U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Saudi Arabia for the first leg of a trip to the Middle East. He’ll also visit Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, though his most pressing regional challenges concern two…
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Category: 4. World
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Phlippines election result: The votes are in
Jonathan HeadSouth East Asia correspondent
Getty ImagesVice-President Sara Duterte faces an impeachment trial in the Senate As the noise and colour of a two-month election campaign subsides, a game of thrones between the two most powerful families…
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Bullying only leads to self-isolation, Xi Jinping says day after US-China tariff truce
Hong Kong
CNN
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping has taken aim at “bullying” and “hegemonism,” in his first public remarks since a temporary truce over tariffs was agreed…
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‘Terror probe’ into fire and ‘time to deliver’ on immigration
Several newspapers moved quickly late last night to get the news of counter-terrorism officers investigating a fire at the home of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on their front pages. Among them, on a rare day with hard news on its front page,… Continue Reading
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First night of calm reported along India-Pakistan border, ceasefire holds
NEW DELHI (AP) — India has only “paused” its military action and will “retaliate on its own terms” if there is any future terror attack on the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday in…
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Donald Trump’s Kashmir mediation offer puts India in a tight spot
Anbarasan EthirajanSouth Asia Regional Editor
ReutersDonald Trump announced a ceasefire at the weekend For decades, if there’s one thing that’s been a taboo in the Indian foreign ministry, it is third-party mediation – particularly in the…
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Who is Edan Alexander, the Israeli-American hostage released by Hamas?
JERUSALEM (AP) — Edan Alexander was 19 when Hamas militants stormed the Israeli military base where the American-Israeli from New Jersey was a soldier and dragged him into the Gaza Strip.
Hamas released…
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UN body finds Russia responsible for downed MH17 flight – DW – 05/13/2025
The United Nations’ aviation council on Monday, ruled that Russia was responsible for downing of the Malaysian Airlines flight over Ukraine, which killed all of the nearly 300 people on board in 2014.
This number included 196 Dutch citizens and…
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