18-10-2025 WASHINGTON/ KYIV/ MOSCOW: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet US President Donald Trump in Washington on Friday, as Trump weighs whether to arm Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles capable of striking deep into Russia. Their meeting comes a day after Trump said “great progress” was made during a phone call …
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18-10-2025 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD/ KABUL: Tensions are mounting between Pakistan and Afghanistan amid reports of a brutal border attack on the former’s troops as a fragile temporary truce between the neighbors, and once allies, has expired. A 48-hour ceasefire between the two sides, which came into effect this week …
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18-10-2025 GAZA STRIP: Palestinians in Gaza say they are still desperate for food, water and other necessities of life despite the week-old ceasefire. An Israeli government agency says the opening of the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt for the movement of people will continue to be delayed. United States …
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18-10-2025 DHAKA: Police have fired tear gas and used grenades and batons to disperse protesters gathered outside Bangladesh’s national Parliament complex to express dissatisfaction with the interim government’s new political charter. The charter was drafted more than a year after Gen Z demonstrations that led to former Prime Minister Sheikh …
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17-10-2025 GAZA STRIP: Gaza Water Authority crews continue urgent relief operations to provide water to Palestinians returning to their homes in the southern city of Khan Yunis. The Authority said in a statement, said its technical teams are distributing limited quantities of water via tankers as part of an emergency …
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17-10-2025 PARIS: French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has survived two confidence motions, just days after he appointed his new government in time to submit a draft budget to parliament in a bid to end the political turmoil that has gripped the country for months. A motion sponsored by Marine Le …
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17-10-2025 JERUSALEM/ GAZA STRIP/ WASHINGTON: Planning has begun for an international force to go into Gaza to stabilize security in the Palestinian enclave, two senior US advisers said on Wednesday. One of the top requirements of President Donald Trump’s 20-point Gaza plan was formation of a US-backed stabilization force. The …
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17-10-2025 WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged to stop buying oil from Russia, and Trump said he would next try to get China to do the same as Washington intensifies efforts to cut off Moscow’s energy revenues. India and China …
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17-10-2025 ROME: Italy, whose sovereign assets from bonds to banks have so often been the subject of market crises in recent years, is currently enjoying a windfall as the central bank’s vast gold reserves track record-high prices. The country’s bullion stockpile reflects decades of determined safeguarding after it rebuilt reserves …
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17-10-2025 UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations humanitarian chief, Tom Fletcher, has urged Israel to immediately open more crossings into the famine-stricken Gaza Strip to allow for a surge in aid deliveries. In remarks to reporters on Wednesday, Fletcher said that the UN is seeking a dramatic boost in humanitarian aid …
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