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Taiwan drawn into Middle East politics after deadly pager blasts in Lebanon
Taiwan’s crucial tech industry has been unwittingly drawn into Middle East politics after revelations that thousands of exploding pagers used to…
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Mapping the range of Storm Shadow missiles in the Ukraine-Russia war
As the war in Ukraine extends over its northern border with Russia, Kyiv is urging the United Kingdom and United States to authorise the…
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Iranian ambassador to Lebanon injured by pager explosion: Report
Iran’s ambassador to Beirut was wounded in a pager explosion Tuesday but his injuries were not critical, state media reported. “Iranian ambassador…
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Russian man jailed for five years over street interview
A Russian man convicted of criticizing the Ukraine conflict in a street interview had his sentence toughened on Tuesday from…
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Ghana opposition protests over voter register
Ghana’s main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), held nationwide protests on Tuesday, intensifying its call for an audit…
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‘Kings of the world’: The last of the horseback shrimp fishers
A few hours after dawn one late July morning, the sound of Gregory Debruyne’s horse Kelly trotting through the verdant…
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European Commission chief unveils new team amid mounting challenges
President Ursula von der Leyen has presented a long-awaited list of nominees to make up the next European Commission. After long-winded, and…
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Venezuela intensified ‘repressive machinery’ after Maduro re-election: UN
Venezuela’s government has unleashed an unprecedented wave of repression following the contested re-election of Nicolas Maduro in July’s presidential election,…
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Dozens of Hezbollah members wounded after pagers explode in Lebanon
Dozens of members of Hezbollah have been seriously wounded on Tuesday in southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut…
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Malian army says capital Bamako ‘under control’ following gun attack
The Malian military government has reported that it thwarted a “terrorist” attack in the capital, adding the situation is “under…
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