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The Lebanese Red Cross helped provide assistance to those rescued, according to the statement, which did not specify where the boat was headed.

Japan, which also has territorial and other disputes with China, is hiking defence spending and has expanded security cooperation with countries across the Asia-Pacific region.

Putin has said that he will make "sovereignty" -- a loosely defined term -- one of the key aims of his fifth term in the Kremlin.

French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna was in Tel Aviv to hold talks with her Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen and convey France’s growing concerns over the situation in Gaza.

Bilateral trade between the two nations has doubled from USD 5.4 billion in 2020-21 to USD 12.3 billion in 2022-23.

The Gaza Strip is facing dire humanitarian conditions after more than two months of the war, with displaced people forced to squeeze into shelters mainly in the south.

Around 250 people were taken hostage during Palestinian militant group Hamas's October 7 attacks on Israel.

Sheikh Nawaf's reign, though not the shortest in Kuwait's history, was notable for issuing numerous amnesties, earning him the title "emir of pardons."

The deaths were announced as a US envoy tried to persuade the Israelis to scale back their campaign sooner rather than later.

About 653,000 people were homeless, the most since the country began using the yearly point-in-time survey in 2007.

Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine applied to join the 27-nation bloc after the Kremlin unleashed its all-out war on Ukraine last year.

Slippery tracks prompted automatic braking on the leading train. A train following from behind was on a descending section and went into a skid and was unable to brake in time.

The court found that Mirror had invaded the Duke of Sussex's privacy by using unlawful information gathering to produce 15 of the 33 newspaper articles examined at trial.

A terrorist blew himself up at the main entrance of the police office and residence block and the others stormed in. The attack was claimed by a new militant group, Ansarul Jihad.

Of the additional funds, 17 billion shekels are earmarked for supporting Israel's war effort.

In Kenya, floods have killed at least 170 and displaced more than 600,000 since the onset of heavy rains in November, according to the Red Cross.

He has made more than 100 visits to the fifth-century basilica, where he prays in front of a venerated image of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus.

He reiterated that Moscow's goals in Ukraine — "de-Nazification, de-militarization and a neutral status" of Ukraine — remain unchanged.