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Pakistan evacuates thousands as India releases water from swollen rivers | Floods News
Rescue crews said they evacuated more than 14,000 people from Kasur and 89,000 from Bahawalnagar.
Pakistani officials have started evacuating tens of thousands of people after neighbouring India released water from overflowing dams and swollen…
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A moving will from journalist Mariam Abu Daqqa to her son before her killing – Middle East Monitor
Before being killed by the Israeli army in Gaza on Monday, Palestinian journalist Mariam Abu Daqqa left a moving will to her only child, Gaith. In it, she asked him to pray for her, not to cry after her death, to hold…
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Prosecutor Files Charges Against Iranian Comedian Over Remarks On Epic Poet Ferdowsi
Tehran’s prosecutor has filed criminal charges against Iranian comedian and online content creator Zeinab Mousavi after a controversial video surfaced in which she used explicit and derogatory language to describe Ferdowsi, the revered 10th…
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Iran Says It Has Worked to Prevent Snapback Mechanism From Triggering
Why it matters:
The snapback mechanism, designed to automatically reinstate UN sanctions if Iran is deemed non-compliant with the 2015 nuclear deal, has long been a point of contention.
The big picture:
Tehran insists…
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Who is Lisa Cook, and what is Federal Reserve governor accused of?
Tom Geoghegan and James FitzGeraldBBC News
Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump has demanded the removal of one of the governors of the US central bank, a move that escalates his long-running feud with the institution.
Late on Monday, he posted on…
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Trump Claims US No Longer Spends Money On Ukraine
Trump claimed that Washington was being “fleeced” under previous US administrations, which he said had committed $350 billion to Kiev.
“I don’t blame Ukraine… if they come and ask for a hundred billion dollars and they get it,” he…
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Families leave Gaza City after night of bombardment, Israelis protest
By Nidal al-Mughrabi
CAIRO (Reuters) -More Palestinian families left Gaza City on Tuesday after a night of Israeli shelling on its outskirts, as Israelis launched a day of nationwide protests calling for hostages to be released and the war in Gaza…
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Trump Says US Wants Nuclear Arms Deal With Russia And China
The US president made the remarks while speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, claiming that Putin also showed interest in the matter during the summit.
“We would like to denuclearize. It’s too much power, and we talked about that also,”…
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