Dozens killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza, as ceasefire talks resume
CAIRO, Oct 27 (Reuters/AFP): Israeli military strikes killed at least 36 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, most of them in the north of the enclave, Palestinian health officials said, as efforts to secure a ceasefire in the more than year-long war resumed in Qatar.The directors of the CIA...
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Moscow will respond if West helps Ukraine strike deep into Russia: Putin
MOSCOW, Oct 27 (Reuters): President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that Russia's defence ministry was working on different ways to respond if the United States and its NATO allies help Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with long-range Western missiles.The 2-1/2-year-old Ukraine war has triggered the biggest confrontation between Russia...
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Georgian ruling party wins disputed polls
TBILISI, Oct 27 (Reuters): Georgia's ruling Georgian Dream party received more than 54 per cent of the vote in the country's parliamentary election on Saturday, the electoral commission said on Sunday, though the result was disputed by opposition parties.The result, with more than 99 per cent of precincts counted, is...
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News in Brief -2024-10-28
King Charles to resume foreign tours after cancer diagnosisLONDON, Oct 27: King Charles III's cancer diagnosis will not prevent him flying abroad next year for foreign visits, a Buckingham Palace official said, as the monarch wrapped up a tour of Australia and Samoa. "We're now working on a pretty normal...
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