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Australian state set to pass tougher hate speech laws

25-12-2025 SYDNEY: Australia’s most populous state is set to pass tougher gun laws, ban the display of terrorist symbols and curb protests in an emergency sitting following the Bondi mass shooting, as authorities stepped up their response to the anti-Semitic attack. Fifteen people were killed and dozens injured in the …

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China implies US hypocrisy over nuclear disarmament

25-12-2025 BEIJING: China on Tuesday urged the United States to fulfil its nuclear disarmament responsibilities after a draft Pentagon report said China was likely to have loaded more than 100 intercontinental ballistic missiles in sites near the Mongolian border and showed no desire for arms control talks. “As a super …

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Houthis, Yemen gov’t to exchange nearly 3,000 prisoners

25-12-2025 SANA’A: Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels and the country’s internationally-recognized government agreed to a large-scale prisoner exchange involving nearly 3,000 detainees, officials from both sides said on Tuesday, in what the United Nations described as a rare but meaningful step to ease suffering in the decade-long war. Majed Fadhail, a …

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Sudan’s PM presents peace plan to UNSC to end war

25-12-2025 UNITED NATIONS: Sudan’s prime minister has presented a plan to end the country’s nearly three-year war before the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), calling on members to stand “on the right side of history” by backing the initiative, as fighting continued in Kordofan and North Kordofan states. Addressing the …

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New Zealand secures Free Trade Agreement with India

24-12-2025 WELLINGTON: New Zealand and India have concluded a Free Trade Agreement,  offering New Zealanders unprecedented access to 1.4 billion Indian consumers, Trade and Investment Minister Todd McClay announced Monday. This historic Agreement eliminates and reduces tariffs on 95 percent of New Zealand’s exports among the highest of any Indian FTA with almost 57 percent being duty-free from day …

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Australian PM apologizes over Bondi attack

24-12-2025 CANBERRA: Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has apologized to the Jewish community over last week’s Bondi Beach attack, which killed 15 people at a Hanukkah ceremony, and called for stricter laws against hate speech and hardline violence. Speaking on Monday, a week after Australia’s deadliest mass shooting in decades …

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