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Gaza hunger warnings grow as hopes build for ceasefire

GAZA: Efforts to hammer out a temporary truce in Gaza intensified Tuesday after months of war that have left parts of the devastated territory...

China says US has ‘no right’ to interfere in South China Sea

BEIJING: China said Tuesday the United States had "no right" to interfere in the South China Sea, after Secretary of State Antony Blinken said...

Cricket Australia scraps Afghanistan T20s, citing women’s rights

SYDNEY: Australia on Tuesday postponed a men's Twenty20 international series against Afghanistan later this year, saying the situation for women in the Taliban-ruled country...

Do not recognise Putin election win, says Kremlin critic

Former oligarch and prominent Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Monday called on Western governments not to recognise Vladimir Putin's election win, affirming that the...

Battle rages around Gaza hospital as truce talks to resume

Heavy fighting raged Monday in and around Gaza's largest hospital complex where the Israeli army said it was battling Hamas and told Palestinian civilians...

Gaza world’s biggest ‘open-air graveyard’: Borrell

BRUSSELS: EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Monday that Israel's military campaign in Gaza had turned the territory into the world's biggest "open-air...

Blinken says fighting disinfo ‘vital US national security interest’

SEOUL: Fighting disinformation including AI-enabled content is a "vital" national security interest and diplomatic priority for the United States, Secretary of State Antony Blinken...

China retail sales show shaky economic recovery

BEIJING: The performance of China's economy in the first two months of 2024 was mixed, official figures showed Monday, with sluggish household consumption alongside...

EU and Egypt to sign 7.4 bn euro funding package: official

CAIRO: The European Union, which is seeking to stem the inflow of irregular migrants, announced Sunday a 7.4 billion euro ($8 billion) package of...

Blast near merchant ship off Yemen: security agency

DUBAI: A vessel sailing off southern Yemen reported an explosion nearby on Sunday, a British maritime security agency said, the latest incident as Houthi...

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