International

UNITED NATIONS: One in three women worldwide experience physical or sexual violence, mostly by an intimate partner , which is a human rights violation, with devastating immediate and long-term physical, sexual, and mental consequences for…
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UITED NATIONS: The UN environment agency chief warned the COP29 climate summit in Baku Friday that methane emissions must come down – “and come down fast” –to have any chance of controlling global warming. That message comes after a new…
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TEHRAN : The UN nuclear chief toured two Iranian uranium enrichment plants that have been the focus of Western concern on Friday (Nov 15) after Tehran said it was ready to address "doubts" about its ambitions. The visit to Iran by…
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JERUSALEM :A senior Hamas official said on Friday (Nov 15) that the group is "ready for a ceasefire" in Gaza, urging United States President-elect Donald Trump to "pressure" Israel as it continued to pound the Palestinian territory. It…
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BEIRUT : Iran will back any decision taken by Lebanon in talks to secure a ceasefire with Israel, a senior Iranian official said on Friday (Nov 15), signalling Tehran wants to see an end to a conflict that has dealt heavy blows to its…
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BERLIN: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Germany's Olaf Scholz on Friday of playing into the hands of Russian President Vladimir Putin after the chancellor spoke by phone to the Kremlin chief for the first time in almost two…
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BAKU: A group of conflict-affected countries is pushing at COP29 to double financial aid to more than $20 billion a year to combat the natural disaster and security crises facing their populations, a letter seen by Reuters showed. The…
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JERUSALEM :Israel suffered one of the deadliest days of its ground offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon on Wednesday when six of its soldiers were killed in combat near the border. The soldiers "fell during combat in southern Lebanon",…
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LIMA :US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping arrive Thursday in Lima for an Asia-Pacific summit overshadowed by the prospect of a world embroiled in trade wars under Donald Trump. Saturday's face-to-face will…
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KYIV (Ukraine) :Russia escalated its attacks on Kyiv early Wednesday, launching waves of drones and missiles in its first combined aerial assault on the capital in more than 70 days, authorities said. The attacks came as Washington and…
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