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Yemen’s Huthis warn US, UK strikes won’t go ‘unpunished’

Shawdesh Desk: Military strikes by the United States and Britain will not go “unpunished”, Yemen’s Huthi rebels warned on Tuesday, detailing 18 raids on their territory overnight. “These attacks will

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Israel proposes pause in fighting as part of hostage deal

Shawdesh dEsk: Israel has proposed to Hamas via Qatari and Egyptian mediators a pause in fighting of up to two months as part of a deal to free all the

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Netanyahu rejects Hamas’s conditions for hostage release

Shawdesh Desk: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he had rejected conditions demanded by Hamas militants for the release of hostages, hours after the group released a report justifying its

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Vietnam sentences nine to death for drug trafficking

Shawdesh desk: Vietnam sentenced nine people to death and two others to life in prison on Monday for their involvement in a cross-border drug trafficking ring, state media reported. The

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47 buried in China landslide

Shawdesh Desk: A total of 47 people were buried when a landslide struck a remote and mountainous part of southwestern China on Monday, state media reported. The pre-dawn landslide hit

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India plans to fence off Myanmar frontier

Shawdesh Desk: India plans to erect a fence along its vast and porous frontier with Myanmar and will scrap a free movement border zone agreement, Indian media reported Sunday. The

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13 killed in China school fire: state media

Shawdesh Desk: A total of 13 people have died in a school dormitory fire in central China’s Henan province, the official Xinhua news agency reported Saturday. The blaze at the

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Qatar, France broker deal to get aid, medication to civilians, hostages in Gaza

Shawdesh desk: Qatar and France have brokered a deal with Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas to deliver urgent medication to some 45 Israeli hostages held by the group in

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