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US Senator Lindsey Graham called on Sunday for renewed military action against Hamas and Hezbollah if they fail to disarm and accused the Palestinian Islamist group of consolidating its power in Gaza. The Republican politician, on a visit to Israel, is a staunch ally of US President Donald Trump. Beginning
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A drone attack on a busy market in Sudan’s North Darfur state killed 10 people over the weekend, first responders said on Sunday, without saying who was responsible. The attack comes as fighting intensified elsewhere in the country, leading aid workers to be evacuated on Sunday from Kadugli, a
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US President Donald Trump traveled to the “battleground” state of North Carolina on Friday, seeking to convince Americans that his handling of the economy is sound ahead of a midterm election year that could spell trouble for him and his ruling Republicans. With prices increasing and unemployment up, Trump has
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday the US hoped talks between Lebanese authorities and Israel would lead to a strong Lebanese government and see the Hezbollah militant group disarmed. “We are hopeful that talks between Lebanese authorities and Israelis will create outlines and a way forward that prevents
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A Russian missile attack late on Friday on port infrastructure around Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa killed seven people and injured 15, Ukrainian officials said. “In the late evening, Russia attacked port infrastructure in Odesa region with ballistic missiles,” Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba wrote on Telegram. Kuleba
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Far from cowed by authorities’ history of suppression, the women of Iran have been at the forefront of protests in recent years. Even from jail, they keep the spirit of defiance alive.
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Religious schools are nothing new, but when it comes to the Shi’ite community in Lebanon, they represent an opportunity for Tehran to hone the next generation, regardless of the country’s constitution.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday the US hoped talks between Lebanese authorities and Israel would lead to a strong Lebanese government and see the Hezbollah militant group disarmed. “We are hopeful that talks between Lebanese authorities and Israelis will create outlines and a way forward that prevents
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The Trump administration launched military strikes Friday in Syria to “eliminate” Daesh group fighters and weapons sites in retaliation for an ambush attack that killed two US troops and an American interpreter almost a week ago. A US official described it as “a large-scale” strike that hit 70 targets in
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A tanker subject to U.S. sanctions carrying some 300,000 barrels of naphtha from Russia entered Venezuelan waters late on Thursday, while another began redirecting course in the Atlantic Ocean, ship tracking data showed, a reflection of diverging last-minute decisions by ship owners after President Donald Trump ordered a
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Negotiators are set to meet Russian officials in Florida on Saturday for the latest talks aimed at ending Russia’s war in Ukraine, as President Donald Trump’s administration tries to coax an agreement out of both Russia and Ukraine to end the conflict. The meeting follows US talks on
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Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te pledged a full, public inquiry into a deadly metro attack as he visited hospitals on Saturday. A 27-year-old suspect set off smoke bombs in Taipei’s main metro station during the Friday evening rush hour before launching into a stabbing rampage, according to authorities. He
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Ukraine said its drones struck a Russian oil rig belonging to Lukoil in the Caspian Sea and a military patrol ship near a rig as Kyiv steps up attacks on Moscow’s oil infrastructure. The attack, which Ukraine’s general staff said took place on Friday, is one of a
Opinion
With negotiations with Houthi sponsor Iran ongoing, US President Donald Trump authorised the bombing of the Houthis for several reasons, only one of which was their attacks on Western shipping.
Opinion
The list of the Islamic Republic’s disenfranchised is long and getting longer. History shows that this is where the regime’s opposition is likely to be at its most potent.
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The political parties holding a meeting in Paris on Thursday all agreed to have a conference in February aimed at supporting the Lebanese armed forces, said a French foreign ministry spokesperson. The spokesperson added that Thursday’s talks in Paris were focused on how to show progress regarding the disarming