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2 years of war devastate Palestinian lives in Gaza
Jerusalem: Numbers alone cannot capture the toll the Israel-Hamas war has taken on the Gaza Strip. But they can help us understand how thoroughly the conflict has upended the lives of 2.1…
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French Prime Minister resigns after less than month in office
Paris: France’s new prime minister, Sebastien Lecornu, resigned on Monday, just a day after naming his government and after less than a month in office. The French presidency said in a statement…
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Protests sweep Rome, Madrid and Barcelona against Israel’s actions in Gaza
Barcelona: Hundreds of thousands of Italians and Spaniards marched in Rome, Barcelona and Madrid on Saturday, October 4, against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza in a show of growing international anger over…
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British police to get tougher powers to curb repeated pro-Palestinian protests
London: British police will get stronger powers to restrict repeated protests, the government said Sunday, after almost 500 people were arrested at a demonstration in support of a banned pro-Palestinian group. The…
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Syria holds first parliamentary elections since Assad’s fall
Damascus: Syria is holding parliamentary elections on Sunday, October 5, for the first time since the fall of the country’s longtime autocratic leader, Bashar Assad, who was unseated in a rebel offensive…
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Israel, Hamas to hold indirect talks in Egypt as ceasefire hopes rise
Cairo: Israel and Hamas prepared for indirect negotiations in Egypt on Monday, as hopes for a possible ceasefire began to build and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a truce and hostage release…
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‘We live side by side with death’: Gaza journalists report amid relentless loss
Gaza Strip: Minutes after journalists gathered outside a Gaza hospital to survey the damage of an Israeli strike, Ibrahim Qannan pointed his camera up at the battered building as the others climbed…
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Iran executes six accused of carrying out Israel-linked attacks
Tehran: Iran executed six death-row inmates Saturday, October 4, it alleged carried out attacks in the country’s oil-rich southwest on behalf of Israel, the latest prisoners to be put to death in…
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Trump tells Israel to halt Gaza strikes as Hamas backs peace plan
Gaza Strip: US President Donald Trump on Friday, October 3, ordered Israel to stop bombing the Gaza Strip after Hamas said it had accepted some elements of his plan to end the…
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Over 2 million rally across Italy in strike backing Gaza aid mission
Rome: More than 2 million people across Italy rallied in over 100 cities Friday for a one-day general strike to support the residents of Gaza and a humanitarian aid mission, Italy’s largest…
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Hamas agrees to parts of Trump’s Gaza peace plan
Gaza Strip: Hamas said Friday that it has accepted some elements of US President Donald Trump’s peace plan, including the release of all remaining hostages, but that others require further negotiations. US…
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Trump sets Sunday deadline for Hamas to agree to deal for ending war in Gaza
Washington: President Donald Trump said on Friday that Hamas must agree to a proposed peace deal for Gaza by 6 pm ET on Sunday and threatened that the group will suffer more…
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White House highlights Modi’s support for Trump’s ‘game-changing’ Gaza plan
New York: The White House has highlighted the “global support”, including from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for President Donald Trump’s “visionary” plan for peace in war-battered Gaza. President Trump’s “groundbreaking plan for…
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Magnitude 5 quake shakes Istanbul, triggers school evacuations
Istanbul: A moderately strong earthquake shook Istanbul and other parts of northwestern Turkiye on Thursday, Turkiye’s emergency services said. The quake sent people running from buildings and forced evacuations from schools, but…
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Four injured after car ramming, stabbing outside synagogue in Manchester
London: Police say four people have been injured after a car was driven at members of the public and a man was stabbed outside a synagogue in the north of Manchester. In…
