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South Korean president snubs summons for second time

Shawdesh Desk: South Korea’s suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol refused a summons for questioning for the second time, an investigation team said on Monday, after he snubbed a previous one

Gaza official says Israel strikes on hospital ‘terrifying’

Shawdesh Desk: An official from one of only two functioning hospitals in northern Gaza on Monday told AFP that Israeli forces were continuing to target his facility and urged the

Bashar Al-Assad’s wife files for divorce, wants to return to UK

Shawdesh desK: Asma al-Assad, wife of deposed Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, has filed for divorce and expressed her desire to return to the United Kingdom, reports The Jerusalem Post quoting

Khamenei says Iran does not have or need regional proxy forces

Shawdesh Desk: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denied on Sunday that militant groups around the region functioned as Tehran’s proxies, warning that if his country chose to ‘take action’,

Israeli strikes kill 28 in Gaza

Shawdesh desk: Gaza’s civil defence agency said on Sunday Israeli strikes killed at least 28 Palestinians, as the director of one of two hospitals still operating in the territory’s north

Drone strikes Russian city 1,000km from Ukraine frontier

Shawdesh desk: Kyiv on Saturday staged a major drone attack on the Russian city of Kazan, 1,000 kilometres from the frontier, as Moscow’s troops captured a new frontline village in

16 hurt as Yemen rebels strike Tel Aviv

Shawdesh Desk: A missile fired from Yemen by Iran-backed Huthi rebels struck Israel’s commercial hub of Tel Aviv before dawn on Saturday, wounding 16 people in the second such attack

Israel strikes kill 30 in Gaza

Shawdesh Desk: Gaza’s civil defence agency said a series of Israeli strikes on Thursday killed at least 30 Palestinians, with the Israeli military confirming it targeted Hamas members in one