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An Australian firefighter was killed overnight after he was struck by a tree while trying to control a bushfire that had destroyed homes and burnt large swathes of bushland north of Sydney, authorities said on Monday. Emergency crews rushed to bushland near the rural town of Bulahdelah, 200 kilometers north
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A Chinese carrier strike group sailing close to Japan kept up intense air operations on Sunday as it sailed into the Pacific Ocean east of the Okinawa Islands, Japan’s Self-Defense Forces said Monday. The naval drills came amid growing tension between the East Asian neighbors and triggered a flurry
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Indonesia’s Sumatra island will require 51.82 trillion rupiah ($3.11 billion) in reconstruction and recovery funds following a series of deadly floods, senior government officials said. The death toll from the cyclone-induced floods and landslides reached 950 as of Monday, with 274 people still missing, according to official
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Eighteen migrants drowned when their boat overturned 26 miles (40 km) south of the tiny southern Greek island of Chrysi, a coast guard official said on Saturday, while two were rescued from the sea. The boat was initially detected by a Turkish cargo ship, which contacted the Greek authorities. The
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At least 25 people, including tourists, were killed in a fire at a popular nightclub in India’s Goa state, the state’s chief minister said Sunday. The blaze occurred just past midnight in Arpora village in North Goa, a party hub, some 25 kilometers (15-miles) from the state capital,
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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Saturday that he backs a September 2 decision to launch a second strike on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean. “I fully support that strike,” Hegseth said at the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, California. “I would have made the
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Greek lawmakers approved the purchase of 36 PULS rocket artillery systems from Israel for about €650 million ($757.84 million), two officials with knowledge of the issue said. Greece has said it will spend about €28 billion ($32.66 billion) by 2036 to modernize its armed forces as it emerges
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Hamas said Saturday it was ready to hand over its weapons in the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian authority governing the territory on the condition that the Israeli army’s occupation ends. “Our weapons are linked to the existence of the occupation and the aggression,” Hamas chief negotiator and its
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The Swedish government on Friday proposed changes to the constitution that would allow revoking the citizenship of some criminal gang leaders, as part of its work to combat widespread organized crime. In January, a cross-party parliamentary committee proposed constitutional changes to allow stripping the passports of people with dual nationality
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Tewolde has fought multiple times for Eritrea, one of the most closed societies on Earth, and is now praying another war is not about to break out with neighboring Ethiopia. “If the war starts, many people will go to the front and, as before, many children will lose their fathers,
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to hold talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday at an annual summit aimed at strengthening bilateral ties on the second day of his state visit. The 23rd Russia-India Summit comes at a pivotal moment as the United States pushes for a
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Chaos gripped major Indian airports Friday as passengers of the country’s biggest airline, IndiGo, scrambled to cope up with widespread flight disruptions and cancelations triggered by newly enforced rules limiting working hours for crew and pilots. Scenes of frustration played out as passengers slept on airport floors, queued for
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A raid by US forces and a local Syrian group aiming to capture an Daesh (IS) group official instead killed a man who had been working undercover gathering intelligence on the extremists, family members and Syrian officials have told The Associated Press. The killing in October underscores the complex political
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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Thursday said the next round of talks with Israel will begin on December 19, calling the reaction to initial negotiations this week “positive.” “It is natural that the first session would not be highly productive, but it paved the way for upcoming sessions that will
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in New Delhi on Thursday to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, marking his first visit to India since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine nearly four years ago. Putin’s two-day visit comes as India and Russia mark 25 years of strategic partnership. Putin and
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Several agreements were signed on Wednesday as Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his Bahraini counterpart, Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, co-chaired the fourth meeting of the Saudi-Bahraini Coordination Council in Manama. The princes said they were eager to consolidate and develop cooperation between their countries, and