Immigration groups and lawmakers are sharply criticizing Donald Trump’s latest move to halt immigration applications from 19 countries already under US travel restrictions, a decision that comes amid reports that naturalization ceremonies for…
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Israel launches airstrike in southern Gaza after earlier attack by militants wounded 5 soldiers
Israel said it launched an airstrike on a Hamas militant in southern Gaza late Wednesday in retaliation for an attack earlier in the day that wounded five Israeli soldiers.
The strike was the latest test for a fragile ceasefire that has mostly…
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Vladimir Putin visits India to talk oil, arms and Donald Trump’s tariffs
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Air strikes and shelling continue in Gaza – UN News
- Air strikes and shelling continue in Gaza UN News
- Israel kills seven people in Gaza, says Rafah crossing to partially reopen Al Jazeera
- Gaza: Five killed in Israeli air strikes on tents near Khan Younis, medics say BBC
- Five Palestinians killed in…
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Vladimir Putin meets Narendra Modi to talk over oil, arms and Donald Trump’s tariffs
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin have graced billboards across India in recent weeks. One…
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46th GCC summit issues Sakhir Declaration, highlights regional unity-Xinhua
MANAMA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) — The 46th session of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Supreme Council concluded Wednesday with the Sakhir Declaration, which emphasized regional unity.
The declaration stated that Gulf leaders are determined to…
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‘No one helped us’: The Sri Lankan community left in a mass of mud and loss after Cyclone Ditwah | World News
This community in Sri Lanka’s Kandy District is a mass of mud and loss.
The narrow, filthy streets in Gampola are filled with broken furniture, sodden toys and soiled mattresses. A torrent of floodwater ripped through this…
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UN sounds alarm as landmine deaths rise amid funding cuts – UN News
- UN sounds alarm as landmine deaths rise amid funding cuts UN News
- Funding cuts hamper mine action as unexploded ordnance soars: UN TRT World
- Landmine casualties rise to four-year high as treaty setbacks deepen The European Times News
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5 Israeli soldiers wounded in clash with militants in Gaza, army says-Xinhua
JERUSALEM, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) — The Israeli military said on Wednesday that five soldiers were wounded during a clash with militants in the southern Gaza Strip.
The army said militants emerged from an underground structure during “operational…
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After the Hong Kong inferno: inside the 5 December Guardian Weekly | Hong Kong apartment fires
Watching with horror from London last week as flames ripped through seven adjacent apartment blocks in Hong Kong, it was impossible not to think back to the Grenfell Tower fire of 2017, which exposed major systemic failures around UK social…
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