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IDF kills Hamas commander, hits 75 terror targets in latest operation

The IDF said that they located and dismantled terrorist infrastructure, terrorists and tunnel shafts

Erdogan says support for two-state deal on ethnically split Cyprus absolute

Turkiye's president reaffirmed his full backing for a controversial peace deal that envisions the establishment of two separate states

Trump lashes out after illegal immigrant shoots off-duty officer in NY

Trump alleged that the shooter was apprehended earlier in April 2023 but was released instead of being deported

EU plans retaliation strategy as US hardens trade stance before deadline

The overwhelming preference is to keep negotiations with Washington on track in a bid for an outcome to the impasse ahead of next month's deadline

Iran may hold nuclear talks with UK, France, Germany next week: Report

The three European countries, along with China and Russia, are the remaining parties to a 2015 nuclear deal reached with Iran - from which the United States withdrew in 2018

Sequoia partner's social media post on Mamdani sets off chain reaction

Maguire's remarks were quickly condemned as Islamophobic. Over 1,000 technologists signed an open letter urging Sequoia to take action, while others defended his right to free speech

Children exposed to heat wave may lose up to 1.5 years of schooling: Report

The report noted that about half of public school districts need to update or replace multiple heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems

Syria's Bedouins withdraws from Druze-majority city after weeklong fighting

The clashes between militias of the Druze religious minority and the Sunni Muslim clans killed hundreds and threatened to unravel Syria's already fragile postwar transition

Kremlin says open to peace with Ukraine; but insists on achieving its goals

Peskov and other Russian officials have repeatedly rejected accusations from Kyiv and its Western partners of stalling peace talks

Bangladesh signs US wheat-import deal in bid to curb tariff pressure

The US tariff hike has rattled Bangladesh export sector, especially the ready-made garments industry, which fears losing competitiveness in one of its largest markets

China's exports of rare earth magnets to the US skyrocket in June

China, which provides more than 90 per cent of global supply of rare earth magnets, decided in early April to add several rare earth items to its export restriction list in retaliation for US tariffs

Indonesian passenger ferry catches fire at sea, killing at least 5 people

Photos and videos released by the National Search and Rescue Agency showed terrified passengers, mostly wearing life jackets, jumping into the sea

Azerbaijan's SOFAZ to buy 49% stake in Enfinity's Italy solar assets

SOFAZ will acquire 49 per cent of Enfinity's 402-megawatt portfolio, which includes 14 solar plants both operating and under construction across Lazio and Emilia-Romagna in central Italy

7.4 magnitude quake hits off Russia's Kamchatka coast, tsunami alert lifted

The earthquake struck off the east coast of Kamchatka at a depth of 10 km, shortly after a previous quake, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) data

Japan's ruling coalition likely to lose upper house majority: Exit poll

The LDP, which has ruled Japan for most of the post-war period, had its worst showing in 15 years in October's lower house election

Fire at Iran's largest oil refinery kills 1 in country's southwest region

A leaky pump in an under-repair unit at Abadan refinery caused the fire on Saturday, killing a worker, according to the state-owned IRAN newspaper

Israel orders evacuations in central Gaza as ceasefire talks stall

The announcement comes as Israel and Hamas have been holding ceasefire talks in Qatar, but international mediators say there have been no breakthroughs

Why is Xi Jinping unhappy with Chinese officials over AI, EV investments?

Xi Jinping called out local officials at the Central Urban Work Conference for overspending on artificial intelligence, EVs, and quantum computing without adequate expertise or planning

Typhoon Wipha causes major flight disruptions in Hong Kong, southern China

Airports in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Macao canceled or postponed all their daytime flights, their websites showed

What to know about trial of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro

The case received renewed attention after President Donald Trump directly tied a 50 per cent tariff on Brazilian imported goods to Bolsonaro's judicial situation, which Trump called a witch hunt