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UN Security Council backs Israel-Hamas ceasefire plan
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations Security Council on Monday backed a proposal outlined by President Joe Biden for a ceasefire...
Jun 11, 20242 min read
Blinken urges Middle East leaders to press Hamas for Gaza ceasefire
CAIRO/TEL AVIV -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday urged Arab leaders to pressure Hamas to accept a ceasefire proposal...
Jun 11, 20243 min read
China says US provoking arms race in moves into South China Sea
BEIJING - The U.S. poses the largest security challenge in the South China Sea as its military deployment there is turning it into...
Jun 9, 20242 min read
South Korea blasts loudspeaker broadcasts after North's trash balloons
SEOUL -South Korea resumed loudspeaker broadcasts directed at North Korea on Sunday, its military said, following through on a warning...
Jun 9, 20242 min read
Iran approves six candidates to run for president - State TV
DUBAI - Iran's Guardian Council, which oversees elections and legislation, has approved six candidates to run for president in snap...
Jun 9, 20241 min read
Factbox-Psychological warfare and K-pop: South Korea to blast loudspeakers at North Korea
SEOUL - South Korea said on Sunday it would resume loudspeaker broadcasts at the border directed at North Korea for the first time in...
Jun 9, 20242 min read
Israel rescues four hostages in Gaza raid that Hamas says kills 210 Palestinians
JERUSALEM/CAIRO -Israeli forces rescued four hostages held by Hamas since October in a raid in Gaza on Saturday that Palestinian...
Jun 9, 20244 min read
Explainer-Is the Hezbollah-Israel conflict about to spiral?
The conflict between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah is dangerously poised after more than eight months of fighting triggered by the Gaza...
Jun 8, 20244 min read
Factbox-Details of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza
The Gaza Strip is suffering an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe nearly eight months since Israel launched a devastating offensive in...
Jun 8, 20243 min read
Factbox-Major cases keeping former Pakistan PM Imran Khan in jail
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan was acquitted on charges of leaking state secrets on Monday after his...
Jun 8, 20242 min read
Factbox-War with Israel would deepen Lebanon's myriad crises
BEIRUT - The conflict between Hezbollah and Israel is unfolding against a backdrop of deep financial and political crises in Lebanon,...
Jun 8, 20243 min read
South Korea residents on border with North fear spike in tensions
PAJU, South Korea - When North Korea sent hundreds of balloons carrying trash over the border to South Korea last week, the move sparked...
Jun 6, 20242 min read
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