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As Gaza famine worsens, Netanyahu’s war against Palestinians finally turns Israelis against each other
TEL AVIV, Aug 6 — As it grinds on well into its twenty-second month, Israel’s war in Gaza has set friends and families against one another and sharpened existing political and cultural divides. Hostage families and peace activists want Prime
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Israeli military intercepts missile fired from Yemen after sirens sound nationwide
JERUSALEM, Aug 5 — A “projectile” fired towards Israel from Yemen was intercepted, but not before air-raid warnings sounded across the country, the Israeli military said today. “Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in several areas in
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Netanyahu to unveil updated Gaza war plan as UN Security Council meets on hostages
JERUSALEM, Aug 5 — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised Monday to update Israel’s Gaza war plan, a day before a UN Security Council meeting on the fate of hostages still held in the Palestinian territory. Addressing a cabinet meeting with the
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India vows to defend interests after Trump threatens tariff hike over Russian oil
WASHINGTON, Aug 5 — President Donald Trump threatened yesterday to hike US tariffs on goods from India over its purchases of Russian oil—a key source of revenue for Moscow’s war on Ukraine. New Delhi quickly pushed back, saying the move was unjustified
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Brazil ex-president Bolsonaro placed under house arrest for flouting social media ban
BRASILIA, Aug 5 — A Brazilian judge yesterday placed former president Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest for breaking a social media ban, escalating a dramatic standoff between the court and the far-right politician accused of plotting a coup. Bolsonaro, an ally
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Australia to buy 11 advanced warships from Japan
SYDNEY, Aug 5 — Australia will upgrade its navy with 11 Mogami-class frigates built by Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Defence Minister Richard Marles said today. Australia is in the midst of a major military restructuring announced in 2023, turning towards
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Remembering the ‘unspeakable horrors’ 80 years after US dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima, Nagasaki
TOKYO, Aug 5 — Japan this week marks 80 years since the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II. The first on August 6, 1945 killed around 140,000 people in Hiroshima and three days
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At least 68 dead, dozens missing after migrant boat sinks off Yemen, says UN agency
DUBAI, Aug 4 — A shipwreck off Yemen has killed at least 68 people, the UN’s migration agency said today, with dozens still missing after the boat carrying mostly Ethiopians sank. The International Organization for Migration’s country chief of mission, Abdusattor
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Can you bomb Iran and still win the Nobel Peace Prize? Trump thinks so
WASHINGTON, Aug 4 — A craving for international prestige, a decade-long Obama rivalry and perhaps a dash of provocation: a mercurial melange of factors is at play in Donald Trump’s obsession with the Nobel Peace Prize. “It’s well past time
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Pope Leo draws one million for final mass at Rome youth jubilee, calls for peace over war
ROME, Aug 4 — Pope Leo XIV presided over a final mass in Rome for over one million young people yesterday, the culmination of a pilgrimage that has drawn Catholics from across the world. “Aspire to great things, to holiness,
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