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Indian workers were greeted with wild cheers and flower garlands Tuesday as rescuers safely brought out all 41 from the collapsed Himalayan road tunnel where they were trapped after a…
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A Moroccan appeal court on Monday sentenced a man to three years in prison for insulting King Mohammed VI in social media posts criticising normalisation with Israel, the defence…
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At least 11 people were killed and 35 injured Saturday by a fire at a shopping mall in Pakistan’s commercial capital of Karachi, officials said. More than 60 people were inside the mall…
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DEREK Chauvin, US police officer whose murder of George Floyd sparked massive racial justice protests in 2020, was stabbed in prison on Friday, the New York Times reported citing…
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A total of 24 hostages — 13 Israelis, 10 Thais and one Filipino — were handed over Friday to the Red Cross in Gaza by Hamas, Qatar, which mediated the deal, said. “Those released…
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Niger’s military ruler General Abdourahamane Tiani on Thursday arrived in Mali to meet his counterpart Colonel Assimi Goita in his first international visit since seizing power in July,…
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Israel said a four-day Gaza truce and hostage release will not start until at least Friday, delaying a breakthrough deal to pause the brutal war with Hamas. National security adviser…
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US President Joe Biden congratulated Argentine president-elect Javier Milei in a call on Wednesday, the White House said, three days after the libertarian outsider’s resounding election…
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Pope Francis on Wednesday met separately with Israeli relatives of hostages held in Gaza and of Palestinian prisoners in Israel, saying both sides “suffer so much”. At the end of his…
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Israel and Hamas announced a deal on Wednesday allowing at least 50 hostages and scores of Palestinian prisoners to be freed, while offering besieged Gaza residents a four-day truce…
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