US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he signed a bill ordering the release of all files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The bill…
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Trump signs bill ordering release of Jeffrey Epstein files
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Israeli army faces deepening manpower crisis as hundreds seek early retirement: Reports
Personnel crisis looms large over the Israeli military as hundreds of career forces, including senior officers, have formally requested early retirement.
Israeli media outlets reported the development on Wednesday,…
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Using force against Iran simply not workable
A senior advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has delivered a clear message to Washington, warning that the Trump administration’s reliance on force would never compel Iran to alter…
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Indonesia’s Semeru volcano spews giant ash clouds as it erupts
The highest mountain on Indonesia’s Java Island, a volcano called Mount Semeru, has erupted, spewing gigantic columns of ash clouds as tall as 2km (1.2 miles) above its peak.
Large plumes of smoke can be seen engulfing a bridge and spreading…
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Paris court blocks auction of earliest-known calculator
One of the world’s first calculating machines will not go to auction as scheduled, France, after a Paris court provisionally blocked the historic item from being export.
Auction house Christie’s has confirmed it will not proceed with a bid for the…
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Teenage saboteurs paid to attack their own country
BBC Trending & BBC News Ukrainian
SBU‘Vlad’ was under surveillance when he planted a bomb in a van In July this year a 17-year-old travelled 500 miles from his home in eastern Ukraine to collect a bomb and a phone hidden in a park in the western…
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Hasina’s conviction for crimes against humanity is testing India-Bangladesh ties
Soutik BiswasIndia correspondent
LightRocket via Getty ImagesFor India, few friendships have been as strategically valuable – and as politically costly – as its long embrace of Bangladesh’s former leader Sheikh Hasina.
During 15 years in power she…
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Turkey set to host COP31 as Australia steps aside
The COP31 climate meeting is now expected to be held in Turkey after Australia dropped its bid to host the annual event.
Under the UN rules, the right to host the COP in 2026 falls to a group of countries made up of Western Europe, Australia and…
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Albanian PM accuses Mahmood of ‘ethnic stereotyping’
Sam FrancisPolitical reporter
EPAAlbania’s prime minister accused Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood of “ethnic stereotyping” after she singled out Albanian families in a speech about abuses of the asylum system.
Edi Rama criticised Mahmood for telling…
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Italy to extradite pipeline blast suspect to Germany
Sarah RainsfordSouthern and Eastern Europe correspondent, Rome
Danish Defence HandoutThe Nord Stream pipeline, which runs between Russia and Germany under the Baltic Sea, was attacked in 2022 Italy’s top appeals court has ruled that a Ukrainian…
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