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Israeli warning fire at diplomats sparks outcry amid Gaza pressure

Shawdesh Desk: Israeli troops fired warning shots during foreign diplomats’ visit to the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the military said, drawing condemnation as pressure mounted on Israel to allow

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‘Accident’ takes place at North Korea warship launch ceremony

A major accident occurred at a launch ceremony for a new North Korean naval destroyer, state media reported Thursday, with leader Kim Jong Un saying the mishap was a ‘criminal

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Khamenei says talks with US unlikely to ‘lead to any outcome’

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that nuclear talks with the United States were unlikely to yield any results, amid a diplomatic standoff over the Islamic republic’s

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Cambodian students re-enact bloody Khmer Rouge crimes

Shawdesh desk: Cambodian students wearing all black and wielding bamboo clubs and wooden rifles staged a dramatic re-enactment on Tuesday of a genocide that killed two million people in the

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Pakistan, India agree to withdraw additional troops by end May: Security official

Shawdesh desk: Pakistan and India have agreed to withdraw troop reinforcements deployed during their recent conflict back to their peacetime positions by the end of May, a senior Pakistani security

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Italian PM Meloni likely to visit Bangladesh in August

Shawdesh Desk: Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni is expected to pay an official visit to Bangladesh in the last week of August as Dhaka and Rome look to deepen cooperation

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The pilots chasing ‘sky rivers’ and cyclones from Japan to the US

Shawdesh desk: Storm-hunting planes chase atmospheric rivers through the sky from Japan to the US, revealing new insights into these powerful storms and how we can keep ourselves safe. It

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Rescuers say 100 dead as Israel launches fresh Gaza offensive

Shawdesh desk: The Israeli military said Saturday it had launched “extensive strikes” as part of a fresh offensive in Gaza, after rescuers reported 100 people killed in the besieged Palestinian

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