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Far-right Israeli minister pays surprise visit to jailed Palestinian leader

TEL AVIV: Israel’s far-right national security minister visited prominent Palestinian Marwan Barghouti in jail and told him “you will not…

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UN rights office says Israeli settlement plan breaks international law

The UN human rights office said on Friday an Israeli plan to build to build thousands of new homes between…

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Trump and Putin to meet in Alaska for high-stakes summit on Russia-Ukraine war

ANCHORAGE: U.S. President Donald Trump is meeting face-to-face with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday for a high-stakes…

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For Shi’ite pilgrims in Iraq’s deserts, suffering strengthens faith

KARBALA: Majid al-Kareem is poorly equipped for his 500 km pilgrimage by foot through the scorching deserts of southern Iraq.…

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Desperate Myanmar villagers scavenge for food as hunger bites

MRAUK: People in western Myanmar have been driven to scavenging for bamboo shoots, as humanitarian workers warn a wartime blockade…

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India and China eye border trade resumption

India and China are discussing resuming border trade five years after it was halted, foreign ministry officials on both sides…

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Poland signs $3.8 billion deal to upgrade F-16 fighter jets

MOSCOW: Russia appears to be preparing to test its new nuclear-armed, nuclear-powered cruise missile, according to two U.S. researchers and…

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Putin appears ready to test new missile as he prepares for Trump talks

MOSCOW: Russia appears to be preparing to test its new nuclear-armed, nuclear-powered cruise missile, according to two U.S. researchers and…

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Zelenskyy meets with UK’s Starmer as Europe braces for Trump-Putin summit

LONDON: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to London on Thursday, a day before a critical…

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Trump’s friendly-to-frustrated relationship with Putin takes the spotlight at the Alaska summit

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday could be a decisive moment for both the war…

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