The foreign ministers of Iran and France reviewed developments in the West Asian region, the Ukrainian conflict, the international security situation, as well as Iranian peaceful nuclear issue, and emphasized the need for responsible efforts to…
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Iran, France’s FMs stress need to ease tensions
The foreign ministers of Iran and France reviewed developments in the West Asian region, the Ukrainian conflict, the international security situation, as well as Iranian peaceful nuclear issue, and emphasized the need for responsible efforts to…
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Security and long-held views shattered in Lebanon amid Israeli strikes
Hugo BachegaMiddle East correspondent , Southern Lebanon
Neha Sharma/BBCLast Friday, at around 19:00, an Israeli air strike hit a car in a village in southern Lebanon called Froun.
This part of the country is the heartland of the Shia Muslim…
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US suspends immigration requests for Afghans after National Guard shooting
The US has suspended the processing of all immigration requests for Afghan nationals pending a review of “security and vetting protocols”, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced.
In a post on X, the agency said: “The protection and…
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Pope Leo to visit Turkey and Lebanon in first foreign trip of his papacy
Pope Leo XIV is beginning the first foreign trip of his papacy. Over the next six days he will first visit Turkey for an historic Christian anniversary. He will then visit Lebanon just days after Israeli airstrikes on its capital, Beirut.
Visits…
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Daybreak aerial footage reveals scale of Hong Kong apartment block blaze
Dawn has revealed the scale of destruction in Hong Kong, after a major fire engulfed public housing apartments in the Tai Po district yesterday.
More than 800 firefighters were still tackling the blaze at Wang Fuk Court this morning, which has…
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Car nearly hits first responders in Midwest blizzard conditions
Many Thanksgiving travellers across the US will experience a white holiday as a winter storm leaves behind a fresh blanket of snow. In the Midwest, blizzard conditions have led to hazardous road collisions.
Winter storm alerts and hazardous…
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Children are hit hardest by toxic air in Indian capital
Nikita Yadav,
Vikas Pandeyand
Nikhil Inamdar,in Delhi
AFP via Getty ImagesHospitals in Delhi have seen an influx of children complaining of breathing difficulties The toxic haze shrouding the Indian capital, Delhi, spares no-one, but its children are…
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Stone-hurling anger unnerves Zambia’s ‘fix-it’ president
AFP via Getty ImagesHakainde Hichilema says that his government’s investments will take time to bear fruit Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema has come out fighting after a bruising month that saw him come under attack by stone throwers as he…
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Georgia’s pro-EU protesters defiant year after accession process was halted
Rayhan DemytrieCaucasus correspondent
NurPhoto via Getty ImagesHundreds of protesters turn out every night, a year after pro-European demonstrations began “I’m standing for the future of this country,” says Giorgi Arabuli, who has taken part in…
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