Tens of thousands pour in for Beirut funeral of slain Hezbollah leader

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BEIRUT, Lebanon, February 23 — Tens of thousands of mourners dressed in black, some waving Hezbollah flags or carrying portraits of the group's slain leader Hassan Nasrallah, flocked to his...

Voting begins in high-stakes German election

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Frontrunner Friedrich Merz (2nd from R) mops his brow at his last campaign event in Munich. (Reuters) Berlin, February 23 — Germans are going to the polls after an...

Musk says all US govt staff must justify their work or lose jobs

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Washington DC, February 23 — Elon Musk, the billionaire advisor to Donald Trump, said Saturday that all US federal employees must justify their work or lose their jobs, hours after...

Israel indefinitely delays Palestinian prisoner release as hostages freed

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Palestinians awaits news about the prisoner release in the West Bank. (Getty Images) Jerusalem, February 23 — Israel says it is indefinitely delaying the release of more than 600...

Only one in six Japanese citizens has a passport, data shows

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TOKYO, February 21 — Only around one in six Japanese citizens hold valid passports, fresh data shows, with the number of residents travelling abroad slowly recovering but still below pre-pandemic...

Eight killed as minivan plunges into drainage in Pakistan's Punjab

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ISLAMABAD, February 21 — Eight people were killed and two others injured when a minivan plunged into an open drainage channel in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province early Friday, local police...

Trump 'very frustrated' and Zelensky must strike minerals deal, says adviser

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Washington DC, February 21 — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky needs to return to the negotiating table and strike a deal on US access to Ukraine's critical minerals, White House national...

Hong Kong's main opposition party announces plan to dissolve

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Party chairman Lo Kin-hei addressed reporters at a late night press conference on Tuesday. (EPA) Hong Kong, February 21 — The leaders of Hong Kong's Democratic Party have announced...

What does Jack Ma's return to the spotlight in China mean?

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Beijing, February 21 — A meeting between Chinese president Xi Jinping and some of the country's foremost business leaders this week has fuelled excitement and speculation, after Alibaba founder Jack...

Three buses explode in Israel in suspected terror attack, police say

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Tel Aviv (Israel), February 21 — Three buses have exploded in Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv, in what Israeli police say is a suspected terror attack. Devices in...

Hamas hands over 4 captives’ bodies to Israel

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KHAN YUNIS, Palestine, February 20 — Hamas handed over coffins it said contain the bodies of four Israeli hostages on Thursday, including those of the Bibas family who became symbols...

BJP's Rekha Gupta takes oath as Delhi CM

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Swearing in Ceremony of Rekha Gupta at the Ramleela Maidan, New Delhi. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal) Delhi (India), February 20 — BJP leader Rekha Gupta took oath as the...

Trump calls Zelensky a 'dictator' as rift between two leaders deepens

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Florida, February 20 — President Trump has spent the day attacking Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, calling him a "dictator" and deepening the rift between the two leaders. His attacks...

Trump is living in a Russian ‘disinformation space,’ says Zelenskyy

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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump is living in a Russian “disinformation space” regarding his previous day’s comments about the Ukrainian...

Gunmen identify, kill 7 Punjabi travellers in Pakistan

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QUETTA, Pakistan, February 19 — Gunmen in volatile southwest Pakistan shot seven bus passengers dead after identifying them as being from another region, a government official said Wednesday. Attackers...