GAZA STRIP, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES — Hamas called on the United States Thursday to “exert real pressure” on Israel to reach a Gaza cease-fire agreement as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there was no deal in the making. The two sides have traded blame over stalling talks for a cease-fire and hostage exchange as Netanyahu faces pressure […]
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Belarus arrested a man in his fifties accused of working for Japanese intelligence. Tokyo has lodged a diplomatic protest with Belarus after a TV program claimed a Japanese citizen had been engaged in espionage activities in the country. It comes after a Japanese national was arrested in Belarus on spy allegations. According to state broadcaster
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At least six Palestinians were martyred and several others were injured early Friday following an Israeli airstrike on the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. According to Palestinian news agency (WAFA), six bodies were recovered from Rafah after the missile strike, with the victims being transported to Nasser Hospital in the neighboring city
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CEO says platform takes down ‘millions of harmful posts and channels every day’ as he denies app’s association with abuse. Pavel Durov, the founder of the Telegram messaging app, broke his silence over his arrest in France saying the investigators employed a “misguided approach” and should have reached out to the company with complaints instead. Mr Durov was
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Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov has declined diplomatic assistance offered by Russia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Azernews reports citing Politico. “The individual in question refused consular protection from Russia and a visit from a UAE consulate representative but agreed to keep the UAE embassy informed of the situation,” a source stated. Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for the
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Only relatives will now be allowed to adopt and US diplomats have reportedly been told that Beijing will not process cases that are already under way. China has officially cancelled the international adoption programme that allowed tens of thousands of Chinese orphans and abandoned children to find a new home overseas. Mao Ning, a foreign
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Pope was given a custom-made tactical vehicle for the grand Mass, specially designed for his mobility needs. An unexpectedly large crowd of some 100,000 people crammed into two sports stadiums and the surrounding car park on Thursday to witness the final Mass led by Pope Francis in Indonesia before he departed for Papua New Guinea, one of the highlights of his
Powerful gales and heavy rain from the deadly Super Typhoon Yagi drenched southern China on Friday, with schools shut for a second day and flights cancelled as Asia’s strongest storm this year headed for landfall along the coast of Hainan province. Packing maximum sustained winds of 245 km per hour (152 mph) near its centre, Yagi registers as the world’s second-most
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At least 17 students were killed while 13 more suffered serious burn injuries after a fire in a boarding school dormitory in central Kenya, police say. The death toll could rise, police warned on Friday, following the disaster at Hillside Endarasha Primary School in Nyeri county, as the survivors are being treated in hospitals. The
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Ukrainian Defense Forces have made significant strides in countering Russian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) using cost-effective anti-aircraft drone technology. In a recent operation, the 11th Brigade of the National Guard demonstrated the capability of their anti-aircraft drones by taking down a Russian Lancet UAV, specifically the new modification known as “Izdelie 51.” The incident was
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