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US, Saudi Arabia call for extended ceasefire in Sudan

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia and the United States called on Sunday for the extension of a ceasefire deal that has brought some let-up in a six-week war between military factions but little humanitarian relief for civilians.Clashes could be heard overnight in the capital Khartoum, residents said, while human rights monitors reported deadly fighting in El Fashir, one of the...
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World food prices fall to two-year low in May: FAO
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Tanzania declares end of Marburg viral outbreak
Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein (R) and his wife Saudi Rajwa Al Saif wave as they leave the Zahran Palace in Amman on June 1, 2023 following their royal wedding ceremony. - AFP

Jordan crown prince weds Saudi architect in lavish ceremony
Israeli solders walk outside a portable building under construction at the former Israeli settler outpost of Homesh in the occupied West Bank. — AFP

Palestinian father and son, 3, caught in Israeli fire on West Bank
Smoke rises above buildings after an aerial bombardment, during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum North, Sudan. - REUTERS

Sudan fighting intensifies despite US sanctions
A woman walks among graves at the Lychakiv military cemetery in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. - AFP

Shelling kills 2 in Russia as hundreds flee
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Royal orders stipulate transfer of 2 Austrians and a Danish citizen

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World food prices fall to two-year low in May: FAO

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Ministry of Labour holds successful employment tests

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HH Sayyid Theyazin attends wedding of Crown Prince of Jordan

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INTERNATIONAL VIDEOS
Region
Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein (R) and his wife Saudi Rajwa Al Saif wave as they leave the Zahran Palace in Amman on June 1, 2023 following their royal wedding ceremony. - AFP

Jordan crown prince weds Saudi architect in lavish ceremony

AMMAN: Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah married Saudi architect Rajwa Al Saif on Thursday in a wedding attended by royals from across the globe.The ceremony took place in the mid-century Zahran Palace in the capital Amman -- the scene of...

Israeli solders walk outside a portable building under construction at the former Israeli settler outpost of Homesh in the occupied West Bank. — AFP
Palestinian father and son, 3, caught in Israeli fire on West Bank
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US says ready to resume Sudan mediation once parties 'serious'
A former school in Hairan District that Saudi forces say was destroyed by Houthis fighters, in northern Yemen, on Jan. 21, 2019. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)

A plan to avert a vast Oil spill off Yemen moves ahead
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Lebanon frees kidnapped Saudi national, arrests nine suspects -officials
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US, Saudi Arabia call for extended ceasefire in Sudan
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Bullet holes riddle the wall of a building at the Souk Sitta in the south of Khartoum. - AFP

US imposes economic, visa sanctions over Sudan violence

Republicans criticise McCarthy, Biden debt ceiling deal

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World mourns the loss of a legendary icon Tina Turner

Africa

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Tanzania declares end of Marburg viral outbreak

Sudan fighting intensifies despite US sanctions

Heavy security presence in Senegal after deadly clashes

Sudan army quits truce talks with paramilitary foes

Fighting subsides in Sudan's capital after ceasefire extended

Europe

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World food prices fall to two-year low in May: FAO

Shelling kills 2 in Russia as hundreds flee

Academics prepare for mission to Mars in bid to prove water theory

Zelensky calls for more air defence systems, fighter jets

Russia evacuates children from border villages as situation 'alarming'

Asia
People use their umbrellas to shelter from the rain as they walk through Shibuya district in Tokyo. - AFP

Japan slammed by torrential rain as tropical storm nears

TOKYO: Parts of Japan were slammed by torrential rain on Friday as Tropical Storm Mawar neared, with authorities advising more than a million people to evacuate, many flights and other transport...
People watch a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing what it called a space satellite toward the south, in Seoul. — Reuters

North Korea spy satellite crashes into sea, Seoul salvages wreckage

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'We want to be free': Filipinos demand right to divorce

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Wildlife Conservation: India writes successful stories

An aerial view shows people around a portable building under construction at the Israeli settler outpost of Homesh in the occupied West Bank. — AFP

Israeli shot dead at entrance to West Bank settlement

GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT
What’s behind Serbia’s gun violence

Back-to-back shootings in Serbia this week, one in a school, have stunned the population and brought global attention to gun control in a country with one of the world’s highest rates of gun ownership. Promising an...

A vigil the day after eight students and a security guard were killed by an armed seventh grader at a school in Belgrade, Serbia, May 4, 2023. (Vladimir Zivojinovic/The New York Times)

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Australia
Arthur Moses, barrister for former member of Australia's elite Special Air Service regiment Ben Roberts-Smith, leaves the Federal Court in Sydney. - AFP

Famed Australian soldier loses war crimes defamation case

SYDNEY: One of Australia's most decorated soldiers lost a landmark defamation case Thursday after a bruising trial filled with accusations of murder, domestic violence, witness intimidation and war...
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Fire destroys 7-storey building in Sydney

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Australia, and India to seek closer economic ties

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At least six killed in New Zealand hostel fire

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Biden to sign defence pact in Papua New Guinea

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