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Father of Sydney church attacker says no signs of radicalism, community leader says
SYDNEY, April 17 — The father of the teenager that stabbed an Assyrian bishop during a church service in Sydney saw no signs of radicalism, a community leader said on Wednesday, as police planned to charge people who attacked emergency
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Snake on a train delays Japanese bullet service
TOKYO, April 17 — Even small delays in Japan’s much-vaunted bullet trains are rare, and more unusual still are snakes on board holding up the speedy “shinkansen” services. On Tuesday evening, a passenger alerted security to a 40-centimetre (nearly 16-inch)
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US military destroyed 80 drones, 6 missiles launched from Iran, Yemen
CAIRO, April 15 — US forces, supported by US European Command destroyers, on Saturday and Sunday destroyed more than 80 one-way attack drones and at least six ballistic missiles aimed at Israel from Iran and Yemen, the US Central Command
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Israel army says countered Iran in ‘coalition’ with US, allies
JERUSALEM, April 15 — Israel’s army said yesterday Israel, the United States, Britain, France and other allies had come together as a “coalition” for the first time to counter Iran’s unprecedented attack. Iran launched a wave of missiles and attack
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Australian police say Sydney knife attacker may have targeted women
SYDNEY, April 15 — Australian police today said the attacker who fatally stabbed six people at a busy shopping centre in Sydney’s beach suburb of Bondi may have targeted women, as the country mourned the victims and hundreds of people
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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy condemns Iranian attack, says like Israel, Ukraine needs help too
KYIV, April 15 — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy yesterday condemned Iran’s drone and missile attack on Israel and said his country needed help from its allies to fend off threats from the air, just as Israel did. Zelenskiy again called
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Israel army says Hamas holding hostages in Gaza’s Rafah
JERUSALEM, April 15 — Israel said yesterday that Hamas is holding hostages in Rafah in southern Gaza, where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to launch a ground invasion despite international outcry.“Hamas is still holding our hostages in Gaza… We
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Iran’s attack on Israel stirs admiration among Gaza Palestinians
CAIRO, April 15 — Iran’s attack on Israel drew applause from many Palestinians in Gaza yesterday as rare payback for the Israeli offensive on their enclave, although some said they suspected Tehran had staged the assault more for show than
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Thai FM visits border town following clashes in Myanmar
MAE SOT (Thailand), April 12 — Thailand’s foreign minister arrived for a visit to the Myanmar border today, the ministry said, following days of clashes that have dislodged junta troops from their positions in a vital trade hub in the
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Vatican foreign minister travels to Vietnam in unprecedented visit
HANOI, April 9 — The Vatican’s foreign minister Paul Richard Gallagher began an unprecedented six-day visit to Communist-ruled Vietnam today as the two sides work on closer relations. Gallagher’s trip, the first to Vietnam for a Vatican foreign minister, could
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