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Netanyahu Eyes Hostage Breakthrough As Gaza Families Mourn Victims

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country's recent war with Iran had created "opportunities" for freeing hostages held by Hamas...

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Iran Holds State Funeral For Top Brass Slain In War With Israel

Iran will hold a state funeral service Saturday for around 60 people, including its military commanders, killed in its war with Israel, after Tehran's...

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UN Officials Say New Gaza Aid System Leads To Mass Killings

United Nations officials on Friday said a US- and Israeli-backed distribution system in Gaza was leading to mass killings of people seeking aid and...

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Dollar Holds Losses On Rate Cut Bets, Trade Hope Boosts Stocks

The dollar held around three-year lows Friday as traders ramp up bets on US interest rate cuts, while most stock markets rose on hopes Donald Trump...

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Spain PM Alleges 'Genocide' In Gaza As Rescuers Say 35 Killed

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Thursday became the most prominent European leader to describe the situation in Gaza as a "genocide", as...

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At Least 20 Killed In Suicide Attack On Damascus Church

At least 20 people were killed Sunday in a suicide attack on a church in Damascus, authorities said, with Syria's interior ministry blaming a member...

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Iran's Nuclear Programme: The Key Sites

The US military attacked three sites in Iran on Sunday -- Natanz, Isfahan and the mountain-buried Fordo, all key parts of Tehran's nuclear programme,...

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Inter Milan, Dortmund Claim First Wins At Club World Cup

Inter Milan came from behind to beat Urawa Red Diamonds and knock the Japanese side out of the Club World Cup on Saturday, while Borussia Dortmund...

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Iran-Israel War: Latest Developments

Israel and Iran exchanged fire again on Thursday, the seventh day of the war between the longtime enemies. Here are the latest developments: A...

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Stocks Drop After Fed Comments As Mideast Fears Lift Crude

Equities fell Thursday after the Federal Reserve warned Donald Trump's trade war could reignite US inflation and dampen economic growth, while oil...

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Israel, Iran Trade Missile Fire As Trump Warns Tehran To 'Evacuate'

Israel and Iran traded missile fire for a fifth straight day Tuesday, as US President Donald Trump warned Tehran residents to "immediately evacuate"...

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China's Xi In Kazakhstan To Cement Central Asia Ties

Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Central Asian leaders at a summit in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, his second trip to the region in under a year as...

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Oil Prices Rise Further As Israel-Iran Extends Into Fourth Day

Oil prices extended gains Monday as Israel and Iran pounded each other with missiles for a fourth day and threatened further attacks, stoking fears of...

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Israel-Iran Conflict: Latest Developments

Israel and Iran traded heavy fire for a third straight day on Sunday, with mounting casualties and expanding targets marking a sharp escalation in...

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Iran Missiles Kill 10 In Israel In Night Of Mutual Attacks

Iranian missile fire on Israel killed at least 10 people overnight, authorities said Sunday, as the foes exchanged new waves of attacks in their most...

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Putin Tells Trump Russia Is Ready For Next Round Of Ukraine Talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin told his US counterpart Donald Trump Saturday that Moscow was ready to hold a fresh round of peace talks with Kyiv...

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'Avoid Escalation': World Reacts To Israel Strike On Iran

World leaders urged restraint on Friday after Israel pounded Iran, striking 100 targets including nuclear and military sites, and killing senior...

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Israel Strikes Iran: What We Know

Israel on Friday carried out dozens of strikes in Iran, hitting nuclear and military sites as well as killing several commanders and nuclear...

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Ukraine Renews Demand To See Russia's Peace Terms

Ukraine said Thursday it was ready to hold more talks with Russia in Istanbul next week but again demanded that Moscow supply a document setting out...

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44 Killed In Israel Attacks In Gaza, After Food Warehouse Looted

At least 44 people were killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, rescuers said, a day after a World Food Programme warehouse in...

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Musk's Most Memorable Moments As Trump's Advisor

Billionaire Elon Musk has said he is leaving his role in the US government, in which he was tasked with reducing federal spending, shortly after his...

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Thousands Storm Aid Warehouse In Gaza As Hunger Crisis Deepens

Thousands of desperate Palestinians stormed a United Nations warehouse in central Gaza on Wednesday, with the World Food Programme reporting two...

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Thousands Rush Into New Aid Distribution Centre In South Gaza

Thousands of Palestinians rushed into a new aid distribution centre run by a US-backed group in southern Gaza on Tuesday, AFP journalists reported,...

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Russia Accuses Ukraine Of Trying To Derail Peace Talks

Russia said Tuesday that its massive aerial assaults on Ukraine in recent days were a "response" to escalating Ukrainian drone strikes on its own...

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Gaza Rescuers Say 13 Killed In Israeli Strike On School

Palestinian rescuers said an Israeli strike at dawn on Monday killed 13 people at a Gaza City school, as Israel presses ahead with what it has...

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Asian Markets Mixed As Trump Dials Down After EU Tariff Threat

Asian stocks were mixed Monday after Donald Trump thrust his trade war back into the spotlight by threatening the European Union with huge tariffs...

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Israel Marks Second Jerusalem Day Under Shadow Of Gaza War

Israeli police deployed near the walls of Jerusalem's Old City on Monday ahead of annual celebrations marking Israel's capture of east Jerusalem, held...

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Syria To Help Locate Missing Americans: US Envoy

Syria's new authorities have agreed to help the United States locate and return Americans who went missing in the war-ravaged country, a US envoy said...

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Sexually Assaulted And Smeared In Excrement: Uganda Activist Details Torture In Tanzania

Stripped naked, beaten until she could no longer walk, sexually assaulted and covered in excrement: award-winning Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire...

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UN Chief Says Gaza War In 'Cruelest Phase' As Aid Trucks Looted

The United Nations chief said Friday that Palestinians were enduring "the cruelest phase" of the war in Gaza, where more than a dozen food trucks were...

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'Serious' Accident At North Korea Warship Launch: State Media

A major accident occurred at the launch ceremony for a new North Korean naval destroyer, state media reported Thursday, with leader Kim Jong Un...

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'Hurt': Leningrad Siege Survivor, 84, Charged Over Peace Placard

Lyudmila Vasilyeva, 84, survived the Siege of Leningrad in World War II as a child. Now, the Russian pensioner faces prosecution for calling for peace...

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Deference And Disputes: How Leaders Get On With Trump

When foreign leaders meet with Donald Trump, they are walking a tightrope: They can be welcomed with open arms or be publicly belittled. It all...

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Equities Rebound To Track Wall St Up As China Cuts Rates

Most markets rose Tuesday as risk appetite returned following the previous day's US rating-fuelled losses, with sentiment also boosted after China cut...

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Oil Prices Jump On Report Of Israel Prepping Iran Strike

Crude prices rallied Wednesday following a report that US intelligence suggested Israel was planning a strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, which...

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Young Cameroonians Face Prospect Of New Bid By 92-year-old Leader

Young Cameroonian voters hoping for change in this year's elections still face the possibility that 92-year-old President Paul Biya could announce a...

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Trump To Hold Call With Putin In Push For Ukraine Ceasefire

US President Donald Trump will hold a phone call with Russia's Vladimir Putin on Monday as part of his long-running effort to end the war set off by...

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Biden Thanks Supporters For 'Love' After Cancer Diagnosis

Former US president Joe Biden expressed gratitude Monday for an outpouring of "love and support" following his cancer diagnosis, even as some in...

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Trump To Call Putin In Push For Ukraine Ceasefire

Donald Trump will speak by phone Monday with Russia's Vladimir Putin as part of the US leader's effort to end the grinding war set off by Moscow's...

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Asian Markets Drop After US Loses Last Triple-A Credit Rating

Asian stocks fell with the dollar Monday after Moody's removed the United States' last gold standard sovereign bond rating, citing the growing debt...

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Zelensky Meets Vance As Russian Drones Pound Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with US Vice President JD Vance on Sunday, for the first time since the heated debate in the White House in...

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Kremlin Says Putin-Zelensky Meeting Possible Only After Agreement

The Kremlin on Saturday said a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky would be possible only...

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Russia And Ukraine To Meet In Istanbul, But Expectations Low

Delegations from Moscow and Kyiv will be in Istanbul Friday for what could be their first direct meeting on the conflict in Ukraine since 2022, but...

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Vladimir Medinsky: Russia's History Hawk Leading Talks With Kyiv

Russia's former culture minister and Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky took part in failed talks with Ukraine at the start of Moscow's invasion in 2022...

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With Trump's Second Term, Big Tech Embraces US Exceptionalism

Big tech companies are increasingly waving the US flag in Washington where President Donald Trump is back in charge, pushing his America First agenda....

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Trump Says Could Meet Putin For Ukraine Talks In Turkey

US President Donald Trump offered on Wednesday to head to Turkey for talks on ending the Ukraine conflict, so long as his Russian counterpart Vladimir...

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France Summons Cryptocurrency Businesses After Kidnappings

The French interior minister said Wednesday he will meet with cryptocurrency professionals to discuss how to prevent future kidnappings for ransom...

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Baidu Plans Self-driving Taxi Tests In Europe This Year

Chinese tech giant Baidu plans to start testing self-driving taxis in Europe for the first time by the end of this year, a source with knowledge of...

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Stock Markets Fluctuate As China-US Trade Euphoria Fades

Major stock markets diverged and the dollar slid Wednesday as euphoria over easing US-China trade tensions petered out. While April's volatility...

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Strikes Kill 29 In Gaza As Hostage Release Talks Ongoing

Gaza rescuers said at least 29 people were killed in Israeli strikes on Wednesday as negotiations took place in Qatar for the release of hostages...

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