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Napoleon’s pistols sold in France for $1.8m

Shawdesh Desk: Two pistols that Napoleon Bonaparte once intended to use to kill himself were sold in France on Sunday for 1.69 million euros or $1.8 million, the auction house

Israeli protesters step up push for Gaza truce deal

Shawdesh desk: Israeli protesters chanting ‘we will not give up’ marched through Tel Aviv on Sunday, the second consecutive day of demonstrations in a stepped-up push for a deal to

Floods and landslides kill 14 in Nepal

Shawdesh Desk: Lashing rains in Nepal causing flash floods and landslides have killed at least 14 people across the country, with disaster teams searching for nine missing, police said Sunday.

NATO turns 75 with Ukraine, future on line

Shawdesh Desk: The summit celebrating NATO’s 75th anniversary was meant to showcase the triumph of a larger, stronger alliance. Instead, leaders are coming together in Washington in the shadow of

France votes in final round

Shawdesh Desk: France went to the polls on Sunday for the second round of a crunch election that is expected to leave the far right as the dominant force in

Iran reformist Pezeshkian wins presidential election

Shawdesh Desk: Iran’s reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday won a runoff presidential election against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili, the interior ministry said. Pezeshkian received more than 16 million votes and

Absolute majority still possible for far right in France: Le Pen

Shawdesh Desk: French far right three-time presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said on Thursday that her National Rally (RN) party was still capable of winning an absolute majority in the

Xi tells leaders to resist external interference at Central Asia summit

Shawdesh Desk: Chinese president Xi Jinping told leaders at a Central Asia summit in the Kazakh capital Astana on Thursday to ‘resist external interference’, state media reported. ‘We should join