China has accused the nine generals expelled from the Communist Party on Friday of seriously undermining the principle that the military should be loyal to the party, saying that they dealt a serious blow to the unity of the armed forces and the…
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Israel identifies body of hostage returned by Hamas Friday as Eliyahu Margalit
The body returned to Israel by Hamas on Friday has been identified as 76-year-old Eliyahu Margalit recovered from the city Khan Younis.
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How Ukraine’s Interceptor Drones Are Transforming Air Defense
About a year into Russia’s war, a Ukrainian drone instructor pitched what sounded to troops like science fiction: flying quadcopters into Moscow’s scout drones midair.
The soldiers thought it was impossible. It would be…
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‘It’s like a nuclear bomb has hit’: shocked Palestinians return home to desolation | Gaza
When the Gaza ceasefire took effect a week ago, tens of thousands of Palestinians began to move from the sprawling camps in the south back to their homes in Gaza City and the surrounding area.
For most, it was a shocking and bitter homecoming.
A…
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France Gets Debt Warning as S&P Downgrades in Unscheduled Move
S&P Global Ratings downgraded France, dealing another blow to the country’s credibility as a weakened minority government struggles to pass legislation to tackle a swelling debt burden.
In an unscheduled move, the firm cut France to A+ from…
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Could Gaza’s ceasefire process draw lessons from Northern Ireland’s path to peace?
‘If there was a broad lesson from the success of Northern Ireland, it’s that an inclusive process worked – and I mean inclusive in the full sense, all different parties, even including militants,’ Peter McLoughlin.
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Trump denies Ukraine Tomahawk missiles, urges both sides to ‘stop the war immediately’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky failed to obtain Tomahawk missiles for strikes on Russia from a meeting with Donald Trump on Friday, with the US president later calling for both sides to cease fighting…
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Over 60 South Koreans repatriated from Cambodia over alleged scams
A group of 59 South Koreans detained in Cambodia for alleged involvement in online scams have been repatriated in handcuffs.
The group arrived at Incheon Airport on Saturday morning, several days after South Korea sent a team to Cambodia to…
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How an old suitcase revealed a hidden family fortune, lost under Nazi rule
Charlie Northcott and
Ben Milne
BBCIt started with a suitcase hidden under a bed.
It was 2009, and Antony Easton’s father, Peter, had recently died. As Antony started to engage with the messy business of probate, he came across a small brown leather…
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Cracks in MAGA world – will the movement survive Trump?
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The situation is symptomatic for the Christian right universe: On October 27, two competing campus events will take place that both claim the legacy of Charlie Kirk who had an outsize impact on young…
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