Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghaei strongly condemned the brutal attacks by the Zionist regime on shelters and refugee camps in Jabalia and Khan Younis, which led to the martyrdom and injury of dozens of innocent Palestinians,…
Category: 2. World
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Donald Trump’s Kashmir mediation offer puts India in a tight spot
Anbarasan EthirajanSouth Asia Regional Editor
ReutersDonald Trump announced a ceasefire at the weekend For decades, if there’s one thing that’s been a taboo in the Indian foreign ministry, it is third-party mediation – particularly in the…
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UN aviation agency finds Russia responsible for downing of MH17
Russia was responsible for the downing of the Malaysia Airlines flight, MH17, over eastern Ukraine in July 2014, the United Nations aviation agency has ruled.
All 298 people on board the passenger plane were killed when it was shot down by a…
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Why the mighty Himalayas are getting harder and harder to see
Navin Singh KhadkaEnvironment correspondent, BBC World Service
BBCTrekking in Nepal’s Annapurna region, where haze obscures visibility of the epic mountains even at close range I grew up in Nepal’s capital watching the Himalayas. Ever since I left,…
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Gold is booming – but how safe is it for investors, really?
Theo LeggettInternational business correspondent
BBCListen to Theo read this article
“What you have there is about £250,000 worth of gold,” Emma Siebenborn says as she shows me a faded plastic tub filled with old, shabby jewellery – rings, charm…
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Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Lawrence and Tom Cruise to hit red carpet
Paul Glynn & Ian YoungsCulture reporter
Fair Winter LLCPaul Mescal plays a budding singer who forms a friendship with Josh O’Connor’s music student in The History of Sound Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Lawrence and Tom Cruise are among the Hollywood…
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Gérard Depardieu sexual assault trial verdict expected
French cinema star Gérard Depardieu faces a suspended prison term and registration as a sex-offender if he is convicted today of assault.
At his trial six weeks ago, the court heard testimony from two women who said the 76-year-old actor groped…
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Kim Kardashian to appear in court as witness in Paris burglary case
Kim Kardashian is due to appear in court in Paris later today as a witness in a burglary case dating back to 2016, when she was held up at gunpoint and had millions of dollars’ worth of jewellery taken from her.
The reality TV star and business…
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Gaza parents desperate as children face starvation under Israeli blockade
The BBC’s Fergal Keane reports on the rise of malnutrition in Gaza’s children.
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Diddy jury hears opening remarks as sex-trafficking trial begins
Warning: This story contains distressing details
Prosecutors opened their case by accusing hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs of using fame and violence to sexually abuse women, while the rapper’s attorneys defended his “swinger” lifestyle and…
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