Israel forcibly evacuates Gaza hospital

GAZA STRIP, Dec 28 (BBC/AFP): The last major functioning hospital in northern Gaza was forcibly evacuated by the Israeli military on Friday after dozens of people were reportedly killed in Israeli strikes targeting the area.Medical staff, including the director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital, have also been detained, Gaza health...

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Afghan forces target Pakistan in retaliation

KABUL, Dec 28 (AP): Afghanistan's Defense Ministry said Saturday that its forces hit several points inside Pakistan in retaliation for deadly airstrikes last week.Pakistan last Tuesday launched an operation to destroy a training facility and kill insurgents in Afghanistan's eastern Paktika province. The strikes killed dozens of people, mostly women...

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Middleeast 'not battleground for big powers'

BEIJING, Dec 28 (AFP): The top diplomats of China and Iran agreed Saturday that the Middle East is "not a battleground for the big powers" and should not be an arena of geopolitical competition between countries outside the region.Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi agreed that...

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Bloodied Ukrainian troops risk losing more hard-won land in Kursk to Russia

KYIV, Dec 28 (AP): Five months after their shock offensive into Russia, Ukrainian troops are bloodied and demoralized by the rising risk of defeat in Kursk, a region some want to hold at all costs while others question the value of having gone in at all.Battles are so intense that...

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