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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “reacted with relative calm,” according to Haaretz. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was directly warned by the President of the United Arab Emirates that Hamas was planning a major offensive just days before the militant group attacked on October 7, 2023, according to an Israeli newspaper…
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham attends a meeting with Jewish community leaders at Downing Street in London, Britain, on September 3, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters For one of its first foreign policy moves, the administration of U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham is banning goods from illegal settlements in the West Bank. The U.K. government…
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is received by Sri Lanka’s Deputy Minister of Defence Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd) upon his arrival at Bandaranaike International Airport, in Colombo, Sri Lanka on September 8, 2026 (Photo: X/@SpokespersonMoD Defence Minister Rajnath Singh arrived in Sri Lanka on Tuesday (September 8, 2026) for a three-day visit aimed at strengthening…
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Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu. Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu on Tuesday (September 8, 2026) invited British Prime Minister Andrew Burnham for talks on the disputed Chagos Islands. In a letter to the British Prime Minister, President Muizzu “expressed the Maldives’ concerns regarding the United Kingdom’s decision to proceed with the handover of the Chagos Islands to…
Russian presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov speaks to the media, in New Delhi, on September 8, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Russia on Tuesday (September 8, 2026) said it will welcome any efforts by India to resolve the Ukraine conflict through peaceful means and Moscow is in sync with New Delhi on ways to end it….
A police officer stands in front of the entrance of the Musee Renoir after four paintings, valued at nine million euros, were stolen from the museum in an early-morning break-in, with two suspects still at large, in Cagnes-sur-Mer on September 8, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP Thieves stole three paintings from the Renoir Museum on…
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The story so far: The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won a major victory in the regional election in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. It won 39 seats of the 83-member state parliament, falling just three seats short of an absolute majority. Who is the AfD? The AfD was established in 2013 as a…
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A sign indicates the entrance of the Eiffel Tower, the opening of which has been delayed for “operational reasons” in Paris, France. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Eiffel Tower was set to reopen Tuesday (September 8, 2026) after staff walked out over the removal of women colleagues during a visit by a Hindu religious group…
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People stand next to a crater that appeared after a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv on September 8, 2026 | Photo Credit: Reuters Two people were killed and at least 10 injured after Russia struck the Ukrainian capital Kyiv with drones and missiles overnight on Tuesday (September 8, 2026), local…
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Nepal is racing to restore vital road links severed by devastating flash floods, seeking temporary bridges from India and China as authorities work to reconnect isolated communities in the disaster-hit areas. The death toll from the August 26 disaster stood at 1,356 as of Monday (September 7, 2026), while 4,994 people remained missing, according to…