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Blinken is later set to travel on Tuesday to Cairo Tel Aviv, Israel: Israel’s prime minister, under pressure at home and from abroad to reach a ceasefire deal with Hamas, on Sunday accused the Hamas operatives of obstinance in Gaza truce talks as top US diplomat Antony Blinken landed in Israel. Making his ninth trip…
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Pakistan’s Government is throttling the internet and social media while it tests new controls to crush dissent, activists and business leaders say, putting the country’s economic recovery at risk. “Internet networks have been up to 40% slower than normal since July,” according to one IT association, while documents, images and voice notes have been disrupted…
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Members of Kibbutz Nir Oz and Israeli officials hold a conference calling on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government to secure a deal to return the hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas, in Kibbutz Nir Oz, southern Israel, on August 18, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel’s Prime…
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United Nations peacekeepers suffered light injuries on Sunday. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images Three United Nations peacekeepers suffered light injuries Sunday (August 18, 2024), the United Nations said, after a blast near their vehicle close to Lebanon’s southern border, where Hezbollah and Israel have traded near-daily fire. The Iran-backed Hezbollah group has exchanged cross-border…
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A satellite image shows a bridge collapsed over the Seym river in the Glushkovo district, following a Ukrainian strike in the Kursk region, Russia, August 17, 2024. 2024 | Photo Credit: Reuters Ukraine has destroyed a key bridge in Russia’s Kursk region and struck a second one nearby, less than two weeks into its stunning…
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Bangladesh’s interim government chief Muhammad Yunus on Sunday (August 18, 2024) accused deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of destroying every institution of the country in her efforts to stay in power as he promised to hold a free, fair, and participatory election as soon as his government completes the “mandate” of carrying out “vital reforms.”…
Symptoms such as fever and malaise typically develop about a week after exposure. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a health advisory concerning a significant rise in cases of parvovirus B19, commonly known as the Fifth Disease or “slapped cheek” illness due to the characteristic reddening of the cheeks it…
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Total death toll crosses forty thousand in Palestine | Photo Credit: AP The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said on Sunday (August 18, 2024) that at least 40,099 people have been killed in the Palestinian territory in more than 10 months of war with Israel. The toll includes 25 deaths over the past 24 hours,…
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Israeli strikes across Gaza killed 19 people overnight, including a woman and her six children. | Photo Credit: AFP Israeli strikes across Gaza killed 19 people overnight, including a woman and her six children, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed to the region on Sunday (August 18, 2024) to try to seal a…
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Seven Chinese military aircraft and 15 naval vessels which entered Taiwan’s northern and south-eastern air defence identification zone | Photo Credit: AP Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence (MND) said that it detected seven Chinese military aircraft and 15 naval vessels between 6 a.m. on Saturday (August 17, 2024) to 6 a.m. on Sunday (August 17,…
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