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An injured girl is brought to the Naser hospital for treatment following an Israeli strike near Khan Yunis
Israeli tanks and air strikes deepen raid in Rafah

CAIRO: Israeli forces killed at least 14 Palestinians in tank and air strikes on north and central areas of the Gaza Strip on Friday, medics said, as tanks advanced further into northwest Rafah near the border with Egypt. The unrelenting fighting between the Israelis and Palestinian groups in the enclave carried on even as a parallel conflict in the Lebanon-Israel...
People gather in front of a building targeted by an Israeli strike in Beirut's southern suburbs

Top Hezbollah commander killed in Beirut strike
Paris ranked as one of the big cities closest to being a '15-minute city', a new global analysis found

Where in the world is closest to becoming a '15-minute city'?
An injured girl is brought to the Naser hospital for treatment following an Israeli strike near Khan Yunis

Israeli tanks and air strikes deepen raid in Rafah
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (L) speaks during a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv

EU plans to loan Ukraine 35 bn euros backed by Russian assets
US President Joe Biden speaks during the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute 47th Annual Awards Gala

Biden opens home to 'Quad' leaders for farewell summit
(Government Settled) France's President Emmanuel Macron looks on as he visits the "Nanterre Arboretum", near Pari

France set to finally get new government
Trending Stories
People gather in front of a building targeted by an Israeli strike in Beirut's southern suburbs

Top Hezbollah commander killed in Beirut strike

Paris ranked as one of the big cities closest to being a '15-minute city', a new global analysis found

Where in the world is closest to becoming a '15-minute city'?

Camels on way to Salalah

Kinship of Karak

This picture taken on May 13, 2024 shows an Iranian expert inspecting a stone at the ruins of ancient Persepolis

Stone eaters threaten Persepolis

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There’s an eggplant for that

INTERNATIONAL VIDEOS
Region
People gather in front of a building targeted by an Israeli strike in Beirut's southern suburbs

Top Hezbollah commander killed in Beirut strike

BEIRUT: Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander in an air strike on Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday, the Israeli military and two security sources in Lebanon said, sharply escalating the year-long conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.Israeli...

An injured girl is brought to the Naser hospital for treatment following an Israeli strike near Khan Yunis
Israeli tanks and air strikes deepen raid in Rafah
Eye surgeon and Lebanese member of parliament Elias Jrade in Beirut. - Reuters
Pager blasts test war readiness of Lebanon’s hospitals
A man donates blood, following pager detonations across Lebanon in Beirut suburbs. — Reuters

Lebanon doctors tell of horror after pager blasts
Palestinian women mourn people killed in Israeli strikes on the Bureij refugee camp. — AFP

Qatar says Gaza truce efforts 'ongoing'

Eight dead, 2,750 wounded in Lebanon pager explosions
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Americas

US President Joe Biden speaks during the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute 47th Annual Awards Gala

Biden opens home to 'Quad' leaders for farewell summit

US Secret Service insists Trump well-protected

US media names suspect in Trump assassination attempt

Trump safe after second assassination attempt

Historic astronaut mission ends with splashdown off Florida

Africa

Residents leave the flooded areas with their belongings in Maiduguri, Nigeria. — Reuters file photo

Nigerian flood victims face long wait for medical help

WHO clears Bavarian Nordic's vaccine as first mpox shot

Sudan rejects UN call for 'impartial' force to protect civilians

Boeing's beleaguered Starliner back home empty

DR Congo jail break attempt leaves 129 dead

Europe

Paris ranked as one of the big cities closest to being a '15-minute city', a new global analysis found

Where in the world is closest to becoming a '15-minute city'?

EU plans to loan Ukraine 35 bn euros backed by Russian assets

France set to finally get new government

Portugal tackles last of deadly northern forest fires

Blinken says Gaza truce key to regional stability

Asia
The Seoul Anniversary Peace Summit formed partnership with G7 and the Latin American Parliament.

Global unity celebrated at 10th anniversary peace summit

SEOUL: The Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL) marked its 10th Anniversary World Peace Summit, with celebrations extending across 122 countries, including South Korea, on...
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Sri Lanka to vote in first poll since economic collapse

A man walks past a TV screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a train station in Seoul. - AFP

North Korea fires ballistic missiles for 2nd time in a week

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Japan to formally elect new prime minister on October 1

A plume of smoke is rising in Bamako as shots and detonations were heard. — AFP

Mali says capital attack under control

GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT
Sanitation crisis in Gaza spreads disease

In a sprawling tent encampment in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli bombs fall close enough to hear and feel. But daily life is also a struggle against hunger, cold, and a growing sanitation crisis. A lack of sufficient...

Displaced Palestinians fill jerrycans with seawater for washing and cooking, at the beach in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, Oct. 28, 2023.

Gazans flee homes as Israeli strikes resume

10 years after typhoon, Philippine city rises from the ruins

India launches key test for manned orbital mission
Australia
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Australia plans age limit to ban children from social media

Sydney - Australia will ban children from using social media with a minimum age limit as high as 16, the prime minister said Tuesday, vowing to get kids off their devices and "onto the footy...
People can now "refuse to monitor, read, or respond to" their employers' attempts to contact them outside work hours

Australia gives millions of workers 'right to disconnect'

Immigration, national security ministers replaced

Immigration, national security ministers replaced

Australia warns of websites after cyber outage

Australia warns of websites after cyber outage

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Child missing after suspected crocodile attack in remote Australia

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