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Trump calls for deal on Gaza war as signs of progress emerge
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Sunday pleaded for progress in ceasefire talks in the war in Gaza, calling for a deal that would halt the fighting in the 20-monthlong conflict as…
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Iran says 71 killed In Israeli strike on Evin prison
Tehran: Iran’s judiciary says at least 71 people were killed in Israel’s attack Monday on Tehran’s Evin prison, a notorious facility where many political activists have been held. Also ReadOpinion: Why Israel…
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Sudan’s military accepts UN proposal of weeklong ceasefire in El Fasher for aid distribution
Cairo: Sudan’s military agreed to a proposal from the United Nations for a weeklong ceasefire in El Fasher to facilitate UN aid efforts to the area, the army said Friday. UN Secretary-General…
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‘You got beat to hell: ‘Trump tells Iran’s supreme leader
Washington: President Donald Trump on Friday scoffed at Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s heated warning to the US not to launch future strikes on Iran, as well as the Iranian supreme leader’s assertion that…
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US Supreme Court ruling leaves fate of Trump’s birthright citizenship order unclear
Washington: A divided Supreme Court on Friday ruled that individual judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, but the decision left unclear the fate of President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright…
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1 killed, 11 wounded in intense Israeli strikes on south Lebanon
Nabatieh: Israel’s air force carried out intense airstrikes on mountains overlooking a southern Lebanon city Friday in an attack that the Israeli military said targeted underground assets of militant Hezbollah group. Shortly…
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US signed deal with China on trade, says Trump
Bangkok: The US and China have signed an agreement on trade, President Donald Trump said, adding he expects to soon have a deal with India. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told Bloomberg TV…
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Israeli strike kills 18 Palestinians in central Gaza as turmoil mounts over food distribution
Gaza Strip: An Israeli strike hit a street in central Gaza on Thursday where witnesses said a crowd of people was getting bags of flour from a Palestinian police unit that had…
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Iran says its nuclear installations ‘badly damaged’ by American strikes
Tehran: Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmail Baghaei, confirmed Wednesday that the country’s nuclear facilities had been “badly damaged” in American strikes over the weekend. Speaking on Al Jazeera, Baghaei refused to go…
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Trump admin to provide USD 30M to Israeli group distributing food in Gaza
Washington: The Trump administration is providing USD 30 million to an Israeli-backed group distributing food in Gaza, a US official said Tuesday. The request is the first known US government funding for…
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Iran carries out three more executions over spying for Israel
Tehran: Iran executed three more prisoners on Wednesday over allegedly spying for Israel, its state-run IRNA news agency reported, the latest hangings connected to its war with Israel. The hangings happened in Urmia…
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Seven Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza as armoured vehicle hit by explosive: Military
Jerusalem: Seven Israeli soldiers were killed on Tuesday in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis when their armoured vehicle was struck by an explosive, an Israeli military official said on Wednesday.…
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US strikes only set back Iran’s nuclear program by months: Report
Washington: A new US intelligence report found that Iran’s nuclear programme has been set back only a few months after a US strike and was not “completely and fully obliterated” as President…
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Israel kills 44 waiting for aid as war’s death toll passes 56,000: Gaza officials
Deir al-Balah: Israeli forces and drones opened fire toward hundreds of Palestinians waiting for aid in separate incidents in southern and central Gaza early Tuesday, killing at least 44, witnesses and hospitals…
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Israeli forces fire at people waiting for food aid in Gaza, 25 killed
Deir al-Balah: Israeli forces and drones opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza early Tuesday, killing at least 25 people, Palestinian witnesses and hospitals said. The…
