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Netanyahu promises ‘safe passage’ to Rafah civilians, disputes Gaza toll
Israel's main backer, the United States, has said it does not support a ground offensive in Rafah, warning that, if not properly planned, such an operation risks "disaster."
France to revoke birthright citizenship in Mayotte to fight migration crisis
MAMOUDZOU: French authorities on Sunday announced a controversial plan to amend the Constitution to revoke birthright citizenship on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, which has been struggling with social unrest and a crippling…
Israeli strikes kill 44 Palestinians in Rafah
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry warned that any Israeli ground offensive on Rafah would have "disastrous consequences," and asserted that Israel aims to eventually force the Palestinians out of their land.
Imran Khan’s party launches agitation against ‘rigging’ in Pakistan polls
Springing a surprise, independents backed by jailed former prime minister Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party won the lion's share of 101 seats in the National Assembly in Thursday's election.
Final count confirms Bukele’s re-election in El Salvador
Bukele's victory has been widely attributed to a "war" on gangs credited with slashing homicide rates in the violence-weary Central American country.
Jailed former Pakistan PM Imran Khan gets bail in military installation attack cases
Khan will remain in jail as he is convicted in many other cases.
Russian drone attack on Kharkiv petrol station kills seven
The attack sprayed nearby homes with burning fuel forcing at least 50 people to evacuate, Kharkiv mayor Igor Terekhov said earlier.
Quake halts search at Philippines landslide disaster site
A massive landslide buried a bus terminal and 55 houses near an Apex Mining Co. gold mine on Tuesday night, killing 28 people, mostly miners, and leaving 32 injured, according to an updated official tally.
Indian-origin executive dies after being assaulted in US
The victim Vivek Taneja was the cofounder and president of Dynamo Technologies.
US strikes Houthi missile positions in Yemen
American forces destroyed four explosive-loaded drone boats and seven mobile anti-ship cruise missile launchers Thursday.
Donald Trump wins Nevada’s Republican caucuses after being the only major candidate to…
Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley skipped the caucuses, which are the only contest in Nevada that counts toward the GOP nomination.
Nawaz Sharif urges rival parties to join hands and form coalition govt to rebuild Pakistan
Sharif, the three-time former premier, said that there is a need for all political parties to sit together and form a government to pull Pakistan out of its difficulties.
Strikes on Gaza’s Rafah as Biden calls Israel’s actions excessive
The State Department said Thursday it did not support a ground offensive in Rafah, warning that, if not properly planned, such an operation in a city sheltering more than one million displaced Palestinians risked "disaster".
Japan’s govt OKs new foreign trainee programme to attract more workers as its population shrinks
Japan's population of 126 million is rapidly aging and shrinking, and many short-staffed industries, including services, manufacturing and construction, rely heavily on foreign trainees and language students.
North Korea welcomes Russian tourists, likely first to visit the isolated country since pandemic
According to Vladivostok airport's flight timetable, the group is travelling on a Tupolev Tu-154 jet, a workhorse of Soviet aviation but has been involved in a number of crashes.
Zelenskiy names ex-army chief Zaluzhnyi ‘hero of Ukraine’, day after his removal
The decision to confer Ukraine's highest state award on Zaluzhniy is a sign that Zelenskiy's team are trying to signal unity and respect for Zaluzhnyi after removing him as commander of the armed forces
Prince Harry settles case against UK tabloid publisher that hacked his phone
Attorney David Sherborne said Mirror Group Newspapers had agreed to pay all of Harry's legal costs, plus damages, and would make an interim payment of 400,000 pounds ($505,000) within 14 days.
Meta removes Instagram and Facebook accounts of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei
Meta, based in Menlo Park, California, offered no specifics about its reasoning. However, it said it removed the accounts “for repeatedly violating our Dangerous Organisations and Individuals policy”
Farmers in Spain and Poland stage tractor protests over EU policies and competition
The actions follow similar ones in other EU members in recent weeks with farmers complaining that the 27-nation bloc's environmental and other policies are a financial burden and make their products more expensive than non-EU imports.
Imran Khan’s party-backed independents pose tough challenge to Sharif’s PML-N
Counting of votes began following the conclusion of the polling and the results of individual polling stations started to pour in after the mandatory one hour restriction ended.