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The massive explosion in Bandar Abbas, which regime outlets stated reached temperatures of “up to 1400 degrees Celsius” and The Washington Post estimated its power as equivalent to the detonation of 50 tons of TNT, not only claimed the lives of hundreds of Iranians but also further exposed the anti-people
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Afghanistan’s Taliban government warned India and Pakistan on Wednesday that further escalation was not “in the interest of the region” after they exchanged artillery fire along their contested frontier. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on the social media platform X that “it urges both sides
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An upcoming meeting between China and US trade representatives in Geneva was requested by the US side, a spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday. China announced earlier that Vice Premier He Lifeng will visit Switzerland from May 9 to 12 during which He will also have a
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The EU and Britain look set to seal a defense pact at a landmark summit this month as worries about US President Donald Trump and the war in Ukraine spur them beyond the wrangles of Brexit. Multiple EU diplomats and officials told AFP the signs are positive that a security
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US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he hoped clashes between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan end “very quickly,” after New Delhi’s forces launched strikes and Islamabad vowed retaliation. “It’s a shame, we just heard about it,” Trump said at the White House, after the Indian government said it had
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected munitions factories that make shells and machinery, state media KCNA said on Wednesday. Kim lauded the shell factory for increasing production to “four times the average-year level” and playing “an important role in increasing the basic combat power” of North Korea’s armed
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Hundreds of Indian tourists, families and honeymooners, drawn by the breathtaking Himalayan beauty, were enjoying a picture-perfect meadow in Kashmir. They didn’t know gunmen in army fatigues were lurking in the woods. When the attackers got their chance, they shot mostly Indian Hindu men, many of them at close-range,
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A drone strike targeted Sudan’s biggest naval base Wednesday, an army source told AFP, marking the fourth straight day the seat of the army-backed government has come under attack. “They (the drones) were met with anti-aircraft missiles,” the source said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized
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India attacked Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir on Wednesday and Pakistan said it had shot down five Indian fighter jets in the worst fighting in more than two decades between the nuclear-armed enemies. India said it struck nine Pakistani “terrorist infrastructure” sites, some of them linked to an attack by Islamist
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Israel’s attack on the airport in Yemen’s Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa destroyed terminal buildings and caused $500 million in damage, its director told Houthi media on Wednesday. He said earlier in a statement on X that the airport was suspending all flights until further notice after sustaining “severe damage”
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The UN mission in Libya on Tuesday called for an independent investigation into images of an abducted member of the country’s eastern-based parliament that showed signs of torture. In a statement, UNSMIL said it was “alarmed” by Ibrahim el-Dirsi’s “enforced disappearance” and described circulating images of his detention
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Despite an intense climate of censorship, repression, and restricted access to communication tools, reports from inside Iran indicate that at least 244 protest actions took place across the country in April 2025. These figures, compiled by activists and monitoring groups, reflect only part of a much larger and potentially underreported
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The Israeli military said it fired on Yemen’s main airport on Tuesday and witnesses said there were four strikes in the capital Sanaa, the latest hostilities as tensions rise between Israel and the Houthis. Israel had earlier warned people to leave the area around Sanaa International Airport, one day
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Syria’s President Ahmed Al-Sharaa is expected to visit France soon, a statement by the Syrian president’s office said, without specifying a date. Sharaa in February received an invitation from French President Emmanuel Macron to visit France in the “coming weeks.”
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Russian air defense units destroyed a swarm of Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow for the second night in a row, prompting the closure of the capital’s airports, Russian officials said early on Tuesday. Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that at least 19 Ukrainian drones were destroyed on their approach to Moscow
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A senior Hamas official said Tuesday the group was no longer interested in truce talks with Israel and urged the international community to halt Israel's "hunger war" against Gaza. "There is no sense in engaging in talks or considering new ceasefire proposals as long as