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Bangladesh high commissioner announces direct flights with Pakistan

Hussain emphasised the deep and historic relationship between the two countries and expressed the intention to initiate direct flights to facilitate travel

Rain falling in South California helps firefighters, creates risk of ash

Los Angeles County crews spent much of the past week removing vegetation, shoring up slopes and reinforcing roads in devastated areas of the Palisades and Eaton fires

Israeli military says it won't complete its withdrawal from Lebanon today

The confirmation came Saturday while another fragile ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas militant group saw a second release of hostages from Gaza

Trump believes US will get Greenland after Danish PM denied it earlier

Trump's comments come after reports that Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen insisted Greenland was not for sale in a fiery phone call with the US president last week

Video: 4 Israeli women hostages released from Gaza reunite with families

In Tel Aviv's Hostages Square, hundreds gathered to watch the release live on giant screens. Cries of joy erupted as the four women appeared on the screen

Will soon speak to Putin and help in settling war in Ukraine, says Trump

Trump's comments came a day after Putin said Russia is ready for talks with the US on a broad range of issues

Trump wants Egypt to accept more refugees, floats plan to 'clean out' Gaza

I'd like him to take people. I'd like Egypt to take people, said Trump. You're talking about, probably a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing and say, You know it's, over'

Trump ends Joe Biden's hold on sending 2,000-pound bombs to Israel

A Trump administration official confirmed that he was referring to the heavy bombs. The official was not authorised to give that detail publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity

N Korea says it tested cruise missile system, vows toughest response to US

The moves suggested North Korea will likely maintain its run of weapons tests and its confrontational stance against the US for now

Chivalrous Knight 3: Trucks carrying 1,442 tonnes of UAE aid entered Gaza

The UAE humanitarian aid team based in Al Arish is supervising the accurate loading of the aid and overseeing its delivery through the Rafah Border Crossing

Trump leans into his pledge to eliminate taxes on tips at a Las Vegas rally

Aides said Trump's stop in Nevada was to deliver an economic-focused message built around his familiar promise to hospitality industry workers to remove the tax on gratuity income

US has not stopped military aid to Ukraine, says President Zelenskyy

Zelenskyy did not clarify whether humanitarian aid had been paused. Ukraine relies on the US for 40 per centof its military needs. I am focused on military aid

Kristi Noem voted as US homeland security secretary in new Trump govt

The installation of a longtime Trump ally at the helm of an agency is poised to play a central role in the president's promised immigration crackdown

Israel halts Northern Gaza return amid ceasefire violation by Hamas

The four soldiers Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, Naama Levy, and Liri Albag -- returned to Israel under the terms of the agreement

Families of hostages appeal to Trump to pressure Netanyahu to end war

Under the deal, about one third of the hostages are to be released during the six-week first phase. The release of the remaining hostages is to be negotiated during a second phase

Israeli military sets up roadblocks in Lebanon, won't withdraw by deadline

The Israeli military, meanwhile, confirmed that it will not complete its withdrawal from southern Lebanon by Sunday

CIA suspects Covid originated from a lab but lacks confidence in finding

The finding is not the result of any new intelligence, and the report was completed at the behest of the Biden administration and former CIA Director William Burns

Rescue teams remove 1,500 tons of oil from grounded Russian tanker

Emergency Situations Minister Alexander Kurenkov announced that the damaged tanker would be drained earlier this month but workers found it was continuing to leak oil into the water

Released Palestinian prisoners arrive to celebrations in West Bank

They were likely acting under duress, with previously released hostages saying they were held in brutal conditions and forced to record propaganda videos

Israel releases 200 Palestinian prisoners in Gaza as part of ceasefire deal

The release came hours after Hamas freed four young female Israeli soldiers from captivity in Gaza