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Iranian president orders start of talks with US: local media

Following the Iranian authorities’ response to anti-government protests that peaked last month, Trump has threatened military action and ordered the dispatch of an aircraft carrier group to the Middle East

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Israel reopens Gaza’s Rafah border crossing to Egypt, with limits

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Trump warns Britain on China ties as Starmer hails progress in Beijing

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26 countries, including Pakistan, named founding members of Trump-led ‘Board of Peace’

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Trump says Iran wants talks as US aircraft carrier deploys

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Pakistani man jailed for 36 years in Spain ‘love scam’ debt murder case

A jury in October convicted Dilawar Hussain of killing the two sisters and their disabled brother in Morata de Tajuna, near Madrid, in December 2023

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DAVOS 26: World order changing, not rupturing, finance chiefs say

In his speech at Davos, Carney called on nations to accept that a rules-based global order was over and great powers were abandoning even the pretence of following international agreements

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Israeli strike kills three Gaza journalists including AFP freelancer

Since October 10, a fragile US-sponsored ceasefire in Gaza has largely halted the fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas, but both sides have alleged frequent violations

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Eight Arab, Islamic states announce to join Board of Peace: FO

According to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, these countries have reiterated their support for the peace efforts led by President Donald Trump

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Trump says US will not use force to acquire Greenland

“People thought I would use force, but I don’t have to use force,” Trump said at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Switzerland. “I don’t want to use force. I won’t use force.”

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UAE president accepts US invitation to join ‘Board of Peace’

The positive response comes amid controversy over the body, with Washington asking various leaders to sit on the Trump-chaired board on which a permanent seat costs $1.0 billion

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High-speed train collision in Spain kills 39, injures dozens

It was the deadliest train accident since 2013, when 80 people died after a train veered off a curved section of track outside the northwestern city of Santiago de Compostela

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Iran warns against any US strike as judiciary hints at unrest-linked executions

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Italian PM calls threatened US tariffs over Greenland a ‘mistake’

“I believe that imposing new sanctions today would be a mistake,” Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni told journalists during a trip to Seoul

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Trump invites more leaders to join Gaza ‘Board of Peace’

The announcements from those leaders came after the US president named his Secretary of State Marco Rubio, former British prime minister Tony Blair, and senior negotiators Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff to the panel

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Iran’s leader demands crackdown on ‘seditionists’ after protests

Iran was rocked by weeks of demonstrations sparked by anger over economic hardship that exploded into the biggest protests against the Islamic republic in more than three years

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Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian teen in West Bank

There was no further comment from Palestinian officials about the fatal incident in the village of Al-Mughayyir. Official Palestinian news agency WAFA said the teen was killed during an Israeli military raid that led to confrontations

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Trump says US control of Greenland ‘vital’ for air defense

“The United States needs Greenland for the purpose of National Security. It is vital for the Golden Dome that we are building,” Trump, who has vowed to seize the Arctic island from ally Denmark, wrote on social media

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Death toll climbs to 31 after crane falls on train in Thailand

Footage from the scene verified by AFP showed the crane’s broken structure resting on giant concrete pillars, with smoke rising from the wreckage of the train below