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Hezbollah chief holds talks with senior Hamas and Islamic Jihad leaders amid war in Gaza
BEIRUT: The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group held talks on Wednesday in Beirut with senior Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad…
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New report from PEN America documents vast book bannings in US prisons
NEW YORK: Tens of thousands of books are being banned or restricted by US prisons, according to a new report…
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Removal of top Chinese officials seen as enforcing Xi’s demand for obedience
TAIPEI: The removal of China’s foreign and defence ministers appears to enforce leader Xi Jinping’s demand for total obedience and…
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‘Severe pain but no anaesthetic’: Gaza hospitals in crisis as Israel-Hamas conflict rages on
JERUSALEM: Gaza’s hospitals were facing “complete collapse”, Palestinian medics warned Wednesday as the UN said supplies were running critically low…
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‘Massive’ Israel ground op in Gaza would be ‘an error’, warns France President Macron
CAIRO: A “massive” Israeli ground incursion into Gaza would be “an error”, French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday, warning it…
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Gaza has gone through 16 years of ‘de-development’, says UN
GENEVA: The Gaza Strip has lived through 16 years of de-development, the United Nations said Wednesday, adding that the economic…
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Israel’s increased airstrikes in Gaza put relief operations in jeopardy
Israel has ramped up airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, reducing residential buildings to rubble and crushing families. The UN agency…
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Hard-line conservative Mike Johnson is elected US House speaker as Republicans end deadlock
WASHINGTON: Republicans eagerly elected Rep. Mike Johnson as House speaker on Wednesday, elevating a deeply conservative but lesser-known leader to…
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Biden signs stopgap funding Bill to avert US govt shutdown till mid-Nov
The US Congress passed a stopgap funding Bill late on Saturday with overwhelming Democratic support after Republican House Speaker Kevin…
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Russia accuses Ukraine’s Western allies of helping in attack on its Black Sea Fleet headquarters
Russia on Wednesday accused Ukraine’s Western allies of helping plan and conduct last week’s missile strike on the Black Sea…
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