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Israel faces backlash at home, abroad over Gaza war escalation plan

JERUSALEM/CAIRO, Aug 8 (Agencies): Nations around the world expressed concern Friday over Israel's plan to wrest control of Gaza City, saying it would only worsen the conflict and lead to more bloodshed.Israel's security cabinet approved a plan on Friday to take control of Gaza City, a move expanding military operations...

Malaysia to lead ASEAN delegation to war-torn Myanmar

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 08 (Arab News): Malaysia will lead a regional delegation to Myanmar next month after the junta scrapped its state of emergency, Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan announced on Friday.Mohamad told reporters the trip will "most likely" take place on September 19 and include the foreign ministers of Indonesia,...

Trump to host Armenia, Azerbaijan for historic 'Peace Signing'

WASHINGTON, Aug 08 (AFP): US President Donald Trump will host the leaders of sworn enemies Armenia and Azerbaijan on Friday, touting the prospect of sealing a long-sought peace deal between the two regional rivals after decades of conflict.Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev will attend a...

India pauses plans to buy US arms after Trump's tariffs

NEW DELHI, Aug 08 (Reuters): New Delhi has put on hold its plans to procure new US weapons and aircraft, according to three Indian officials familiar with the matter, in India's first concrete sign of discontent after tariffs imposed on its exports by President Donald Trump dragged ties to their...

Xi tells Putin China welcomes fresh US-Russia contacts over Ukraine

BEIJING, Aug 08 (Reuters): China is pleased to see Russia and the United States maintaining contact and improving ties to advance a political resolution of the Ukraine crisis, President Xi Jinping said in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday.Beijing will maintain its stance on the need...

'Back home': family who fled front buried after Kyiv strike

SLOVIANSK, Aug 08 (AFP): College sweethearts Mykyta and Sofia Lamekhov had simple dreams: safety for their family and a fresh start at life, away from the war they thought they had left behind in east Ukraine.Mykyta, 23, and Sofia, 22, fled their front-line hometown of Sloviansk for the capital Kyiv,...

Pfizer, BioNTech reach Covid jab settlement with GSK, CureVac

FRANKFURT, Aug 08 (AFP): American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and German biotech firm BioNTech will pay Britain's GSK and Germany's CureVac $740 million plus royalties to settle US legal disputes over Covid-19 vaccines, CureVac said Friday.The royalties would amount to a "single-digit" per centage on sales of Covid-19 vaccines in the...

Pakistan troops kill 33 militants crossing from Afghanistan

KARACHI, Aug 08 (Reuters): Pakistani security forces killed 33 militants trying to cross from Afghanistan overnight, the military said on Friday, describing them as "Indian-sponsored".The fighters were intercepted and engaged with "precise" fire, the military's public relations wing said, adding that weapons, ammunition and explosives were recovered.Pakistan and India, nuclear-armed...