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18 EU nations seek 147 billion USD from new defence fund
Brussels: Eighteen European Union countries have applied for billions of euros from a new defence fund aimed at helping Europe provide for its own security, the bloc’s executive branch said Wednesday, with…
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Donald Trump shortens 50-day deadline for Russia to end war in Ukraine
Edinburgh: US President Donald Trump said Monday he is giving Russian President Vladimir Putin 10 to 12 days to stop the killing in Ukraine, shortening a 50-day deadline he had given the…
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Trump, Starmer to discuss Gaza amid Israeli strikes killing 34 Palestinians
Edinburgh: Israeli strikes killed at least 34 Palestinians before US President Donald Trump met with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday in Scotland, where they confirmed plans to discuss Gaza. A…
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Syria to hold 1st parliamentary elections since Assad’s fall in Sept
Damascus: Syria will hold parliamentary elections in September, the head of a body tasked with organising the election process told state media Sunday. Mohammed Taha al-Ahmad, chairman of the Higher Committee for…
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Israel kills 34 Palestinians after easing aid restrictions in Gaza
Gaza Strip: Israeli strikes killed at least 34 Palestinians in multiple locations across Gaza on Monday, local health officials said, a day after Israel eased aid restrictions in the face of a…
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UN hosts talks to revive Israel-Palestinian two-state solution
United Nations: The UN General Assembly is bringing high-level officials together this week to promote a two-state solution to the decades-old Israel-Palestinian conflict that would place their peoples side by side, living…
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Israel again intercepts Gaza-bound ship carrying activists, humanitarian aid
Tel Aviv: The Israeli military has intercepted a Gaza-bound aid ship seeking to break the Israeli blockade of the Palestinian territory, detaining 21 international activists and journalists and seizing all cargo, including…
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Japan to invest USD 550B in US, Trump claims 90pc profits for America
Washington: President Donald Trump is bragging that Japan has given him, as part of a new trade framework, USD 550 billion to invest in the United States. It’s an astonishing figure, but…
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Israeli gunfire & strikes kill at least 25 in Gaza as many of the dead sought aid
Deir Al-Balah: Israeli airstrikes and gunshots killed at least 25 people overnight into Saturday, according to Palestinian health officials and the local ambulance service, as ceasefire talks appear to have stalled and…
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US birthright citizenship: Judge blocks Trump’s restrictions in third ruling
Boston: A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from ending birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally, issuing the third court ruling blocking the…
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Netanyahu says Israel considering alternatives to ceasefire talks with Hamas
Cairo: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday his government was considering “alternative options” to ceasefire talks with Hamas after Israel and the US recalled their negotiating teams, throwing the future of…
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Hunger crisis in Gaza claims lives of dozens of children in a month
Deir al-Balah: Five starving children at a Gaza City hospital were wasting away, and nothing the doctors tried was working. The basic treatments for malnourishment that could save them had run out…
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Hamas submits truce proposal; Israel says terms are ‘workable’
Tel Aviv: Israel said it received Hamas’ latest ceasefire proposal, with an Israeli official calling it “workable,” although no details were provided. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were…
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US birthright citizenship: Appeals court finds Trump’s order unconstitutional
Washington: A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s order seeking to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional, affirming a lower-court decision that blocked its enforcement nationwide. The ruling from a…