“Following a nighttime call from my respective country’s officials to request assistance from the Russian Federation to contain the fire, I immediately contacted that country’s authorities (at midnight on Saturday) and, despite the official…
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Qatar claims slight progress towards ceasefire in Gaza
Sebastian Usher and Jessica RawnsleyBBC News, Jerusalem and London
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Israel’s military offensive in Gaza resumed after a ceasefire collapsed in March Qatar’s prime minister says there has been “a bit of progress” in efforts to broker a…
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South Africa will defend sovereignty, ANC chair says amid US tensions
A senior figure from South Africa’s ruling ANC party has defended his country’s sovereignty amid growing tensions with the US over race relations and a new land law.
“We are a free country, we’re a sovereign country. We’re not a province of the…
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Israel bombs Lebanons capital Beirut
Israeli forces have carried out an airstrike on Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, in the latest violation of a ceasefire agreement with the country’s resistance movement, Hezbollah.
Reports say a plume of smoke billowed…
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Mourning turns to anger after blast kills 40
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Thick black smoke was still towering above the port on Sunday In Iran, mourning is turning to anger after a huge blast at its largest commercial port killed at least 40 people and injured more than 1,000.
The explosion happened on…
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Greenland PM says island not a piece of property after Trump threats
Greenland’s new prime minister has said the island is not a “piece of property that can be bought”, in response to Donald Trump’s repeated calls for the US to take control of the autonomous Danish territory.
On a visit to Copenhagen on Sunday,…
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Israeli regime strikes southern Beirut with drones
“Israeli occupation military issued evacuation order for residents in Al-Hadath area of Beirut’s Dahiyeh,” Al-Manar TV English webiste reported on Sunday afternoon.
“Israeli drone staged preliminary strike on the area of the evacuation order,”…
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Israeli warplanes strike southern Beirut
“Israeli occupation military issued evacuation order for residents in Al-Hadath area of Beirut’s Dahiyeh,” Al-Manar TV English webiste reported on Sunday afternoon.
“Israeli drone staged preliminary strike on the area of the evacuation order,”…
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Beijing seizes tiny sandbank in South China Sea
The Chinese coastguard has seized a tiny sandbank in the South China Sea, state media has reported, in an escalation of a regional dispute with the Philippines.
State broadcaster CCTV released images of four officers, wearing all black and holding…
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