an “independent and impartial force” to protect civilians in...
Israel’s Netanyahu demands open-ended control of Gaza’s border with Egypt
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel must keep open-ended control of Gaza's border with Egypt, digging...
Prez Putin says he’s constantly in touch with India, China, Brazil over Ukraine conflict
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday named India among the three countries he is constantly in touch over the...
US-sanctioned Serbia official meets Putin, says Belgrade is an ally and won’t join Western penalties
Moscow: Serbia is a Russian ally and will never impose sanctions against Moscow or join NATO, the Balkan nation's deputy...
US envoy to Taiwan declares ties ‘rock solid’ amid military threats from China
Taipei: The top US envoy to Taiwan on Wednesday said American support for the island is “rock-solid, principled, and bipartisan,”...
Rock ‘n’ roll, pop music, internet can sow seeds of ‘colour revolution’ in Gen Z, cautions China’s new textbook
Beijing: A new textbook cautions that rock 'n' roll, pop music, and the internet can be exploited to incite a...
Attempted jailbreak at a Congo prison kills 129 people as chaos erupts with a stampede and gunshots
Kinshasa (Congo): An attempted jailbreak in Congo's main prison left 129 people dead, including some who were shot and others...
Russian missile strike kills 41 people and wounds 180 in Ukraine’s Poltava city
Kyiv: Two Russian ballistic missiles struck an educational facility and nearby hospital in a central-eastern region of Ukraine, killing at...