Category: 4. World
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Freed British-Israeli hostage says Starmer ‘risks rewarding terror’
A British-Israeli woman held hostage by Hamas has said Sir Keir Starmer is “not standing on the right side of history” with his pledge to recognise a Palestinian state.
Emily Damari, who was released in January after being held by Hamas for more…
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Grieving Gaza boy cries for his father killed near aid site
Thirteen-year-old Ahmad Zayed breaks down in Gaza City as he mourns his father, one of dozens killed in Israeli strikes and gunfire in the Gaza Strip.
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In recognising Palestine, Britain and France won’t advance peace
GAZA IS IN the grip of an incipient famine, amid a futile war that neither Hamas nor Israel appears ready to end. In an attempt to highlight the suffering of the Palestinians, stop the fighting and save the idea of two countries for two peoples,…
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Thailand and Cambodia reaffirm fragile ceasefire after days of deadly clashes
The worst fighting in years between the two neighbours killed at least 41 people, mostly civilians, and displaced more than 300,000 others.
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Belgium refers complaints against Israeli soldiers over Gaza war crimes to the ICC
Belgian prosecutors took action after a legal complaint by pro-Palestinian group that identified two Israeli soldiers at the Tomorrowland music festival.
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Tsunami waves reach Japan and Hawaii after 8.8 quake off Russia
Tsunami waves reached coastal areas of Japan, Russia and Hawaii on Wednesday after a powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula.
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As more nations say they may recognize Palestine, hostages’ families pan move as ‘shameful’
With a growing number of Western countries declaring they could soon recognize Palestinian statehood amid outrage over Israel’s handling of the Gaza conflict, families of hostages still held in the Gaza Strip, as well as a British-Israeli…
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