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Israel to ‘take control’ of Gaza City after approving new war plan
Israel’s military will “take control” of Gaza City under a plan proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and approved by his security ...China accuses Philippines of ‘playing with fire’ on Taiwan
China accused the Philippines on Friday of “playing with fire” after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said the Southeast Asian nation would be ...Cambodia and Thailand to hammer out permanent ceasefire in Malaysia meeting
By Rozanna Latiff Reuters Cambodia and Thailand’s top defence officials began a meeting in Malaysia on Thursday to finalise a permanent end ...Trump says likely to meet Putin ‘very soon’
By Frankie TAGGART AFP Donald Trump said he could meet with Vladimir Putin “very soon,” following what the US president described as ...Israel considers full Gaza takeover as more die of hunger
By Nidal al-Mughrabi Reuters Weakened by hunger, many Gazans trek across a ruined landscape each day to haul all their drinking and ...Russia says its forces control village in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region
Russian forces pressing their slow advance through eastern Ukraine have captured the village of Sichneve in east-central Dnipropetrovsk region, the Russian Defence ...Dozens killed as Palestinians in Gaza scramble for aid from air and land
By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY, Associated Press Dozens of Palestinians were killed or wounded on Monday as desperate crowds headed toward ...Hunger mounts, cemeteries grow in Sudan’s besieged al-Fashir
Hundreds of thousands of people under siege in the Sudanese army’s last holdout in the western Darfur region are running out of ...Dire water shortages compound hunger and displacement in Gaza
By Chloe ROUVEYROLLES-BAZIRE AFP Atop air strikes, displacement and hunger, an unprecedented water crisis is unfolding across Gaza, heaping further misery on ...South Korea dismantles border loudspeakers to ease tensions with North Korea
South Korea’s military said it had begun removing loudspeakers along its border with rival North Korea in a move aimed at reducing ...