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U.N. chief rejects Israel accusations he justified Hamas attacks

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File picture of United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to the media, after visiting the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, at Al Arish Airport, Egypt, October 20, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday rejected accusations by Israel that, in a statement to the Security Council,…

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Canada welcomes India’s decision to resume some visa services; says ‘a good sign’ amid diplomatic row

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A view of the High Commission of India, in Ottawa, Canada. | Photo Credit: AP Canada has welcomed India’s decision to resume some visa services in the country from October 26, saying the move was a “good sign” after “an anxious time” for many Canadians, amid a diplomatic row over the killing of a Sikh…

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Israel ground forces raid Hamas sites in Gaza, withdraw: military statement

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Israeli ground forces operated within the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, attacking multiple Hamas targets before withdrawing. File | Photo Credit: AFP Israeli ground forces operated within the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, attacking multiple Hamas targets before withdrawing, the military said in a statement on what Israel’s Army Radio described as the biggest incursion…

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Along the world’s most voluminous river people queuing for water

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The Negro river, a tributary of the Amazon river, is facing the worst dry season in decades in the Amazon rainforest. | Photo Credit: AFP As the Amazon drought rages on, public authorities in Brazil are scrambling to deliver food and water to thousands of isolated communities throughout a vast and roadless territory, where boats…

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Al Jazeera Gaza bureau chief loses 4 family members in Israeli airstrike

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Al-Jazeera correspondent Wael Al-Dahdouh mourns over the body of one of his three children who were killed along with his wife in an Israeli strike in the Nuseirat camp, at Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir Al-Balah on the southern Gaza Strip, on Ocober 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Al Jazeera’s chief correspondent in the Gaza…

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Russia simulates nuclear strike as upper house rescinds ratification of test ban treaty

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A still image from video, released by the Russian Defence Ministry, shows what it said to be Russia’s Yars intercontinental ballistic missile test-launched at the Plesetsk cosmodrome during a military exercise rehearsing the country’s ability to deliver a massive retaliatory nuclear strike by land, sea and air, in this image taken from video released October…

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Maine mass shooting | At least 22 killed in U.S. city, dozens wounded 

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An unidentified shooter points a gun while entering Sparetime Recreation in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023.  | Photo Credit: AP At least 22 people were killed and 50 to 60 wounded on Wednesday in mass shootings at multiple locations including a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston, Maine, U.S., NBC News reported, citing…

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Israel-Hamas war, Day 20 LIVE updates | PM Netanyahu says he will be held accountable for Hamas attack as he plots Gaza ground invasion

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will be held accountable for the bloody October 7 massacre by Hamas militants, but that will only come after Israel’s war against the Islamic militant group. In a nationally televised address Wednesday night, Mr. Netanyahu said he was busy plotting a ground invasion of Gaza, though he refused…

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Russia, China Veto US Push For UN Action On Israel, Gaza

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Israel-Hamas War: It was Russia’s second attempt at a resolution. United Nations: Russia and China on Wednesday vetoed a U.S. push for the United Nations Security Council to act on the Israel-Hamas conflict by calling for pauses in fighting to allow humanitarian aid access, the protection of civilians and a stop to arming Hamas and…

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Benjamin Netanyahu Says Israel Is Preparing Ground Invasion Of Gaza

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“We are preparing for a ground incursion”, Netanyahu told in his address to the nation. Tel Aviv: Israel is preparing a ground invasion of Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a televised statement on Wednesday, but he declined to provide any details on the timing or other information about the operation. He said the…

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