Top EU diplomat meets Palestinian premier, renews Gaza ceasefire call

Top EU diplomat meets Palestinian premier, renews Gaza ceasefire call

Brussels, May 26 - The European Union's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, reiterated calls for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas, following a meeting with the Palestinian Authority's new prime minister in Brussels on Sunday.

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Twelve people injured by turbulence on Doha to Dublin flight

Twelve people injured by turbulence on Doha to Dublin flight

Dublin, May 26 - Six passengers and six crew members have been injured during turbulence on a flight from Doha to Ireland.

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Tunisia’s Saied reshuffles cabinet ahead of presidential election

Tunisia’s Saied reshuffles cabinet ahead of presidential election

Cairo, May 26 - Tunisian President Kais Saied has reshuffled his cabinet, months before presidential elections in the north African country.

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Pro-Palestinian protesters shout down top German diplomat at forum

Pro-Palestinian protesters shout down top German diplomat at forum

Berlin, May 26 - Pro-Palestinian demonstrators angry at the German government's handling of Israel's war in Gaza disrupted a citizens' forum featuring Germany's foreign minister on Sunday.

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Macron calls Franco-German ties ‘indispensable’ as state visit starts

Macron calls Franco-German ties ‘indispensable’ as state visit starts

Berlin, May 26 - Emmanuel Macron began the first state visit to Germany by a French president in 24 years with warm words for his hosts.

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UN agency fears 670 dead after Papua New Guinea landslide

UN agency fears 670 dead after Papua New Guinea landslide

Berlin, May 26 - At least 670 people are feared to have been killed by a landslide in Papua New Guinea, an International Organization for Migration (IOM) official said on Sunday.

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Hamas steps up attack on Israel, fires barrage of missiles; first in past few months

Hamas steps up attack on Israel, fires barrage of missiles; first in past few months

New Delhi, May 26 - Palestine-based militant outfit Hamas on Sunday launched a fresh missile attack on Israel, prompting the latter to blare warning sirens across Tel Aviv, the first such incident in the past few months.

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13 Indians successfully rescued and repatriated from Laos

13 Indians successfully rescued and repatriated from Laos

Vientiane, May 26 - The Embassy of India in Laos said on Sunday that it has successfully rescued and repatriated 13 Indians, including seven Odiya workers from a wood factory in Attapeu province and six Indian youngsters from the Golden Triangle Special Economic

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Tribal fighter killed in bomb attack in Iraq

Tribal fighter killed in bomb attack in Iraq

Baghdad, May 26 - A paramilitary fighter from a local tribal force was killed and four others wounded in twin roadside bomb explosions in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, the Iraqi military said on Sunday.

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Zelensky appeals to Biden and Xi to join Swiss peace talks

Zelensky appeals to Biden and Xi to join Swiss peace talks

Kharkiv, May 26 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday appealed to his US counterpart Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping to participate in a planned peace summit in Switzerland in June.

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Israel thins out forces in Rafah, Givati brigade left

Israel thins out forces in Rafah, Givati brigade left

Jerusalem, May 26 - The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) thinned out forces in eastern parts of the southernmost Gazan city of Rafah, and the Givati infantry brigade left for Israel from the area where it had been operating since the operation a few

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Nearly 1 million evacuated as Cyclone Remal approaches Bangladesh

Nearly 1 million evacuated as Cyclone Remal approaches Bangladesh

Dhaka, May 26 - Bangladesh has begun evacuating millions of people ahead of Cyclone Remal, which is expected to bring winds as fast as 130 kmph when it makes landfall.

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UN official: Death toll in Papua New Guinea landslide estimated to surpass 670

UN official: Death toll in Papua New Guinea landslide estimated to surpass 670

Sydney, May 26 - The death toll from a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea (PNG) was estimated to surpass 670, an official from the International Organisation for Migration told the media on Sunday.

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South Korea, China agree to establish diplomatic security dialogue

South Korea, China agree to establish diplomatic security dialogue

Seoul, May 26 - Leaders of South Korea and China, on Sunday, agreed to establish a diplomatic security dialogue and resume negotiations to upgrade the bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) to boost economic ties between the two countries.

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Yemen: 113 detainees released with support of ICRC

Yemen: 113 detainees released with support of ICRC

Geneva/Sanaa, May 26 - Yemen's Houthi group has released 113 detainees in Sana, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Sunday.

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10 members of a family killed in flooding in Afghanistan

10 members of a family killed in flooding in Afghanistan

Islamabad, May 26 - Ten members of a family were killed overnight in a village in the capital of Afghanistan's Badakhshan province due to heavy rainfall and flooding, local officials said on Sunday.

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No jail for those refusing Tory national service plans: UK Home Secretary

No jail for those refusing Tory national service plans: UK Home Secretary

London, May 26 - Teenagers would not be sent to jail for refusing to comply with the Tories' proposed "mandatory" national service, said James Cleverly, the UK Home Secretary.

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Germany’s far-right AfD keeps second place in polls despite scandals

Germany’s far-right AfD keeps second place in polls despite scandals

Berlin, May 26 - Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has maintained its second place in polls ahead of June's European Parliament elections despite a wave of recent scandals that have threatened to damage the party's hopes.

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Nikki Haley in Israel, to meet families of hostages

Nikki Haley in Israel, to meet families of hostages

Tel Aviv, May 27 (IANS) Republican leader and former US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley has reached Israel where she will tour the southern and northern provinces and meet with families of hostages held by Hamas.

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Heads of state from Bahrain, Egypt, Tunisia, UAE to visit China

Heads of state from Bahrain, Egypt, Tunisia, UAE to visit China

Beijing, May 27 - Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Tunisia's President Kais Saied, and the United Arab Emirates' President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will pay state visits to China from May 28 to June

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