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New Zealand mosque shooter seeks to withdraw guilty pleas
Wellington: The man who killed 51 Muslim worshippers at two mosques in New Zealand’s deadliest mass shooting told an appeals court Monday, February 9, that he felt forced to admit to the…
- Middle East
Israel security cabinet approves steps to tighten control over West Bank
Jerusalem: Israel’s security cabinet on Sunday, February 8, approved measures that aim to deepen Israeli control over the occupied West Bank and weaken the already limited powers of the Palestinian Authority. The…
- Middle East
Baghdad traders protest new customs tariffs, cite rising costs and trade disruption
Baghdad: Hundreds of traders and customs clearance company owners protested in central Baghdad on Sunday, February 8, demanding that Iraq’s government reverse recently imposed customs tariffs that they say have sharply increased…
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Winter Olympics: Protests erupt in Italy against Israel, ICE agents
Milan: Italian police fired tear gas and a water cannon at dozens of protesters who threw firecrackers and tried to access a highway near a Winter Olympics venue on Saturday, February 7.…
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France’s former Culture Minister resigns amid alleged links to Epstein
Paris: France’s former Culture Minister Jack Lang has resigned as head of a Paris cultural centre over alleged past financial links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that prompted a tax investigation.…
- Middle East
Gaza’s Rafah Crossing reopens, but movement remains minimal
Khan Younis: When the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt finally reopened this week, Palestinian officials heralded it as a “window of hope” after two years of war as a fragile…
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Facing high Trump tariffs, South Africa close to new trade deal with China
Cape Town: China and South Africa signed a framework agreement for a new trade deal on Friday, February 6, as Africa’s leading economy looks to other options following the high import tariffs…
- Middle East
Oman mediates indirect US-Iran talks over Tehran’s nuclear programme
Muscat: Oman mediated indirect talks on Friday, February 6, between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s nuclear programme, with convoys for the two countries arriving for meetings separately with the sultanate’s…
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Russia, US agree nuclear arms talks need to start soon: Kremlin
Moscow: Russian and United States negotiators discussed the expiration of the last remaining nuclear arms pact between the two countries and agreed on the need to quickly launch new arms-control talks, the…
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Norway investigates former Prime Minister over Epstein ties
Oslo: Authorities in Norway have opened an investigation into former Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland on suspicions of corruption following revelations of his ties with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Norwegian…
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Senior Russian intelligence officer shot in Moscow
Moscow: A deputy chief of Russian military intelligence was shot and wounded in Moscow on Friday in an attack that follows a series of assassinations of senior military officers that Russia has…
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Freight train derails in US, propane cars spill into river
Mansfield: A freight train derailed Thursday, February 5, in Connecticut, sending cars carrying flammable liquid propane into the water, though officials say they don’t appear to be leaking. Local and state officials…
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Famine spreads to more towns in Sudan’s Darfur, hunger experts warn
Cairo: Famine is spreading in war-torn Sudan’s western Darfur region and has now engulfed two more towns there, a global hunger monitoring group said on Thursday, February 5. The announcement came after…
- Middle East
A look at violence flaring in Gaza months into ceasefire
Jerusalem: As the bodies of two dozen Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes arrived at hospitals in Gaza on Wednesday, February 4, the director of one asked a question that has echoed across…
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Trump and Xi talk Iran in broad call amid US pressure on China
Washington: President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, February 4, that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed the situation in Iran in a wide-ranging call as the US administration pushes Beijing and…
