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Palestinians walk past the rubble of destroyed houses, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. — Reuters
Hamas: Trump's threat undermines ceasefire

Hamas said on Thursday that US President Donald Trump's repeated threats against Palestinians constituted support for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to back out of the Gaza ceasefire and intensify the siege of Gazans.Trump demanded in a social media post on Wednesday that Hamas "release all of the hostages now, not later," including the remains of dead...
Palestinians walk past the rubble of destroyed houses, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. — Reuters

Hamas: Trump's threat undermines ceasefire
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a European Union leaders' special summit to discuss Ukraine and European defence, in Brussels, Belgium, on Thursday. - Reuters

EU leaders mull N-deterrence, more weapons for Ukraine
A student demonstrates her karate skills during an event ahead of International Women's Day at a college in Amritsar, India, on Thursday. - AFP

Women's rights face unprecedented threats worldwide: Study
February was the lowest monthly level for sea ice in the Arctic, and the fourth-lowest in the Antarctic.

World's sea ice cover hits record low in Feb
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UN report finds women's rights weakened in quarter of all countries
A doctor, head of the critical care department at the Beit Hanoun Hospital, has Iftar with his family outside their tent in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday. — AFP

Europe urges ‘unhindered’ delivery of aid to Gazans
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INTERNATIONAL VIDEOS
Region
Palestinians walk past the rubble of destroyed houses, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. — Reuters

Hamas: Trump's threat undermines ceasefire

Hamas said on Thursday that US President Donald Trump's repeated threats against Palestinians constituted support for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to back out of the Gaza ceasefire and intensify the siege of Gazans.Trump demanded in a...

A doctor, head of the critical care department at the Beit Hanoun Hospital, has Iftar with his family outside their tent in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday. — AFP
Europe urges ‘unhindered’ delivery of aid to Gazans
Palestinian family prepare a fast-breaking iftar meal outside
S Africa accuses Israel aid block
southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh

Israeli strikes wound two in Lebanon
Palestinian children wait for a meal during food distribution at a charity kitchen at the Nuseirat refugee camp. — AFP

Gazans fear food shortages after Israel blocks aid
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman during his visit to Riyadh. — Reuters

Saudi to study resuming Lebanon imports
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Americas

A student demonstrates her karate skills during an event ahead of International Women's Day at a college in Amritsar, India, on Thursday. - AFP

Women's rights face unprecedented threats worldwide: Study

Zelensky ready for talks and deal, says Trump

Trump makes 13-year-old cancer survivor a Secret Service agent

Trump delivers longest-ever Congress speech

China, Canada retaliate to Trump tariff war

Africa

An M23 officer inspects the convoy repatriating soldiers at the main border crossing between DR Congo and Rwanda in Goma. — AFP

Ugandan army deploys to northeast DR Congo

Ramadhan begins for hundreds of millions across the world

Namibia bids farewell to founding father Nujoma

army-aligned force of attack on central Sudan village

Over 7,000 people killed in DRC

Europe

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a European Union leaders' special summit to discuss Ukraine and European defence, in Brussels, Belgium, on Thursday. - Reuters

EU leaders mull N-deterrence, more weapons for Ukraine

World's sea ice cover hits record low in Feb

Greenland rejects Trump pledge on the island

Greece PM vows to fight tragedy censure motion

Berlin to suspend aid to Rwanda over DRC

Asia
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Death toll from Pakistan attack rises to 18: military

Thirteen civilians and five soldiers were killed when suicide bombers drove two explosive-laden cars into an army compound in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, the military said in a new death...
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Chinese firm to single workers: Get married or get out

Workers assemble a robotic elephant model

Model behaviour: India's anti-cruelty robot elephants

A student uses a paper bag to protect himself from the heat as he leaves school in Ma

Heat wave shuts down schools in nearly half Philippine capital

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Bombing at seminary kills 6

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
A resident packs a car

Australia readies as rare cyclone veers

A rare tropical cyclone veered towards Australia’s densely populated eastern coast, sparking emergency warnings, closing hundreds of schools, and threatening to flood thousands of homes. Tropical...
The logo of Australia's Fortescue Metals Group can be seen on a bulk carrier as it is loaded with iron ore at the coastal town of Port Hedland in Western Australia. - File Photo

Powerful Tropical Cyclone Zelia hits Australia's iron ore hub

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New Zealand loosens visitor visas to court remote workers

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

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Reptile star of 'Crocodile Dundee' dies at 90

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