Israeli security cabinet approves Gaza ceasefire deal
JERUSALEM/CAIRO, Jan 17 (AFP/Reuters): Israel's security cabinet approved in a vote on Friday a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal that should take effect this weekend, the prime minister's office said.The agreement, which must now go to the full cabinet for a final green light, would halt fighting and bombardment...
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Iranian president arrives in Moscow for treaty signing with Putin
MOSCOW, Jan 17 (TASS): Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in Moscow on Friday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the signing of a strategic partnership treaty between the two countries, Russia's TASS state news agency reported.Pezeshkian, on his first Kremlin visit since winning the presidency last July after...
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Pakistan court sentences ex-PM Imran Khan to 14 years in land graft case
A Pakistani court sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan to 14 years imprisonment on Friday in a land corruption case, local broadcaster ARY News reported.The verdict in the case, the largest in terms of financial wrongdoing faced by Khan, was delivered by an anti-graft court in a prison in the...
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N Korea warns of stronger action over South's drills with US, Japan
SEOUL, Jan 17 (AFP): North Korea condemned on Friday joint military drills between South Korea, Japan and the United States held this week, threatening to respond by exercising its right to self-defence "more intensively".The trilateral exercise was held after Pyongyang launched in recent weeks what it claimed was a new...
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