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US VP Vance says Russia has made significant concessions toward Ukraine peace deal
WASHINGTON: US Vice President JD Vance said Russia has made “significant concessions” toward a negotiated settlement in its war with…
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Zelensky calls for talks with Putin as peace efforts stall
KYIV: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky insisted Sunday that a meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin remained “the most effective way…
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Japan PM Ishiba bounces back in polls after election debacle
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s poll ratings have rebounded a month after disastrous election results left his premiership hanging…
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France summons US Ambassador Kushner over ‘unacceptable’ letter about rising antisemitism
WASHINGTON: France has summoned the American ambassador to Paris after the diplomat, Charles Kushner, wrote a letter to French President…
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Hegseth fires general whose Iran strikes assessment angered Trump
WASHINGTON: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired a general on Friday whose agency’s initial intelligence assessment of damage to Iranian nuclear…
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FBI searches home and office of ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton
WASHINGTON: The FBI on Friday searched the Maryland home and Washington office of former Trump administration national security adviser John…
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Taiwan votes on recalling opposition lawmakers, reviving nuclear power
TAIPEI: Voters in Taiwan are deciding Saturday whether to dismiss seven opposition members from the legislature and on a return…
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Putin’s demand to Ukraine: give up Donbas, no NATO and no Western troops, sources say
MOSCOW Vladimir Putin is demanding that Ukraine give up all of the eastern Donbas region, renounce ambitions to join NATO,…
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UN-backed experts declare famine in and around Gaza City
An “entirely man-made” famine is taking place in Gaza’s largest city and its surrounding area amid deteriorating conditions that threaten…
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Saudi student wins silver at international astrophysics olympiad in Mumbai
NEW DELHI: A Saudi Arabian student won a silver medal at the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics, which concluded…
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