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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Monday, seeking to shore up European support as US President Donald Trump expressed optimism of a deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. US and Ukrainian negotiators held hours of what both sides called “productive” talks in
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Hong Kong authorities said on Monday they had detained 13 people for suspected manslaughter in a probe into the city’s deadliest fire in decades, pointing to substandard renovation materials for fueling a blaze that has claimed at least 146 lives. Police have completed sweeps of four of the seven
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Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks on Ukraine with US envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow on Tuesday afternoon, the Kremlin said. The pair will meet after American and Ukrainian officials held negotiations on a US plan that Washington wants to be a basis to end fighting between Moscow and
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Indonesia’s president told survivors of last week’s devastating floods that help was arriving to those in need Monday as Asian governments scaled up their responses to a disaster that has left more than 1,000 dead in three countries. Hundreds more are missing following flooding and landslides in
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The US military said on Sunday that it recently destroyed 15 sites containing Daesh weapons caches in southern Syria. US Central Command said it and Syrian forces identified and destroyed the storage facilities across the Rif Damashq province during multiple airstrikes and ground detonations that were conducted from November 24
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping vowed to “resolutely crack down” on online misconduct and foster a “clean” cyberspace, state media reported Saturday, after authorities recently penalized social media companies for their content. Beijing requires social media companies to moderate content on their platforms, with posts strictly controlled to avoid anything deemed
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Russian drones and missiles attacked districts of Kyiv early on Saturday, injuring six people, officials said, with explosions sounding and drone debris falling. The head of Kyiv’s military administration, Tymur Tkachenko, said there had been strikes at six locations, with apartment buildings and other dwellings hit in the city
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will skip next week’s meeting of NATO foreign ministers despite allies’ concerns about a US plan for Ukraine, sources familiar with the issue said. It is highly unusual for the top diplomat of the United States, the linchpin of the transatlantic alliance, to
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Hong Kong’s leaders oversaw a ceremony on Saturday to mourn the at least 128 people killed in a high-rise apartment complex fire, a toll that is likely to rise further with 200 others still unaccounted for days after the tragedy. Authorities have arrested 11 people in connection with the
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Pope Leo XIV started the second day of his trip to Turkiye with a visit to Istanbul’s Blue Mosque on Saturday. Leo was following in the footsteps of his recent predecessors, who all made high-profile visits to the mosque in a gesture of respect to Turkiye’s Muslim majority.
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Two oil tankers said to be part of Russia’s “shadow fleet” that were set ablaze off Turkiye’s Black Sea coast may have been hit by mines, drones or missiles, a senior Turkish official said Saturday. Tankers Kairos and Virat were struck in quick succession late Friday afternoon, prompting
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The head of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said on Friday it retained the right to respond to Israel’s killing days ago of its top military commander and left open the possibility of a new conflict with Israel. Naim Qassem spoke in a televised address as fears grew in Lebanon
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Ukraine’s capital faced a night of attacks Friday to Saturday, hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky removed his powerful chief of staff and top negotiator following a raid on Andriy Yermak’s house as part of a sweeping corruption probe. Yermak’s removal dealt a serious blow to Zelensky, who
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When floodwaters swept into Amphorn Kaeophengkro’s home in the southern Thai city of Hat Yai last Saturday, there was no time to escape. Instead, her family of eight rushed to the second floor as water levels swelled, eventually spending 48 hours perched atop a table, a window frame and
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Hong Kong authorities said the death toll from the city’s worst fire in decades had risen to at least 83, as firefighters scoured torched high-rise buildings for scores of people still listed as missing. Flames were still visible in some of the eight-building apartment complex’s almost 2,000
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Iraq said on Thursday it would investigate an attack on a gas complex in the autonomous Kurdistan region, which disrupted gas supplies and caused power cuts. Sabah Al-Numan, the military spokesman for the Iraqi prime minister, said in a statement that the caretaker Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani had ordered