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G7 agrees loan deal to support Ukraine with Russian assets
BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy -Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies agreed an outline deal on Thursday to provide $50 billion of...
Jun 13, 20243 min read
US says Hamas seeks changes to ceasefire plan; Hamas denies proposing new ideas
DOHA/GENEVA/CAIRO -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that Hamas had proposed numerous changes, some unworkable, to...
Jun 13, 20243 min read
Mother of rescued Gaza hostage recounts 'hard and joyful' reunion
TEL AVIV - The mother of one of the four hostages rescued from Gaza by Israeli commandos last week described the surge of emotions that...
Jun 13, 20242 min read
Blinken says some Hamas proposals unworkable but work on ceasefire to continue
DOHA - Hamas proposed "numerous changes" in its response to a ceasefire proposal to end the Gaza war including some unworkable changes,...
Jun 12, 20242 min read
Fire in Kuwait building kills 49 foreign workers
DUBAI -At least 49 people were killed in Kuwait on Wednesday after a fire broke out in a building housing foreign workers, with Kuwait's...
Jun 12, 20242 min read
Benny Gantz, man in the middle squeezed out by Israel's Netanyahu
JERUSALEM -In the traumatic aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, as hundreds of thousands of Israeli reservists rushed to join...
Jun 12, 20243 min read
North Korea's Kim boasts of 'invincible' ties with Russia amid talks of Putin visit
SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said his country is an "invincible comrade-in-arms" with Russia in a message to President...
Jun 12, 20241 min read
Israel says Hamas rejects key elements of US ceasefire plan for Gaza
JERUSALEM/CAIRO -Hamas formally responded on Tuesday to a U.S. ceasefire proposal for the eight-month-old war in the Gaza Strip, and...
Jun 12, 20243 min read
South Korea opposition leader Lee indicted over funds transfer to North Korea
SEOUL - South Korea's main opposition leader was indicted on Wednesday on bribery charges in an alleged scheme to use an underwear...
Jun 12, 20242 min read
China dismisses Taiwan's concerns after man arrested on river leading to Taipei
BEIJING - China's government said on Wednesday that a Chinese man arrested near Taipei after crossing the Taiwan Strait on a speedboat...
Jun 12, 20242 min read
Myanmar poverty deepens, economic growth stagnant, World Bank says
Poverty in Myanmar is more widespread than at any time in the last six years and growth in the conflict-torn nation is likely to remain...
Jun 12, 20242 min read
Hong Kong uses new national security law against exiled activists
HONG KONG - Hong Kong's Security Bureau said on Wednesday it would use powers in a new national security law against six self-exiled...
Jun 12, 20242 min read
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