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UN: Israel advances 22,000 settler homes in past three years
NEW YORK: A top United Nations (UN) envoy yesterday bashed Israel’s ongoing settlement building on Palestinian land, saying it breached international law and made the chances of peaceful settlement ever more remote. Anadolu Agency reported addressing the UN Security Council,
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Mahathir defends Muslim summit shunned by Saudi, slammed by OIC
Hosting a summit of Muslim leaders, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad bemoaned the state of Islam and defended the meeting that has been shunned by Saudi Arabia and criticized for undermining the bigger Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. Divisions in the
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Australia’s NSW declares state of emergency for bushfires
The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) declared its second state of emergency in two months today as temperatures were set to soar above 40 Celsius and nearly 100 bushfires were burning throughout the state, with authorities concerned about
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Lebanon’s Hariri says he will not be PM again
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Saad al-Hariri withdrew as a candidate for prime minister yesterday, and Shiite Hezbollah with its ally Amal moved toward nominating a former education minister for the job, two senior sources familiar with their position said. Hariri, the country’s
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Mexican children shiver in tents at US border as temperature freezes
CIUDAD JUAREZ: Mexican officials concerned about the health of Mexican asylum seekers including around 200 young children sleeping in the open near the US border in Ciudad Juarez tried to move people to shelters yesterday, as temperatures dropped below freezing.
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Ukrainian tycoon’s lawyer says he lent money to Giuliani associate
DUBAI: A lawyer for a Ukrainian oligarch yesterday said he had lent US$1 million to Lev Parnas, an associate of US President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, and Parnas’ wife in order for them to buy a home in
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In historic moment, US House impeaches Donald Trump for abuse of power
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump became the third US president to be impeached yesterday, as the House of Representatives formally charged him with abuse of power in a historic step that will inflame partisan tensions across a deeply divided America. The Democratic-led
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New Zealand scales down search for two missing after deadly eruption
New Zealand police said today they would be scaling down search operations for the two people who are missing after a volcanic eruption last week, admitting the bodies may never be found. The official death toll from the eruption on
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Muslim leaders gather in Malaysia for summit shunned by Saudi
Leaders and senior representatives from some 20 Muslim nations flocked to the Malaysian capital today to discuss issues agitating Muslims globally at a summit Saudi Arabia decided to snub, and Pakistan ducked out of attending. No agenda for the Kuala
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In Australia’s outback town of Oodnadatta, it’s just another very hot day
An outback town near Australia’s red-hot center barely paused today for a heat wave that is gripping the country, fuelling fires and prompting widespread health warnings as heat records tumble. Oodnadatta, a South Australian town of about 200 people on
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