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Netanyahu expects to enter next phase of Gaza truce 'shortly'

JERUSALEM, Dec 07 (AFP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he expected to move into the second phase of the US-sponsored ceasefire plan for Gaza "very shortly".Speaking during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz after a meeting between the two leaders, Netanyahu said: "We...

Sri Lanka issues landslide alert

COLOMBO, Dec 07 (AFP): Sri Lankan authorities issued fresh landslide warnings on Sunday with rains lashing areas already devastated by a powerful cyclone, as the death toll rose to 618.More than two million people-nearly 10 percent of the population-have been affected by last week's floods and landslides triggered by Cyclone...

China military aircraft locks radar onto Japan fighters

TOKYO, Dec 07 (AFP): Chinese military aircraft locked radar onto Japanese fighter jets southeast of Okinawa's main island, Japan's defence ministry said Sunday, slamming it as a "dangerous act".Beijing-Tokyo relations have soured over the past month, following remarks by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi suggesting that Tokyo could intervene militarily...

Ukraine peace deal really close, says US envoy

KYIV, Dec 07 (Reuters/BBC): U.S. President Donald Trump's outgoing Ukraine envoy said a deal to end the Ukraine war was "really close" and now depended on resolving two main outstanding issues: the future of Ukraine's Donbas region and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.Russia continued its air strikes on Ukraine overnight,...

India's Goa state orders probe as nightclub fire kills 25

BENGALURU, Dec 07 (Reuters): Indian authorities ordered an investigation and offered compensation to victims on Sunday after a fire ripped through a nightclub in the western state of Goa, killing 25."I have ordered a magisterial inquiry into the entire incident to identify the cause and fix responsibility" for the fire...

Benin coup attempt foiled by loyalist troops: Minister

COTONOU, Dec 07 (BBC): Benin's interior minister has appeared on national TV to announce that an attempted coup in the West Africa nation has been thwarted.Earlier, a group of soldiers, led by Lt-Col Pascal Tigri, had made a broadcast saying they had ousted President Patrice Talon and suspended the constitution.In...