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US President Donald Trump said Monday that he had Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s backing for a wide-ranging Gaza peace plan that would bring an immediate ceasefire. The plan, which Trump has circulated to Arab leaders, was released after Trump met Netanyahu in Washington. Trump told a press conference that
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Lingering heavy rains from a former typhoon caused more flooding and landslides in Vietnam, raising the death toll to 19 in the country with more missing. Rainfall topped 30 centimeters (nearly a foot) in parts of Vietnam over the past 24 hours, the national weather agency said Tuesday. It warned
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The Jordanian Anti-Narcotics Department has dismantled a criminal gang connected to drug trafficking networks in the Middle East and arrested 14 suspects in the city of Madaba. The Public Security Directorate conducted raids on various sites where large quantities of drugs were stored for sale and distribution, following weeks of
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Migrants seeking to settle in the UK will have to have a job, not claim benefits, and undertake community work under plans to be unveiled by the interior minister on Monday. Currently, those with family in Britain and who have lived there for five years qualify for “indefinite leave to
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Russia’s air defense units destroyed 84 Ukrainian drones overnight, RIA news agency reported on Monday, citing Russian defense ministry data.
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The Israeli military said it struck weapons depots belonging to the armed group Hezbollah in southern Lebanon on Sunday. “A short while ago, the IDF (Israeli military) struck Hezbollah weapon storage facilities in southern Lebanon. These weapon depots were used by the terrorist organization to advance and carry out terror
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Vietnam plans to evacuate more than 250,000 residents from coastal areas on Sunday ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Bualoi, which is expected to lash the country’s steel-producing central belt. The storm — the 10th to affect Vietnam this year — is currently at sea generating winds of 130 kilometers
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Hundreds of South Korean public services remained offline on Monday after a fire at a data center disrupted government websites and exposed vulnerabilities in the country’s digital infrastructure. Authorities said 62 government services had been restored out of about 647 systems affected by the fire which broke out during
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The US and Israel are very close to an agreement on President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza after talks between special envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Axios reporter Barak Ravid said in a post on social
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The return of widespread sanctions against Iran’s nuclear program “must not be the end of diplomacy” with the country, the EU’s top diplomat said on Sunday. While the bloc will follow the UN in reimposing sanctions, “a sustainable solution to the Iranian nuclear issue can only be achieved
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At least four people were killed and eight injured when a gunman in a pickup truck smashed through the doors of a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel in Michigan during a Sunday service attended by hundreds, opened fire and set the building ablaze. Police shot and killed
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Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are heading to the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump on Monday in a late effort to avoid a government shutdown, but both sides have shown hardly any willingness to budge from their entrenched positions. If government funding legislation is not passed
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The United Nations has reinstated an arms embargo and other sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program following a process triggered by European powers that Tehran has warned will be met with a harsh response. Britain, France and Germany initiated the return of sanctions on Iran at the UN Security
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US President Donald Trump expressed optimism on Sunday about reaching a deal to end the war in Gaza, saying there is “a real chance for greatness in the Middle East,” ahead of talks on Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump did not provide specific details of a prospective
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Russia’s top diplomat insisted to world leaders Saturday that his nation has no intention of attacking Europe, but any aggression against his country “will be met with a decisive response.” Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke as unauthorized flights into NATO’s airspace — intrusions blamed on Russia — have raised alarm
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The Danish defense ministry said Saturday that “drones have been observed at several of Danish defense facilities” overnight Friday into Saturday. The renewed drone sightings come after there were several drone sightings in the Nordic country earlier this week, with some of them temporarily shutting down Danish airports. The Danish