Trump opposes planned Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear sites
NEW YORK, Apr 16 (Reuters/AFP): US President Donald Trump blocked a planned Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear sites in favour of negotiating a deal with Iran to limit its nuclear programme, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing administration officials and others.Israel had developed plans to attack the sites...
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Israeli strikes kill 37 in Gaza
GAZA CITY, Apr 17 (AFP): Gaza's civil defence agency reported Thursday that a wave of Israeli air strikes across the territory killed 37 people, most of them displaced Palestinians.Agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal said an overnight strike targeted several tents in the Al-Mawasi area of the southern city of Khan Yunis,...
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Qatari emir in Moscow for talks with Putin
MOSCOW, Apr 17 (Reuters/AFP): Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani arrived in Moscow on Thursday for talks with President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine and Middle East issues, on a trip that the Kremlin described as very important. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the two leaders would have a "serious...
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Xi in Cambodia for state visit
PHNOM PENH, Apr 17 (AFP): Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh on Thursday, capping a three-stop tour of Southeast Asia, according to live footage from Beijing's state-run CGTN.Xi arrived after visiting Vietnam and Malaysia as Beijing seeks to strengthen regional trade ties and offset the...
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Scientists find 'strongest evidence yet' of life on distant planet
LONDON, Apr 17 (BBC): Scientists have found new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life.A Cambridge team studying the atmosphere of a planet called K2-18b has detected signs of molecules which on Earth are only produced by simple organisms.This is the second,...
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