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Election|Europe|News

Decision day for far right's rivals

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland How well France's hastily assembled anti-far-right front is working will become clear today, with candidates having until

Decision day for far right's rivals
MidEast|News|World

Iraq requests end of UN assistance mission by end-2025

Iraq has requested that a United Nations assistance mission set up after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of the country end its work by the end of 2025, saying it was no longer needed

Iraq requests end of UN assistance mission by end-2025
News|World

Kuwait forms new government headed by Ahmad Abdullah Al-Sabah

Kuwait formed a new cabinet headed by Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Sabah, according to a royal decree issued Sunday.

Kuwait forms new government headed by Ahmad Abdullah Al-Sabah
Crime|MidEast|News|World

Reactions to the death of Iran's president in a helicopter crash

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner long seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain near the

Reactions to the death of Iran's president in a helicopter crash
News|World

Israel intends to broaden Rafah sweep, Defence Minister Gallant tells Washington

Israel intends to broaden its military operation in Rafah, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday told a senior aide to U.S.

Israel intends to broaden Rafah sweep, Defence Minister Gallant tells Washington
Crime|News|Political|World

ICC prosecutor's move against Netanyahu and Gallant is 'scandalous', Israeli minister says

Israel's foreign minister said on Monday a request by the International Criminal Court prosecutor for arrest warrants for Israel's prime minister and defence minister was "

ICC prosecutor's move against Netanyahu and Gallant is 'scandalous', Israeli minister says
Asia|Crime|Europe|News|World

UK police investigating unexplained death of man charged with spying for China

British police are investigating the unexplained death of a man charged earlier this month with assisting Hong Kong's foreign intelligence service.

UK police investigating unexplained death of man charged with spying for China
Asia|News|World

Philippines says China Coast Guard rules a provocation

Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said on Friday that China's rules about how its Coast Guard can operate in the South China Sea were a matter of international concern,

Philippines says China Coast Guard rules a provocation
MidEast|News|World

Aid trucks expected to start entering Gaza through Kerem Shalom crossing

About 200 aid trucks, including four fuel trucks, are expected to enter Gaza on Sunday through the Kerem Shalom border crossing, Khaled Zayed, the head of the Egyptian Red Crescent

Aid trucks expected to start entering Gaza through Kerem Shalom crossing
MidEast|News|World

Israeli police and Jewish pilgrims clash at beleaguered festival site

Clashes erupted on Sunday between police and Jewish pilgrims at a religious festival site in northern Israel where three years ago 45 people died in a crowd crush, and which

Israeli police and Jewish pilgrims clash at beleaguered festival site
MidEast|News|World

Aid trucks arrive in Gaza but no deliveries yet - sources

More than 100 aid trucks managed to reach the Gaza Strip by Monday morning after an agreement to reroute aid through the Kerem Shalom border crossing, but supplies have not been

Aid trucks arrive in Gaza but no deliveries yet - sources
Business|Economy|Finance|News

Canada finance minister says budget created conditions for cut in interest rates

Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Tuesday that the federal budget presented to the Parliament last month had created conditions for interest rates to come down.

Canada finance minister says budget created conditions for cut in interest rates
Americas|News|World

Colombia's Congress bans bullfights

Colombia's Congress banned bullfighting on Tuesday following seven years of failed attempts to prohibit the activity, which some political and social groups have vowed to maintain

Colombia's Congress bans bullfights
Asia|News|World

Myanmar's ethnic armies consolidate strongholds as junta weakens, reports say

Myanmar's ruling junta has lost control over vast tracts of territory, including access to much of its international borders, allowing ethnic armed groups to expand and consolidate regions

Myanmar's ethnic armies consolidate strongholds as junta weakens, reports say
News|World

Israel tried to avert Iranian response to embassy attack, Iranian Guards commander says

Israel sent messages to Tehran via Egypt that it would "compromise" in Gaza to try to avert an Iranian response to an attack in April on Iran's embassy compound in Syria, Iran's

Israel tried to avert Iranian response to embassy attack, Iranian Guards commander says
Crime|News|World

Lebanon hospital treats Adam, first wounded Gazan to arrive in Beirut

Five-year-old Adam Afana dreamt of being a police officer "to keep people safe," his uncle said, before losing his father, his siblings and cousins, and nearly all of his left arm

Lebanon hospital treats Adam, first wounded Gazan to arrive in Beirut
Election|News

Former Iran parliament speaker registers for presidential vote after Raisi death

Former Iranian parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani, a prominent conservative, was among candidates registering on Friday for an early election next month following the death of

Former Iran parliament speaker registers for presidential vote after Raisi death
Asia|News|US|World

US, S.Korea and Japan agree to hold joint military exercises

The United States, Japan and South Korea agreed to hold new trilateral joint exercises this summer, a joint statement issued by U.S Department of Defense said on Sunday, after

US, S.Korea and Japan agree to hold joint military exercises
Election

Iceland elects businesswoman Halla Tomasdottir as new president, beating former PM

Halla Tomasdottir, an entrepreneur, has won Iceland's presidential election and will take over the mostly ceremonial role from incumbent Gudni Johannesson, broadcaster RUV

Iceland elects businesswoman Halla Tomasdottir as new president, beating former PM
Asia|News|World

South Korea to suspend military pact with North over trash balloons

South Korea plans to suspend a military agreement signed with North Korea in 2018 aimed at easing tensions, the presidential office said on Monday, after Seoul warned of a strong

South Korea to suspend military pact with North over trash balloons
Africa|News|World

Rights violations for Uganda's LGBTQ community escalating - pressure group

Uganda's sexual minorities face escalating human rights violations, with over 1000 cases recorded in the last nine months involving arrests, torture and house evictions among

Rights violations for Uganda's LGBTQ community escalating - pressure group
MidEast|News|World

Four more Israeli hostages died in Gaza captivity, Israel's military says

The Israeli military said another four Israeli hostages abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7 had died in captivity and that their bodies are being held by the Palestinian Islamist group.

Four more Israeli hostages died in Gaza captivity, Israel's military says
MidEast|News|World

Why the Israel-Hezbollah conflict is heating up again

A deadly rocket strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights has added to concerns that Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah could be sucked into a full-scale war - something

Why the Israel-Hezbollah conflict is heating up again
Crime|MidEast|News|World

Israel's Barak quits ICJ panel, citing personal reasons

Aharon Barak, a former president of Israel's Supreme Court, has resigned from his role as ad hoc judge on an International Court of Justice panel weighing a genocide allegation

Israel's Barak quits ICJ panel, citing personal reasons
Europe|News|World

Ukraine's Zelenskiy, Qatari emir discuss how to end war, Qatari news report says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the emir of Qatar on Wednesday discussed ways to end Ukraine's 27-month-old full-scale conflict with Russia and efforts to keep channels of

Ukraine's Zelenskiy, Qatari emir discuss how to end war, Qatari news report says

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