Israeli strikes kill 59, many of them women and children
GAZA CITY (Palestinian Territories), Apr 25 (AFP): At least 59 people, including children, have been killed in a barrage of Israeli attacks across the besieged Gaza Strip.Rescue teams and medics in the enclave said at least 12 people belonging to the same family were among those killed on Thursday when...
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India searches for militants in Kashmir, as tensions soar with Pakistan
SRINAGAR, Apr 25 (Reuters): Armed police and soldiers searched homes and forests for militants in Indian Kashmir on Friday and India's army chief visited the area to review security, after the killing of 26 men earlier this week - the worst attack on civilians in nearly two decades.The militant attack...
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Trump makes rare criticism of Putin after Russia's deadly Kyiv attacks
KYIV, Apr 25 (Al Jazeera): United States (US) President Donald Trump has condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin after a Russian missile attack on Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, killed at least 12 people and injured dozens.Posting on Thursday on the Truth Social platform, which he owns, Trump wrote that the attacks were...
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Sudan war destroys world’s only research centre on skin disease mycetoma
CAIRO, Apr 25 (AFP): The world's only research centre on mycetoma, a neglected tropical disease common among farmers, has been destroyed in Sudan's two-year war, its director and another expert say.Mycetoma is caused by bacteria or fungus and usually enters the body through cuts. It is a progressively destructive infectious...
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Huge crowds at Vatican ahead of Pope's funeral
VATICAN CITY, Apr 25 (AFP): The Vatican was making final preparations Friday for Pope Francis's funeral as the last of the huge crowds of mourners filed through St Peter's Basilica to view his open coffin.Many of the 50 heads of state and 10 monarchs attending Saturday's ceremony in St Peter's...
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Thai PM hospitalised with high fever
BANGKOK, Apr 25 (AFP): Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra was admitted to hospital with a high fever shortly after returning from an official visit to Cambodia, a government spokesperson said Friday.Paetongtarn travelled to Cambodia this week for a two-day visit, during which she met Prime Minister Hun Manet to discuss...
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US universities help foreign students weather Trump deportations
NEW YORK, Apr 25 (Reuters): From warnings not to leave the country to guidance on how to complete degrees, US universities are advising foreign students how to withstand President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.First immigration agents arrested students involved in pro-Palestinian protests. Then thousands of foreign students were targeted for deportation...
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Trump signs order to ramp up US deep-sea mining
WASHINGTON, Apr 25 (AFP): US President Donald Trump has defied international norms and instructed a quick start to deep-sea mining in domestic waters and beyond, sparking an angry warning from Beijing that the move "violates international law."Washington wants to lead efforts to scoop up mineral-rich deep-sea nodules and other material...
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