Gaza's last food stock running out
GAZA, Apr 10 (Reuters/AFP): The bombs still haven't killed Rehab Akhras and her family. But if the checkpoints that Israel has sealed off since the start of March are not opened soon, she says hunger surely will.Six weeks since Israel completely cut off all supplies to the 2.3 million residents...
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US House votes to limit federal judges' injunction power
WASHINGTON, Apr 10 (AFP): The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill to limit federal judges' power to oppose President Donald Trump's policies with injunctions, after the White House blasted such hurdles.Largely backed by Republicans with 219 votes in favor and 213 against, the draft law has almost...
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US, Russia meet in Istanbul for talks on embassies
ISTANBUL, Apr 10 (AFP): US and Russian delegations met in Istanbul on Thursday for talks on restoring the functioning of their embassies, which drastically scaled back staffing following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.The talks, the second of their kind, come after President Donald Trump reached out to Russia following the start...
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US okays $1b missile sale to Australia
WASHINGTON, Apr 10 (AFP): The United States on Wednesday announced the approval of a $1.04-billion sale of up to 200 each of AIM-120C and AIM-120D air-to-air missiles and related equipment to Australia."The proposed sale will improve Australia's capability to meet current and future threats by protecting and increasing aircraft survivability,"...
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Afghan men arrested for having wrong hairstyle: UN
WASHINGTON, Apr 10 (AP): The Taliban's morality police have detained men and their barbers over hairstyles, and others for missing prayers at mosques during Ramadan, a U.N. report said Thursday, 6 months after laws regulating people's conduct came into effect.The Vice and Virtue Ministry published laws last August covering many...
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