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Hamas says open to 5-year Gaza truce, one-time hostages release
AFP, Published on 26/04/2025
» CAIRO - Hamas is open to an agreement to end the war in Gaza that would see all hostages released and secure a five-year truce, an official said Saturday ahead of talks with mediators.
Fleeing smugglers abandon 7.5m speed pills
Published on 26/04/2025
» MAE HONG SON - About 7.5 million speed pills were abandoned by fleeing smugglers following an exchange of gunfire with a military-led patrol team in a border area of Mae Fah Luang district in this northern province late Friday night.
All UN food stocks in Gaza depleted as Israel blocks aid
AFP, Published on 25/04/2025
» GAZA CITY - The UN’s World Food Programme said Friday it had depleted its food stocks in war-ravaged Gaza where Israel has blocked all aid for more than seven weeks.
Spain scraps contested Israeli arms deal after uproar
AFP, Published on 25/04/2025
» MADRID - Spain on Thursday cancelled a contract to buy bullets from an Israeli company following pressure from the Socialist-led government's far-left coalition partner -- a move swiftly condemned by Israel.
At Trump-themed Texas burger joint, diners eating it up
AFP, Published on 24/04/2025
» BELLVILLE, Texas - It is lunchtime at Trump Burger and diners are enjoying fast food and the frenetic first 100 days of their president’s second term.
Sudan's hell of devastation and despair
Oped, Published on 24/04/2025
» The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are stalking Sudan: brutal civil conflict, widespread devastation, humanitarian disasters, and the displacement of millions of refugees. Now add the Fifth Horseman, the darkness of global indifference.
Israeli strikes kill 17 in school-turned-shelter
AFP, Published on 23/04/2025
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) — Gaza's civil defence agency on Wednesday said its crew recovered charred bodies from a school-turned-shelter for displaced people, as Israeli strikes killed 17 people in the Hamas-run territory since dawn.
China sends team to Myanmar to monitor ceasefire
Reuters, Published on 22/04/2025
» BEIJING — China has recently sent a team to Myanmar to monitor a ceasefire it brokered between the country's ruling military and a rebel group, China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday, signalling its deepening involvement in an expanding civil war.
Francis: radical leader who broke the papal mould
AFP, Published on 21/04/2025
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, who died Monday aged 88, will go down in history as a radical pontiff, a champion of underdogs who forged a more compassionate Catholic Church while stopping short of overhauling centuries-old dogma.
Anwar plants first seeds
News, Editorial, Published on 21/04/2025
» After years of diplomatic deadlock, recent moves by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra have sparked cautious optimism over Myanmar. Thanks to their efforts, the world is watching Asean taking a leading role in solving one of the region's most intractable crises.