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SAN FRANSISCO: At least two people were injured and one went missing on Wednesday in an explosion at a defence weapons plant in the southern US state of Arkansas, the plant's operator said. The explosion happened at the General…
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The repatriation of Afghan refugees illegally residing in Pakistan is under way, with 16,446 individuals returning to their homes during the past two weeks. This brings the total number of repatriated Afghans to 637,427, according to…
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Soldiers from Democratic Republic of Congo's 223rd Battalion were sent to the lush hillsides near Lake Kivu to repel a rebel advance threatening Goma, the largest city in the mineral-rich east and home to 2 million people. But as the…
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Saudi TV creator Abdulaziz Almuzaini, whose animated Netflix show has made waves for breaking social taboos, said he had been convicted by an anti-terrorism court, prompting condemnation from rights advocates. The kingdom's Specialised…
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Russia's close ally Belarus on Thursday officially joined the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), becoming the tenth member of the regional group led by Beijing and Moscow. "The Republic of Belarus became a full member of the…
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Britain's Labour Party is expected to win Thursday's national election, returning to power after 14 years in opposition and making Keir Starmer the country's new prime minister. Below are the foreign policy plans the party set out in…
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At least four Palestinians were killed and eight others injured on Wednesday in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a residential building in Gaza City. Gaza Civil Defense issued a statement saying: “Our teams retrieved 4 martyrs and 8…
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China is facing hotter and longer heatwaves and more frequent and unpredictable heavy rain as a result of climate change, the weather bureau warned on Thursday, as the world's second biggest economy braces for another scorching summer.…
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CAIRO/GAZA: Signs of renewed activity emerged on Wednesday in the quest for a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in the nine-month-old war in the Gaza Strip while Israel launched more strikes on the devastated enclave. After…
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has become the target of a racial slur from a supporter of Nigel Farage's Reform UK party, sparking outrage and highlighting ongoing issues of racism in British politics. A supporter of the right-wing party…
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