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US President Donald Trump has unveiled a controversial plan to rebuild Gaza, promising coastal tourism, high-rise buildings, industrial zones, and 500,000 new jobs, without consulting Palestinians, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.The so-called “Board of Peace”, chaired ...
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said there were signs that Israel was seeking an opportunity to attack Iran, warning such a move could further destabilise the region.“I hope they find a different path, but the reality is that Israel, in particular, is looking for an opportunity to strike ...
At least two European airlines have suspended flights to cities in the Middle East, with Air France saying it will temporarily stop service to Dubai as it continues to monitor the “geopolitical situation”.Dutch airline KLM also halted flights until further notice to cities in Israel, the...
Seven people have been killed and 82 are missing after a landslide in the West Bandung region of Indonesia’s West Java province, Indonesia ‘s disaster mitigation agency said.“The number of missing persons is high, we will try to optimise our search and rescue efforts today,&r...
US President Donald Trump has warned that the United States could take control of Greenland “one way or another,” arguing that the Danish self-governing territory is critical to American strategic interests in the Arctic.Speaking to reporters at the White House on Friday during a meeting...
US President Donald Trump has issued fresh threats against Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro and said Cuba appears “ready to fall”, as international criticism mounts over Washington’s seizure of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.Trump made the remarks on Sunday while speaking...
Afghanistan says 4 killed in heavy fire exchanges with Pakistani forcesAfghanistan authorities say four civilians have been killed after an exchange of heavy fire with Pakistan’s forces along their shared border, as tensions between the South Asian neighbours escalate after peace talks in Saud...
At least six people, including three security personnel, were killed in a suicide attack on the headquarters of Pakistan’s Federal Constabulary (FC) in Peshawar on Monday, officials said. Several others were injured.According to local media, three suicide bombers targeted the FC complex. One d...
A senior Hamas delegation met Egypt’s intelligence chief in Cairo on Sunday to address Israel’s repeated breaches of the ceasefire, the group said, as Palestinians in Gaza held funerals for dozens killed in recent Israeli attacks.Hamas said in a statement that while it reaffirmed its com...
Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 70 Palestinians on Saturday, according to medical sources, even after US President Donald Trump urged Israel to stop its assault following Hamas’s partial acceptance of his 20-point plan to end the war.At least 45 of those killed died in...
More than 100,000 people rallied in Berlin, protesting against German support for Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip.Demonstrators marched from Berlin’s City Hall to the Grosser Stern on Saturday, following a call from a broad coalition of some 50 groups, including pro-Palestinian organ...
United States President Donald Trump is expected to offer a plan and discuss his vision for ending Israel’s war on Gaza and the future of the mostly destroyed Palestinian enclave to Arab and Muslim leaders on Tuesday.Trump will hold a meeting with leaders from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, Egy...
Lebanon is pushing to get more support from the United States after another deadly Israeli drone attack on southern Lebanon, which this time killed five people, including three children, the latest in a series of near-daily violations by Israel of the US-brokered November 2024 ceasefire.President Jo...
The leaders of six countries, including France, have moved to recognise Palestinian statehood at a high-level summit ahead of the annual United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting in New York.Alongside France, which co-convened the meeting with Saudi Arabia on Monday in New York, Andorra, Belgiu...
Iran’s top security body has warned that action by France, Germany and the United Kingdom to reimpose international sanctions will “effectively suspend” its cooperation with the United Nations nuclear watchdog.The warning from the Supreme National Security Council came on Saturday,...
The Taliban has rejected United States President Donald Trump’s demand that it hand over the Bagram airbase that Washington ran during its 20-year war in Afghanistan, dismissing Trump’s threat that “bad things” will happen if this does not come to pass.The Taliban said on Sun...
Two separate boat accidents in northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) this week have left at least 193 people dead and dozens more missing, authorities and state media said Friday.The tragedies occurred on Wednesday and Thursday, about 150 kilometers apart in Equateur province.On Thursd...
At least 60 people have been killed while attending a funeral in the conflict-ridden eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in an ISIL (ISIS)-affiliated group attack carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), officials said.“The ADF attack caused around 60 deaths...
Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto has replaced five ministers in a lightning cabinet reshuffle after deadly protests rocked the Southeast Asian nation of 285 million people in recent weeks.The cabinet shake-up on Monday follows rising public dissatisfaction with Prabowo’s administra...
Thailand’s Supreme Court has ruled that former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra must serve one year in prison, in a watershed case for the kingdom.The court issued its ruling on Tuesday in a review of whether Thaksin’s stay in the private room of a police hospital from 2023 to early 202...
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