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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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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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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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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday directed the active duty military to shed 20 percent of its four-star general officers as the Trump administration keep pushing the services to streamline their top leadership positions. Hegseth also told the National Guard to shed 20 percent of its top positions. In a
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UN chief Antonio Guterres is “concerned” by reports that Sudanese paramilitaries for the first time struck Port Sudan, the seat of the army-aligned government during the country’s two-year war, a spokesman said Monday. “The attack on port Sudan is a worrying development threatening the protection of civilians and humanitarian
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Rwanda and Washington are in the early stages of talks to receive immigrants from the United States, the Rwandan foreign minister told state media. Washington has been pushing a mass deportation drive, with President Donald Trump’s administration negotiating highly controversial arrangements to send migrants to third countries. The Great
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As a general amnesty law takes effect in Iraq, the country’s prisons are facing a crisis of overcrowding, housing more than double their intended capacity, the country’s justice minister said in an interview. Justice Minister Khaled Shwani told The Associated Press on Saturday that Iraq’s 31 prisons
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed a response to Yemen’s Houthis and their Iranian backers after the militant group struck the area of Israel’s main airport, wounding six people and prompting several major airlines to suspend flights. The strike came hours before Israel’s army confirmed
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Sudanese paramilitaries on Sunday struck Port Sudan, the army said, in the first attack on the seat of the army-aligned government in the country’s two-year war. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), at war with the regular army since April 2023, have increased their use of drones since losing
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Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Monday blamed Washington for around 10 strikes in and around the capital Sanaa, as the United States pursues its campaign against the Iran-backed force. The Houthi-run Saba news agency said two US strikes had targeted Arbaeen street in the capital, another the airport road, having
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More than 45,000 people have been affected by flash floods in Somalia since mid-April, the UN said, with at least four people killed in the rapidly rising waters. The Horn of Africa is one of the regions most vulnerable to climate change, and extreme weather events are becoming increasingly
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A vehicle crashed into an entrance at Manila’s airport on Sunday morning, leaving two people dead including a 4-year-old girl, according to the Philippine Red Cross. The other victim was an adult male, the humanitarian group said in a statement. Other people were injured in the incident and the
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Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russia on May 7-10 and join Vladimir Putin at the 80th commemoration of the Allied victory against Nazi Germany, the Kremlin said on Sunday. The Russian president’s office said Xi would also hold bilateral talks with Putin and the two were expected to