NEW YORK: Children in Gaza are suffering from the worst starvation rates since the war between Israel and Hamas began in October 2023, aid officials told the UN Security Council on Wednesday, in a devastating assessment of the conditions young…
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Mcebisi Jonas ‘shunned’ and Scott Bessent skips G20 meeting
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The Trump administration is treating South Africa almost like a pariah, blacklisting its envoys, refusing to send top-level officials to meetings it hosts, and threatening to hit the nation with such high tariffs that its economic…
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US aid workers lobbied for weeks to save food stocks from destruction after Trump cuts
By Ammu Kannampilly, Jonathan Landay and Jessica Donati
(Reuters) -With 1,100 metric tons of emergency food rations nearing expiry in a U.S. government warehouse in Dubai after President Donald Trump’s aid freeze, it took a warning of “wasted tax…
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Israel launches heavy airstrikes in Damascus, vowing to protect Druze
DAMASCUS/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel launched powerful airstrikes in Damascus on Wednesday, blowing up part of the defence ministry and hitting near the presidential palace as it vowed to destroy government forces attacking Druze in southern…
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US says it has sent third-country deportees to Southern Africa’s Eswatini
By Kanishka Singh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Homeland Security Department said on Tuesday a deportation flight carrying immigrants from different countries had landed in Eswatini, in a move that follows the U.S. Supreme Court lifting limits on…
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Syria’s Druze reach new ceasefire deal with government in Sweida, religious leader says
(Reuters) -Syria’s Druze have reached a ceasefire agreement with the Syrian government in Sweida that will take immediate effect, Druze religious leader Sheikh Yousef Jarbou said in a video broadcast by state media on Wednesday.
An earlier…
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ICC judges reject Israel’s request to withdraw Netanyahu arrest warrant
THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday rejected Israel’s request to withdrawarrest warrantsagainst its prime minister and former defence minister while the ICC reviews Israeli challenges to its…
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Thousands of Afghans secretly moved to Britain after data leak
By Sam Tobin and Andrew MacAskill
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain set up a secret scheme to bring thousands of Afghans to the UK after their personal details were disclosed in one of the country’s worst ever data breaches, putting them at risk of…
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National advertising blitz urges Israelis not to spy for Iran
By Steven Scheer
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel launched a national advertising campaign on Wednesday urging its citizens to resist the lure of spying for Iran, warning that the consequences far outweigh any financial reward.
The unusual drive comes a…
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Trump to meet Qatar’s PM as push for Gaza ceasefire deal continues
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani on Wednesday, the White House said, as Trump presses for progress on a Gaza ceasefire and hostage-release…
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