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30 killed after Bolivia bus plunges into ravine

Shawdesh Desk: A passenger bus plunged into an 800-meter-deep abyss in southern Bolivia on Monday, killing at least 30 people and injuring 15, police and local media said. The bodies of “at

Israel says committed to Trump plan for Gaza displacement

Shawdesh desk: Israel expressed commitment on Monday to a US proposal to take over Gaza and displace its Palestinian residents, as Washington’s top diplomat held talks in Saudi Arabia where he was

India anger as judge frees man accused of raping wife who then died

Shawdesh Desk: An Indian court’s ruling that a man’s forced “unnatural sex” with his wife is not an offence has led to huge outrage and sparked renewed calls for better

Khamenei warns of attempts to create ‘discord’ in Iran

Shawdesh Desk: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned on Monday against what he called ‘soft war’ tactics employed by enemies in a bid to sow discord within the Islamic

Top Russia, US officials to meet in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday

Shawdesh Desk: Top US and Russian diplomats will meet in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for talks on resetting the countries’ fractured relations and possibly paving the way to ending the

Hamas, Israel complete 6th hostage-prisoner swap

Shawdesh Desk: Palestinian militants released three Israeli hostages on Saturday in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian inmates freed by Israel, completing the latest swap despite fears the Gaza truce deal

Zelensky calls for European army amid US support doubts

Shawdesh Desk: Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky called Saturday for the creation of a European army, as he insisted Kyiv and its backers on the continent must be listened to in

Vance speech ‘plea for direct democracy’: Swiss president

Shawdesh Desk: Amid angry European reactions to US vice-president JD Vance’s combative speech in Munich, Switzerland’s president said on Saturday she shared many of the ‘liberal values’ he expressed, seeing