13-05-2025 GAZA STRIP: Hamas has released Israeli-American captive Edan Alexander, 21, “paving the way” for a return to ceasefire talks for the war-battered Gaza Strip, the Palestinian group says. Gaza’s entire population is at critical risk of famine and half a million Palestinians in the besieged territory face starvation, according …
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12-05-2025 GAZA STRIP: Dozens more people, including several children, have been killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since dawn amid a months-long Israeli blockade that has deepened the humanitarian crisis in the war-torn coastal enclave. Four Palestinians were killed and others were wounded Saturday evening after an Israeli …
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12-05-2025 GENEVA: Senior US and Chinese officials met again on Sunday in Geneva, two sources familiar with the situation told media, to resume weekend talks aimed at cooling the trade war that threatens to seriously damage the global economy. Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng met for about eight hours on …
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12-05-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ KARACHI: A key water-sharing pact between India and Pakistan remains suspended, four government sources told media, despite the countries reaching a ceasefire agreement on Saturday after days of deadly fighting. The Indus Waters Treaty, mediated by the World Bank in 1960, regulates the …
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12-05-2025 UNITED NATIONS/ GAZA: The world could be witnessing “another Nakba”, or the expulsion of Palestinians, a United Nations special committee has warned. The committee sounded the alarm, accusing Israel of “ethnic cleansing” and saying it was inflicting “unimaginable suffering” on Palestinians. The comments come after Israel announced a plan …
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12-05-2025 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD/ NEW DELHI: Officially, no. Despite intense military exchanges, including missile strikes, drone attacks, and artillery shelling, neither government made an official declaration of war. India and Pakistan instead characterized their military actions as specific coordinated “military operations”. Pakistan on Saturday launched a retaliatory assault it …
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12-05-2025 TEL AVIV: Thousands of Israelis rallied in central Tel Aviv, calling on the government to end the war on Gaza and secure the immediate release of Israeli captives held in the besieged Palestinian enclave. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that in Tel Aviv, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, …
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12-05-2025 TEHRAN/ MUSCAT: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Saturday that if the United States’ goal is to deprive Iran of its “nuclear rights”, Tehran will never back down over those rights. Araqchi was speaking in Doha a day ahead of another round of planned nuclear talks between Iran …
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11-05-2025 VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo XIV has held his first meeting with the world’s cardinals since his election as the head of the Catholic Church, identifying artificial intelligence (AI) as one of the most crucial issues facing humanity. Leo, the first American pope, laid out a vision of his papacy …
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11-05-2025 WASHINGTON: Donald Trump has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to add at least 20,000 officers to enforce his deportation policies. The directive was issued on Friday and forms part of the administration’s plan to incentivize undocumented immigrants to self-deport. In a video, Trump said he was making it …
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