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A boy pulls a cart loaded with salvaged items from the site of Israeli bombardment on a residential block in Jalaa Street in Gaza City. — AFP
Qatar says Gaza truce talks in 'final stages'

DOHA: Key mediator Qatar said negotiations for a Gaza truce and captives release deal were in their "final stages" on Tuesday, adding that it was hopeful an agreement could be reached "very soon". Qatar, Egypt and the United States have stepped up efforts to broker a ceasefire to enable the release of hostages held in Gaza since October 7, 2023. On Monday, US...
A boy pulls a cart loaded with salvaged items from the site of Israeli bombardment on a residential block in Jalaa Street in Gaza City. — AFP

Qatar says Gaza truce talks in 'final stages'
Protesters against impeached South Korean president Yoon

Impeachment trial of Yoon begins
Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam speaks at the presidential palace, in Baabda, Lebanon. — Reuters

PM-designate Salam aims to rebuild Lebanon
Britain's King Charles III greets Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani during a private audience at Buckingham Palace.

Iraqi PM in London to launch 'new era' of ties
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meet, in Kyiv. — Reuters

Ukraine claims biggest aerial strike on Russia
A firefighter works to extinguish the last embers in the hills of Mandeville Canyon, in Los Angeles. — AFP

LA firefighters brace for return of extreme winds
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INTERNATIONAL VIDEOS
Region
A boy pulls a cart loaded with salvaged items from the site of Israeli bombardment on a residential block in Jalaa Street in Gaza City. — AFP

Qatar says Gaza truce talks in 'final stages'

DOHA: Key mediator Qatar said negotiations for a Gaza truce and captives release deal were in their "final stages" on Tuesday, adding that it was hopeful an agreement could be reached "very soon". Qatar, Egypt and the United States have stepped up...

Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam speaks at the presidential palace, in Baabda, Lebanon. — Reuters
PM-designate Salam aims to rebuild Lebanon
A Palestinian man carries a girl injured in Israeli strikes, into at Al-Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza City on Monday. - AFP
‘Breakthrough’ Gaza truce deal in final phase
Palestinians displaced by conflict sheltering at a school queue to fill up their water containers from a cistern in Khan Yunis. — AFP

Final draft of Gaza truce deal presented to parties
Foreign Ministers of Kuwait, Germany, Bahrain and UAE pose with the participants of a meeting of top diplomats from the Middle East and Europe to discuss Syria in Riyadh. - AFP

EU ministers to discuss Syria sanctions
Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip. - Reuters

Gaza war toll undercounted, says study
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Americas

A firefighter works to extinguish the last embers in the hills of Mandeville Canyon, in Los Angeles. — AFP

LA firefighters brace for return of extreme winds

Death toll from Los Angeles fires rises as dangerous winds loom

Los Angeles fires deliver latest blow to embattled Hollywood

Trump bashes California leaders over fire response

Los Angeles firefighters race as blazes spread

Africa

Sudanese citizens celebrate following an announcement by the army that it took over the city of Wad Madani. — Reuters

Celebrations in Sudan’s Wad Madani

Disaster by the Numbers: The Crisis in Sudan

Series of earthquakes rattle Ethiopia

Death toll in Ethiopia accident rises to 71

Death toll rises in Mozambique

Europe

Britain's King Charles III greets Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani during a private audience at Buckingham Palace.

Iraqi PM in London to launch 'new era' of ties

Nato launches Baltic Sea patrols after suspected cable sabotage

Ukraine claims biggest aerial strike on Russia

Russia, Iran to sign strategic partnership pact

Russia: Ukraine targeted gas pipeline to Türkiye

Asia
Protesters against impeached South Korean president Yoon

Impeachment trial of Yoon begins

SEOUL: South Korea's Constitutional Court opened the impeachment trial of President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday over his failed martial law bid, but quickly adjourned the first hearing after the...
S Korean FM Cho Tae-yul (R) and Japanese FM Takeshi Iwaya (L) attend a joint press conference, in Seoul. — AFP

Japan's FM holds talks in South Korea

Earthquake in southwestern Japan

Strong earthquake hits southwestern Japan, triggering Tsunami advisories

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India opens giant Kumbh Mela for 400 million pilgrims

FILE PHOTO: Japan's Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya arrives at Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's official residence in Tokyo, Japan October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo

Japan FM to attend Trump inauguration

GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT
Sanitation crisis in Gaza spreads disease

In a sprawling tent encampment in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli bombs fall close enough to hear and feel. But daily life is also a struggle against hunger, cold, and a growing sanitation crisis. A lack of sufficient...

Displaced Palestinians fill jerrycans with seawater for washing and cooking, at the beach in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, Oct. 28, 2023.

Gazans flee homes as Israeli strikes resume

10 years after typhoon, Philippine city rises from the ruins

India launches key test for manned orbital mission
Australia
Austrian Chancellor and leader of Austrian People's Party (OeVP) Karl Nehammer (C) in on his way to the Presidential Chancellery in Vienna. — AFP

Austrians pick new leader after chancellor quits

VIENNA: The leadership of Austria's ruling conservatives held a crisis meeting on Sunday to pick a successor to Chancellor Karl Nehammer, who announced his resignation on Saturday as attempts to form...
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Reptile star of 'Crocodile Dundee' dies at 90

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7.3-Magnitude earthquake strikes Vanuatu

Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok apps are seen on a smartphone in front of an Australian flag, in this illustration taken November 29, 2024.

Australia barred under 16 from social media. Will It Work?

Australia's government introduced a bill that aims to ban social media for children under 16

Australia launches 'landmark' bill to ban social media for children under 16

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