Gaza residents return north
GAZA, Jan 27 (Reuters/BBC): Tens of thousands of Palestinians began moving along the main roads leading north in Gaza on Monday as Israel opened roadblocks after the militant group Hamas agreed to hand over female Israeli hostage Arbel Yehud and two other hostages.About 200,000 return to north Gaza in first...
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Iran deploys AI-equipped missiles during Gulf drills
TEHRAN, Jan 27 (AFP): Iran's Revolutionary Guards have deployed missiles featuring artificial intelligence technology during military drills in the Gulf, state media reported Monday.The Guards' naval force "fired Ghaem and Almas missiles equipped with artificial intelligence from advanced Mohajer-6 and Ababil-5 drones", the IRNA state news agency said.The report added...
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Chinese, Indian diplomats call for warmer relations
BEIJING, Jan 27 (AP): The top diplomats of China and India called for their nations to provide further mutual support, but avoided publicly mentioning a long-standing border dispute in the Himalayas when they met Monday in Beijing.Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told top Indian foreign affairs official Vikram Misri that...
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Rajapaksa's son issued travel ban in graft case
COLOMBO, Jan 27 (AFP): The son of Sri Lanka's former president Mahinda Rajapaksa was banned Monday from leaving the island nation followinghis arrest for alleged money laundering.The case against Yoshitha Rajapaksa dates back years, but has received renewed impetus since President Anura Kumara Dissanayake -- who has vowed to fight...
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Imran, wife appeal graft convictions
ISLAMABAD, Jan 27 (AFP): Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi on Monday appealed their convictions for graft, his lawyer said."We have filed appeals today and in the next few days it will go through clerical processes and then it will be fixed for a...
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