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Israeli settlement watchdog Peace Now said the size of the seized area is the largest since 1993's Oslo Accords, and that "2024 marks a peak in the extent of declarations of state land".

The Maldives owed approximately USD 400.9 million to India by the end of last year.

The United States, Israel's main backer, has previously used its UN Security Council veto to block the world body from calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Palestinian territory.

The refugee group's wooden boat and another vessel trying to help them both capsized on Wednesday, with survivors estimating around 150 Rohingya had been on board with dozens swept away.

Relations between both sides of the Taiwan Strait have been frosty since Tsai's election in 2016, with China cutting off high-level communications due to her stance that the island was "already independent"

A shaky coalition of two dynastic parties took power in Islamabad following allegations of poll rigging which kept jailed former prime minister Imran Khan from power.

Chief among the risks is China's real estate sector -- now under unprecedented strain with some major developers on the verge of bankruptcy and falling prices dissuading consumers.

The statement comes after Antony Blinken said his country stands by its commitments to defend the Philippines against armed attack in the waterway.

The law threatens stringent penalties for a wide range of actions authorities call threats to national security, with the most severe, including treason and insurrection, punishable by life imprisonment.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is meeting his South Korean counterpart on the sidelines of the third Summit for Democracy, for discussions now likely to be dominated by the allies' efforts to counter threats from the nuclear-armed…

Analysts said it was the first time Kim's daughter -- never named by Pyongyang, but identified as Ju Ae by South Korean intelligence -- had been described as such by the North.

Chinese Defence Ministry spokesman Sr Colonel Zhang Xiaogang made the remarks in response to India's enhancement of its military readiness through the Sela Tunnel in Arunachal Pradesh.

President Joe Biden expressed support for Schumer’s “good speech," and earlier accused Netanyahu of hurting Israel because of the huge civilian death toll in Gaza.

Israel said the Al-Shifa "operation is based on intelligence information indicating the use of the hospital by senior Hamas terrorists".

His comments came as talks were expected to resume in Doha towards a truce in Gaza, where Israel has pursued a campaign against Hamas militants for more than five months.

All the six terrorists who attacked the check post in Mir Ali area were shot dead.

The pro-China Maldivian leader's comments came days after the first batch of Indian military personnel left the island nation after Muizzu stepped up his anti-India rhetoric.

The aid is a tiny fraction of what is required, but the shipment was intended to pave the way for other larger shipments, officials working on the route have said.

A small number of Nepali citizens are serving in the Ukrainian Army too, but both warring nations have not shared the details with the government of Nepal.

Sri Lanka and China share close ties with Beijing being one of the top lenders to the cash-strapped island nation.