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US military official arrives in Beirut to oversee Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire
A senior US military official is joining international efforts in Beirut to implement the recently brokered Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire, which came into effect…
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Explosion damages canal feeding power plants in northern Kosovo
An explosion damaged a canal supplying two coal-fired power plants in northern Kosovo on Friday evening, which could interrupt power supply in…
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Macron vows Ukraine support against Russian ‘escalation’
France’s President Emmanuel Macron vowed Friday to give Ukraine intense support in its battle against Russia’s “escalation” of its invasion,…
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Donald Trump’s motley cabinet is getting a bum and a dumb rap
You know America is circling the drain when a minor TV sitcom personality and D-list comedian-turned-podcast host is considered a…
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Ireland votes in close-run election dominated by housing crisis
Ireland is going to the polls in a tight election race that has two centre-right coalition parties running neck and…
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How and why UNIFIL failed to ‘keep peace’ in Lebanon
During Israel’s most recent invasion of Lebanon, the United Nations peacekeeping force (UNIFIL) based in the country repeatedly come under…
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Cars to fruit: The goods set to get pricier under Trump’s tariff plans
United States President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to impose tariffs of 25 percent on Canadian and Mexican imports, and an “additional”…
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‘Most dangerous stage’: The view from Russia as Ukraine war escalates
Last week, a defence industry site in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro was struck by a Russian medium-range ballistic missile, which…
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Iran plans to install 6,000 centrifuges to enrich uranium, IAEA says
Iran has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that it plans to install more than 6,000 new centrifuges to enrich uranium,…
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Israel kills dozens in Gaza; Hezbollah chief declares ‘victory’
At least 33 Palestinians have been killed and 137 injured in Israeli attacks in the past 24-reporting period across the Gaza Strip,…
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