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Category: 4. World
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Latest news bulletin | May 8th – Evening
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Ukraine is sending the war back to Russia — just in time for Victory Day
Russian T-90M tanks drive through central Moscow, Russia, during a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade on May 3, 2025. (Alexander Nemenov / AFP via Getty Images)
Over the past days, Moscow’s grand avenues, like every year in early May, were taken…
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Irish PM accuses Israel of committing ‘war crimes’ in Gaza
Ireland’s Taoiseach Micheál Martin called the situation in Gaza ‘hell on Earth’. He told The Europe Conversation that Israel is committing war crimes, and criticised the EU’s lack of response. Food and medicines have been blocked from entering the besieged area for almost 60 days.
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Israeli forces close Unrwa-run schools in East Jerusalem
Armed Israeli security forces have forced the closure of three schools run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem.
Hundreds of Palestinian students were sent home from the schools in Shuafat refugee…
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Tensions soar as India and Pakistan exchange cross-border strikes
Protesters gathered in Karachi on Wednesday to condemn Indian missile strikes and voice support for Pakistan’s military, as tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours continued to escalate.
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Operation Sindoor Takes Down Key Jaish-e-Mohammad Leaders, Including Abdul Rauf Azhar | India News
NEW DELHI: Intelligence reaching here suggests that India’s Operation Sindoor resulted in neutralising around a dozen high-value terrorists (HVTs), including Abdul Rauf Azhar, the operational head of Jaish-e-Mohammad and mastermind of the…
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Israeli airstrikes target Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon, leaving one dead
Israel struck southern Lebanon multiple times on Thursday, killing one person and injuring eight others, according to Lebanon’s health ministry.
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Putin welcomes Xi as ‘main guest’ for Victory Day as Russia and China boost ties
Chinese President Xi Jinping received a ceremonial welcome from Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow’s grand St George Hall, where both leaders reaffirmed their deepening strategic partnership.
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Israel vows to ‘defend ourselves alone’ after Trump strikes truce with Houthis
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to “defend ourselves alone” against Yemen’s Houthi rebels after US President Donald Trump struck a…
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Germany's spy agency suspends 'extremist' classification for AfD party, says court
The AfD filed a lawsuit against the extremism designation and the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution says it will suspend the categorisation pending litigation.
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