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South Korea’s Lee Condemns Israeli Detentions of Nationals in International Waters
EU Approves Trade Pact Implementation After Trump Tariff Warning
Taiwan’s Lai Says He Would Tell Trump China Is Destabilizing Indo-Pacific Region
Russian Strikes Kill Two in Ukraine as Kyiv Expands Drone Attacks Inside Russia
Sally Rooney Backs Hebrew Release of Intermezzo Through BDS-Compliant Publisher, Says Israeli Cultural Institutions Are ‘Complicit in Apartheid

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Croatian President Blocks Israeli Ambassador Nominee Amid Gaza War Tensions

Zagreb-Croatian President Zoran Milanovic has refused to approve Israel’s proposed new ambassador to Croatia, citing opposition to the policies of

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MSF Says Humanitarian Aid in South Sudan Being Exploited for Military Purposes

Nairobi-Médecins Sans Frontières warned on Tuesday that humanitarian assistance in South Sudan was increasingly being manipulated for military and political

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Pentagon Watchdog Investigates Legality of US Strikes on Suspected Drug Boats

Washington-The Pentagon’s independent inspector general has launched a review into the legality of US military strikes targeting suspected drug-trafficking vessels

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G7 Backs Expanded IMF, World Bank Support for Vulnerable Economies

Paris-Group of Seven finance ministers agreed that the International Monetary Fund and World Bank should intensify support for vulnerable countries

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Exiled Iranian Kurdish Groups Deny Tehran’s Claims of US Arms Smuggling

Sukaimaniyah-Three major Iranian Kurdish opposition groups based in Iraq denied on Tuesday that they had smuggled American weapons into Iran,

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G7 Finance Ministers Urge Reopening of Strait of Hormuz Amid Global Economic Risks

Paris-Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of Seven nations on Tuesday called for the reopening of the

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Rosatom Plans Return of Staff to Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Plant After Wartime Evacuation

Moscow-Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom expects to return personnel to Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant within weeks after evacuating

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Car Bomb Near Syrian Defense Facility in Damascus Kills Soldier, Injures Others

Damascus-A car bomb exploded near a Syrian defense ministry-affiliated building in central Damascus on Tuesday, killing at least one soldier

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Iran Holds Mass Weddings in Tehran for Couples Pledging Wartime ‘Self-Sacrifice’

Tehran-Iranian authorities staged mass public wedding ceremonies across Tehran for hundreds of couples enrolled in a state-backed wartime mobilization campaign,

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Wale Signals Policy Shift as Solomon Islands Elevates China Critics

Honiara— The new government of Solomon Islands appointed prominent critics of Beijing to senior cabinet positions and reinstated a ban