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A commuter walks past a wall mural along the street in Tehran on Tuesday. - AFP
US launches fresh strikes on Iran

WASHINGTON: The US launched new air strikes on Iranian targets on Tuesday, quashing hopes that an exchange of fire last weekend might not presage a wider renewal of hostilities. Oil prices had already risen after that first exchange of direct attacks since July and after reports of two tankers being hit leaving the Strait, the global oil supply waterway that Iran has...
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Air India A320 issued stall warning when seatbelt signs off: Report
Israeli military heavy machinery demolish a Palestinian building near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. - Reuters

Palestinians say Israeli army kills two teens in West Bank
A part of a jet drone lies on the road at the site of a Russian drone strike amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv. - Reuters

Putin cites chance of peace deal, Ukraine sees 'new dynamic'
Police secure the area after a suspected politically motivated arson attack on a construction site outside the headquarters of defence tech firm Rohde & Schwarz in Munich. - Reuters

Germany probes arson at defence firm as European sabotage concerns mount
European Commission High Representative and Vice-President Kaja Kallas

EU weighs diplomacy overhaul
Students rest while receiving treatment for food poisoning at the regional general hospital after eating government-sponsored free school meals in Sidoarjo, East Java province, Indonesia. - Reuters

Over 1,700 fall sick from Indonesia free school meals
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Air India A320 issued stall warning when seatbelt signs off: Report

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INTERNATIONAL VIDEOS
Region
Israeli military heavy machinery demolish a Palestinian building near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. - Reuters

Palestinians say Israeli army kills two teens in West Bank

RAMALLAH: The Israeli army killed two teenagers in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the Palestinian health ministry said, while the army said it opened fire during a "violent riot". Omar Mohammad Naji al Nassan, 19, and Khalil Rasem Khalil...

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Kuwait's Iranians under pressure since start of war
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Kuwait says intercepting Iran attack
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Iran attacks US targets despite Trump threats
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Gulf shipping traffic via Hormuz below 10-day average, data shows
A child lies on a hospital bed receiving treatment following injuries from an overnight strike in Kuhestak, Sirik County, in Iran's southern Hormozgan province on Wednesday. - AFP

Iran threatens tougher strategy after US strikes
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Americas

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From street names to supply chains, Canadians pull away from US as rift grows

Government bombing raid kills 20 guerrillas in Colombia: president

Nasa launches Roman telescope on cosmic mapping mission

Peru govt seeks legislative powers to tackle security crisis

Alleged 9/11 mastermind to go on trial in June 2028

Africa

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16 dead in bus crash in Egypt's Sinai

Passengers stranded overnight by Kenya airport strike

Nigeria's president orders rescue after mass kidnapping

Video appears to show 600 people abducted in Nigeria mosque attack, residents say

Tunisia coast guard recovers eight bodies of migrants

Europe

A part of a jet drone lies on the road at the site of a Russian drone strike amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv. - Reuters

Putin cites chance of peace deal, Ukraine sees 'new dynamic'

Germany probes arson at defence firm as European sabotage concerns mount

EU weighs diplomacy overhaul

Spain denies report blamed Morocco for Ceuta crisis

Rescue ships reach sunken Cyprus ferry

Asia
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Air India A320 issued stall warning when seatbelt signs off: Report

BENGALURU: An Air India A320 flying from Phuket to New Delhi last month issued a stall warning when seatbelt signs were off, while a rapid pitch up and then down threw passengers and cabin crew...
Students rest while receiving treatment for food poisoning at the regional general hospital after eating government-sponsored free school meals in Sidoarjo, East Java province, Indonesia. - Reuters

Over 1,700 fall sick from Indonesia free school meals

A man carries a girl next to damaged buildings following the deadly flash floods and mudslides in Nuwakot district, Nepal. - Reuters

Nepal must rebuild thousands of homes, no letup in search for missing

Rescue workers conduct search and rescue operations at the core disaster-hit area at Gyirong Port following the August 26 mudslide, in Shigatse

Nepal says death toll rises to 1,252 as rescue operations continue

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Nepal to rebuild early-warning system on China border after deadly flood, sources say

GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT
Losing international students could devastate many US colleges

Xiaofeng Wan, a former admissions officer at Amherst College, now works as a private consultant to international students who want to come to the United States. This week, as he held meetings in China with prospective...

The campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 12, 2018. (Cody O'Loughlin/The New York Times)

Sanitation crisis in Gaza spreads disease

Gazans flee homes as Israeli strikes resume

10 years after typhoon, Philippine city rises from the ruins
Australia
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New Zealand plans social media ban for under-16s

The New Zealand government on Monday announced plans to ban social media for children under 16. The bill would require social media platforms the government deemed "high risk" to take reasonable...
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'Near collision' at Sydney Airport triggers investigation

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Jetstar to charge for carry-on bags in overhead lockers

The Great Barrier Reef, which stretches along the Queensland coast, is the world's largest coral reef system.

Great Barrier Reef faces collapse as El Niño intensifies

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Spate of shark attacks gets more drones to Australia’s Beaches

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