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US eyes Israel-Hamas ceasefire by next week

Shawdesh Desk: A new ceasefire between Israel and Hamas could start as soon as Monday, US President Joe Biden said, in a deal that could include the exchange of dozens

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Bodies of missing Australian TV presenter, boyfriend recovered

Shawdesh Desk: Australian police recovered the bodies of a TV presenter and his flight attendant boyfriend in a rural area outside Sydney on Tuesday, acting on information from a police

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US airman dies after self-immolating outside Israeli embassy

Shawdesh desk: A US airman has died after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington at the weekend in protest over the war in Gaza, the Air

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Dozens address UN world court hearings on Israeli practices

Shawdesh Desk: “Here are the choices: ethnic cleansing, apartheid or genocide,” said Palestine’s foreign minister at the opening of public hearings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) this week,

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Israeli strike kills 23 at family home of comedian in Gaza: ministry

Shawdesh desk: An Israeli air strike on Friday destroyed the home of a well-known Palestinian comedian in Gaza, killing at least 23 and injuring dozens more, according to the health

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97 more killed in 24hrs in Gaza

Shawdesh Desk: The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Thursday that at least 29,410 people have been killed in the Palestinian territory during the war between Hamas-led militants and Israel,

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Southeast Asian MPs condemn Myanmar’s newly enforced conscription law

Shawdesh desk: ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) has condemned the decision by the Myanmar military to enforce a national conscription law that would mandate all men aged 18-35 and

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US Congressional support for Taiwan ‘extremely strong’: lawmaker

Shawdesh Desk: The chairman of the US House of Representatives committee on China said on Thursday that support in his country’s legislature for Taiwan was ‘extremely strong’, after a meeting

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