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European Union says Israel can’t ‘have veto’ on creation of Palestinian state
The comments come after EU's top diplomat chaired talks between the bloc's 27 foreign ministers and the top diplomats from Israel, the Palestinian Authority and key Arab states.
Biden admin applauds outgoing envoy Taranjit Sandhu on India-US relationship
India House (USA) : Applauding Taranjit Singh Sandhu for his leadership in strengthening the India-US relationship, senior Biden administration officials have said that the outgoing Indian ambassador has made the groundwork for a “thousand…
Three Pakistan universities shut over security threats: Police
ISLAMABAD: Three universities affiliated with Pakistan's military were shut over security threats in the capital Islamabad on Monday, police said.
Pakistan is due to vote in general elections in two weeks amid overlapping political,…
Protests against Germany’s far right draw hundreds of thousands
BERLIN: A protest against the far right in the German city of Munich Sunday afternoon ended early due to safety concerns after approximately 100,000 people showed up, police said. The demonstration was one of dozens around the country this…
Elon Musk privately visits Auschwitz-Birkenau site in response to accusations of antisemitism on X
Musk sparked an outcry in November with his own tweets responding to a user who accused Jews of hating white people and professing indifference to antisemitism.
Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat says it won’t recognize Israel without a path to a…
Before the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the war, the U.S. had been trying to broker a landmark agreement in which Saudi Arabia would normalize relations with Israel in exchange for U.S. security guarantees
Not easy to bring Pakistan back on track, says former PM Nawaz Sharif
Nawaz said that Pakistan has fallen behind the world and that the country has to be "rebuilt."
Iran is ‘directly involved’ in Yemen Houthi rebel ship attacks, claims US Navy’s…
The tempo of Houthi attacks on shipping appears to have slowed for the time being as the US and its allies have increased their naval patrols in the region.
Ron DeSantis ends his struggling presidential bid before New Hampshire, endorses Donald Trump
The decision leaves Trump and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley as the last major candidates remaining in the race.
Global South is about a ‘mindset, a solidarity and a self-reliance’: Jaishankar in Lagos
The minister also said the simple principle that must guide global governance, conversations and debates, is a conviction that no one should be left behind.
US President Biden, V-P Harris put abortion rights on elections frontline
Biden's campaign increasingly sees the issue as a vote winner after Trump repeatedly bragged that he should be given credit for the top US court's decision to overturn the federally protected right to abortion.
Taiwan detects record six Chinese balloons
It was the highest number detected since the ministry started regularly releasing data on balloon sightings in December.
7.2 magnitude earthquake jolts China’s Xinjiang, tremors felt in parts of India
The tremors of the earthquake were also felt in the Delhi-NCR region including other parts of India.
Landslide in mountainous southwestern China buries 47 people
More than 200 people have been "urgently evacuated" from the region, CCTV reported.
Four survivors in Russian air ambulance crash in Afghanistan, fate of 2 others unknown
The Falcon 10 business jet was believed to be carrying six people on a hospital flight from India to Uzbekistan and Russia before communication was lost on Saturday evening.
Families of hostages held in Gaza storm Israel’s Parliament demanding deal for release
Relatives of hostages, as well as other protesters, have set up a tent camp outside Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem and vowed to remain until a deal is reached to bring the rest of the captives home.
Investigation under way after China school fire kills 13
YANSHANPU: Authorities in central China's Henan Province were on Sunday looking into the cause of a night-time fire that killed 13 schoolchildren as they slept in a dormitory.
The inferno, which took place at the Yingcai School in…
Health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says war death toll at 25,105
A ministry statement said some 62,681 people were also wounded in the fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants.
Iran-backed militants strike US-led coalition base in Iraq
Saturday's air base attack comes amid soaring tensions in the Middle East following the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war on October 7.
Maldivian kid dies as president Mohamed Muizzu rejects Indian medical plane help.
Male: A 13-year-old Maldivian boy died on Saturday after President Mohammed Muizzu reportedly refused approval to use India's Dornier aircraft to airlift the teenager. The report comes amid a diplomatic row between India and Maldives.…