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Israel Claims Hamas Breached Gaza Ceasefire Agreement

JERUSALEM / ANKARA: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday accused Hamas of violating the Gaza ceasefire following an explosion that wounded an...

East & South Asia

Bangladesh PM Hopeful Returns After 17 Years in Exile Ahead of Polls

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman returned to Dhaka on Thursday after nearly 17 years in exile, a high-profile homecoming...

West Asia

Israeli Minister’s Gaza Resettlement Remarks Cause Confusion

Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz, on Tuesday denied any plans to resettle the Gaza Strip after his earlier remarks caused confusion by suggesting...

West

Russian Airstrike in Ukraine Kills Three, Causes Power Outages

Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine on Tuesday killed at least three people, including a four-year-old child, and caused widespread power outages...

West

Trump Confirms US Plans for Oil Taken from Venezuela

US President Donald Trump announced on Monday that the United States will either retain or sell the crude oil seized from tankers off...

GeoPolitics

Houthis and Yemen Government Agree on 3,000-Strong Prisoner Exchange

MUSCAT: Yemen’s Houthi movement and the country’s internationally recognised government have reached an agreement to exchange nearly 3,000 prisoners, marking one of the...

GeoPolitics

Libya’s Top Military Chief Killed in Plane Crash in Türkiye

Libya’s chief of army staff, Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad, was killed on Tuesday when a military jet crashed shortly after departing from Türkiye’s...

East & South Asia

Bangladesh Calls India’s Statement on Delhi Protest ‘Inaccurate’

DHAKA: Bangladesh has firmly rejected India’s characterization of a protest outside the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi as “misleading propaganda,” describing the...

East & South Asia

Japan Set to Resume Operations at World’s Largest Nuclear Plant, 15 Years After Fukushima

NIIGATA, JAPAN: Japan took a major step toward reviving its nuclear energy program on Monday, as the Niigata Prefecture approved the restart of...

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Iran military warns US forces will be attacked if they enter Strait of Hormuz

TEHRAN: Iran’s military said on Monday that US forces would be attacked if they entered the Strait of Hormuz, following US President Donald...

Donald Trump claims Iran wants Hormuz Strait reopened soon

Washington: Donald Trump said Iran had informed him it was in a “state of collapse” and was trying to determine its leadership situation,...

Trump Unimpressed by Iran’s New Plan to End Conflict: US Official

Washington: US President Donald Trump is unhappy with the latest Iranian proposal on resolving the two-month war, a US official said, dampening hopes...