Israeli airstrikes kill 40 Palestinians in Gaza amid fears of wider war
GAZA, Aug 09 (Agencies): Israeli forces stepped up airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least 40 people, Palestinian medics said, in further battle with Hamas-led militants as Israel braced for potential wider war in the region.Israeli airstrikes hit a cluster of houses in central Gaza's Al-Bureij camp,...
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Harris, Biden to hit trail for first time since switch-up
REHOBOTH BEACH (United States), Aug 09 (AFP/Reuters): Kamala Harris and Joe Biden will next week make their first joint campaign trip since the US president's shock decision to drop out of the 2024 White House race against Donald Trump.Seeking to burnish his legacy in his final months in office and...
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France urges Kosovo to stop 'actions' irking Serbs
PARIS, Aug 09 (Arab News): France on Friday urged the Kosovo authorities to end "unilateral actions" that could contribute to increasing tensions with Serbs.Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti has called for the opening of a flashpoint bridge, prompting protests, and authorities this week raided post offices long used by residents...
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China envoy, Myanmar junta chief meet on border clashes
YANGON, Aug 09 (AFP): China's special envoy met Myanmar's junta chief for talks on "peace and stability" along their shared border, Myanmar state media reported Friday, days after ethnic rebels seized a regional military command.Myanmar's northern Shan state has been the site of repeated clashes since late June after ethnic...
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Ten killed in Russian strike on Ukraine's supermarket
MOSCOW, Aug 09 (Reuters): A Russian missile strike hit a supermarket in the Ukrainian town of Kostiantynivka in the front-line Donetsk region on Friday, killing at least ten people and injuring 35 others, Ukrainian officials said.The strike caused a fire that had been put out, the interior minister said. Heavy...
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Two Sri Lankan ministers sacked over defection
COLOMBO, Aug 09 (AFP): Two government ministers who defected from Sri Lanka's main opposition were sacked from the cabinet Friday, after the Supreme Court upheld disciplinary action against them.The decision came ahead of presidential elections next month, the first vote since the unprecedented economic crisis of 2022, when months of...
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News in Brief -2024-08-10
US may use conflict in Middle East to start World War III: LukashenkoMINSK, Aug 09: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko warns that the United States may use the conflict in the Middle East to start a new world war. "God forbid, they may use the conflict situation in the Middle East...
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