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Hurricane Norma, Now Category 2, Nears West Mexico Coast

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“Extraordinarily heavy rainfall” could cause flooding, landslides, said Mexico’s MeT department (File) Cabo San Lucas, Mexic: Hurricane Norma is expected to slam into Mexico’s northwestern coast within hours, bringing “life-threatening” winds, flooding and a dangerous sea surge, authorities warned Saturday. The storm, still powerful though downgraded overnight from Category 3 to Category 2 on the…

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Lebanon Families Flee After Israel Strikes, Take Refuge In Schools

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At least 22 people, including four civilians, have been killed on the Lebanese side. Tyre, Lebanon: Shocked by images of dead children in Gaza, Mustafa al-Sayyid quickly whisked his family to the closest shelter when Israeli strikes began near his village in southern Lebanon this week. “What we are seeing on television — the massacres…

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India-Canada spat broadens existing visa woes for Indians travellers

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A protester races his fist as he speaks, during a protest outside India’s consulate, a week after Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised the prospect of New Delhi’s involvement in the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: REUTERS When Dilpreet…

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Pipe Bomb Explodes Near Israeli Embassy In Cyprus, 4 Arrested

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Since Israel-Hamsa war began, Cyprus police have tightened security around Israeli embassy. (File) Nicosia, Cyprus: Four people were arrested after a pipe bomb exploded near the Israeli embassy in Cyprus early on Saturday, causing little damage and no injuries, police said. The incident occurred in the Cypriot capital Nicosia at 1:37 am (2237 GMT on…

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UN Chief Calls For Ceasefire To End Gaza’s “Godawful Nightmare”

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Antonio Guterres said “the grievances of the Palestinian people are legitimate and long” (File) Cairo, Egypt: UN chief Antonio Guterres pleaded Saturday for a “humanitarian ceasefire” in the war between Israel and Hamas militants that has devastated much of Gaza, demanding “action to end this godawful nightmare”. Addressing a Cairo summit as the conflict raged…

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Israel-Hamas war: The significance of Rafah border and why its reopening matters to Egypt | Explained

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The story so far: Over the past few days, thousands have fled south of the Gaza Strip after Israel ordered the evacuation of over one million civilians in the north — nearly half of the total population of the Palestinian enclave — ahead of an anticipated ground invasion by the Israeli military. The planned invasion was…

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Arab Leaders Demand “Future Of Peace, Security” Amid Israel-Gaza War

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Cairo gathering is trying to find ways to head off a wider regional war. (File) Cairo: Arab leaders condemned Israel’s two-week-old bombardment of Gaza on Saturday and demanded renewed efforts to reach a Middle East peace settlement to end a decades-long cycle of violence between Israelis and Palestinians. Speaking at a hastily convened gathering dubbed…

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UK Police Offer Reward After Body Of Man Missing For 9 Years Found In Wine Bar Freezer

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The man was identified through his dental records. Police in London are seeking help from the public to identify the person responsible for a man’s death whose body was found inside a freezer in an empty pub after he had been missing for nearly a decade. In a statement published on Friday, the Metropolitan Police…

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First Aid Trucks Enter Besieged Gaza From Egypt

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Rafah crossing was closed again after the trucks passed. Rafah, Palestinian Territories: The first aid trucks arrived in the war-torn Gaza Strip from Egypt on Saturday, AFP journalists said, bringing desperately needed humanitarian relief to the Hamas-controlled Palestinian enclave under Israeli siege. Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas after the group carried out the deadliest…

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‘We do not agree with Indian decisions’: U.K. on Canadian diplomats’ exit

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File photo of security personnel outside the Canadian High-Commision in New Delhi | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP The U.K. government has expressed its disagreement with Indian government decisions, which it believes resulted in the departure of Canadian diplomats amid an ongoing standoff between India and Canada over the killing of a Sikh separatist. The…

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