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Eight Israeli soldiers killed in southern Gaza, IDF says

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The Israel Defense Forces said Saturday that eight soldiers were killed in southern Gaza in the deadliest attack on Israeli forces in ...

A Japanese climber dies while trying to scale a mountain in northern Pakistan and another is missing

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Japanese climber has died while trying to scale one of the highest mountains in northern Pakistan and ...

Vladimir Putin peace terms slammed as Ukraine summit begins

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Image caption, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky Article information Author, Dearbail Jordan Role, Reporter, BBC News 5 hours ago The leaders of Italy ...

Putin peace terms slammed as Ukraine summit begins

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The leaders of Italy and Germany have strongly rejected ceasefire terms laid out by Vladimir Putin to stop the war in Ukraine, ...

50,000 Gaza children require urgent treatment for malnutrition: UN | Israel-Palestine conflict News

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UNRWA warns people in Gaza face ‘catastrophic’ levels of hunger because of Israeli restrictions on humanitarian aid. The UN agency for Palestinian ...

Iranian convicted of war crimes freed in Swedish swap

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An Iranian convicted in Sweden of war crimes has been freed as part of a prisoner swap between the two countries. Hamid ...

Ukraine Peace Summit: Leaders meet in Switzerland, Russia absent

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OBBÜRGEN, Switzerland (AP) — Dozens of world leaders converged on a Swiss resort Saturday to discuss how to bring peace to war-ravaged ...

Politicians decry racially motivated attack on young girls in Germany

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There has been condemnation of an attack in northern Germany that resulted in a Ghanaian girl and her father being injured. According ...

French protesters decry far-right wins as snap election looms

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People across France are protesting amid mounting concerns that far-right leader Marine Le Pen and her allies could gain a parliamentary majority ...

Meloni leaves decision on EU Commission presidency open

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Italy’s right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wants to wait for the official nomination from the conservative European People’s Party (EPP) in the ...