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Listen to article WASHINGTON: The US military will deploy additional fighter jets and Navy warships to the Middle East, the Pentagon said on Friday, as Washington seeks to bolster defences following threats from Iran and its allies…
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CAIRO/ RAMALLAH: An Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced persons in Gaza City killed at least 15 Palestinians on Saturday, hours after two strikes in the occupied West Bank killed nine fighters including a local Hamas…
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Listen to article Eight Indian nationals have died while serving in the Russian military, the government confirmed in parliament on Thursday (August 1), according to The Wire. Previously, only four of these deaths had been…
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The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced on Saturday that Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated with a "short-range projectile with a warhead of approximately 7 kilograms" in Tehran on Wednesday. In a statement…
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Listen to article Iran has commenced a comprehensive investigation into the assassination of Hamsa leader Ismail Haniyeh at his Tehran guesthouse, the New York Times reported. The investigation's intensity highlights the damaging and…
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Student leaders rallied Bangladeshis on Saturday for a nationwide civil disobedience campaign as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government weathered a worsening backlash over a deadly police crackdown on protesters. Rallies against…
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New rules issued this week by Indonesia will make the police the only authority allowed to give the go-ahead for abortions for rape victims, drawing criticism from rights activists who said the changes were regressive. Abortion is…
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Flights to Beirut by Air France and low-cost carrier Transavia France will remain suspended until at least Tuesday due to "security" concerns in the region, parent company Air France-KLM said. The two French airlines first stopped…
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MOGADISHU, SOMALIA: At least 32 civilians were killed and 63 injured in an explosion on a popular beach in the Somali capital Mogadishu late on Friday evening, police said, an attack blamed by Somali state media on the militant…
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RAMALLAH: At least five Palestinians were killed in an Israeli raid that targeted the town of Zeita, north of Tulkarm in the West Bank, Palestinian medical and security sources said Saturday.  Two Al Jazeera journalists were killed on…
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