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‘No compromise’ in Gaza truce talks: Hamas armed wing

Shawdesh Desk: Hamas’s armed wing said on Friday that there would be no compromise on the movement’s demand that Israel withdraw from Gaza to secure the release of hostages seized

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Turkey ready to host Ukraine-Russia peace summit: Erdogan

Shawdesh desk: Turkey is ready to host a peace summit between Russia and Ukraine, president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday after talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in

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Sweden to become NATO member after long tussle

Shawdesh Desk: After two centuries of non-alignment and two years of torturous diplomacy, Sweden on Thursday becomes the 32nd member of NATO, a major step for a country once careful not to

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ICC issues arrest warrants for top Russian commanders

Shawdesh Desk: The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for top Russian commanders over alleged war crimes in Ukraine. Sergei Kobylash and Viktor Sokolov, an army lieutenant general

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Israel says to allow devotees’ access to Al-Aqsa in Ramadan as in ‘previous years’

Shawdesh Desk: Israel will allow as many Muslim devotees to access Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem during the first week of Ramadan as in previous years, the prime minister’s office said

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Sudan soon to be ‘world’s largest hunger crisis’, says WFP

Shawdesh Desk: Sudan’s nearly 11-month war between rival generals ‘risks triggering the world’s largest hunger crisis’, the United Nations’ World Food Programme warned on Wednesday. The war between army chief

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Children starving to death in Gaza hospitals: WHO

Shawdesh Desk: An aid mission to two hospitals in northern Gaza found horrifying scenes of children dying of starvation, amid dire shortages of food, fuel and medicines, the World Health Organization said

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US slaps sanctions on Zimbabwean president and other top leaders

Shawdesh desk: The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa and other senior leaders, denouncing what it said was a campaign of rights abuses and corruption.

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