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‘No point' in truce talks as Israel plans to capture Gaza: Hamas

GAZA, May 06 (BBC/AFP): A senior Hamas official has said there is "no point" in further talks on a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, after Israel approved an expanded offensive that may include seizing all of the Palestinian territory indefinitely.Bassem Naim told the BBC the armed group would...

Russia blames Ukraine

MOSCOW, May 06 (BBC): Russia says Ukraine launched a drone attack on Moscow - days before the start of a ceasefire, ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin to coincide with a World War Two parade.Moscow's four major airports shut for a few hours on Tuesday amid the barrage, authorities said....

Pakistan accuses India of diverting Chenab river flow as tensions rise

LAHORE, May 06 (AFP): Pakistan on Tuesday accused India of diverting the flow of the Chenab river, one of three rivers placed under Pakistan's control according to the now suspended Indus Waters Treaty.This major river originates in India but was allocated to Pakistan under the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty, signed...

Merz falls short of majority

BERLIN, May 06 (BBC): Germany's conservative leader has unexpectedly fallen short of a majority in a parliament vote to become chancellor.Friedrich Merz needed 316 votes in the 630-seat Bundestag but only secured 310, in a significant blow to the Christian Democrat leader, two and a half months after winning Germany's...

Myanmar junta calls new truce after quake

YANGON, May 06 (AFP): Myanmar's junta declared a new post-earthquake truce on Tuesday, days after the expiry of a previous humanitarian ceasefire it was accused of violating with a continued campaign of air strikes.The March 28 magnitude-7.7 quake near the central city of Mandalay killed nearly 3,800 and has left...

Rwanda to sign Congo peace deal in June

NAIROBI, May 06 (AFP): Rwanda's foreign minister on Tuesday said a final peace deal to end a crisis gripping the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo would be signed in mid-June in Washington.M23 fighters, who UN experts and the United States say have received military support from Rwanda, have made rapid...