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Trump says US will run Venezuela after Maduro seized

The image of the 63-year-old Maduro blindfolded and handcuffed en route to the U.S. has stunned Venezuelans and was Washington’s most controversial intervention in Latin America since the invasion of Panama 37 years ago

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Trump says Venezuela's Maduro captured after strikes

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Trump says US will ‘come to their rescue’ if Iran kills protesters

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World begins to bid goodbye to 2025 with fireworks and icy plunges

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Russia will win in Ukraine, Putin says in New Year address

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UAE says it is disappointed with Saudi Arabia’s statement on Yemen

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Hamas confirms death of spokesman Abu Obeida, says he was killed by Israel in August

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Thailand and Cambodia agree to consolidate ceasefire in China talks

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Bangladesh police say student leader’s killers fled to India

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Bangladesh political heavyweight Tarique Rahman to end exile

Rahman, 60, an aspiring prime minister who has lived in London since he fled Bangladesh in 2008 over what he called a politically motivated persecution, is due to arrive in Dhaka on Thursday

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Bangladesh summons Indian envoy as protest erupts in New Delhi

The garment worker was accused of blasphemy and lynched on December 18 as anti-India sentiment rises in the neighbouring majority Muslim nation. Seven suspects have been arrested over the killing

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Thai border clashes displace over half a million in Cambodia

The renewed fighting between the Southeast Asian neighbours this month, including with tanks, drones and artillery, has killed at least 22 people in Thailand and 19 in Cambodia, according to officials

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Bangladesh holds state funeral for slain youth leader amid tight security

Sharif Osman Hadi, 32, a key figure in last year’s student-led uprising that toppled longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was shot in the head by masked assailants in Dhaka last week while launching his campaign for an election due in February

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Gazans mourn six killed in Israeli shelling on shelter

The Israeli military said late on Friday that troops had fired at “suspicious individuals to eliminate the threat”, adding that it was reviewing the incident and “regrets any harm to uninvolved individuals”

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Seven elephants killed in India train accident

The incident in the Hojai district of Assam state occurred at a location that is not a designated elephant corridor, Northeast Frontier Railway said in a statement

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Gunman in Brown University shooting found dead, linked to MIT killing

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UN experts raise objections on India's unilateral actions of May 7 inside Pakistan

Say Pakistan informed Security Council that it reserved right to self-defence under Article 51

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India summons Bangladesh envoy over security concerns in Dhaka

Bangladesh is preparing for a national election on February 12 under an interim administration led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus

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Bondi gunman’s Indian family had no knowledge of his radicalisation, Indian police say

Attack on Sunday was Australia’s worst mass shooting in nearly 30 years, and is being investigated as an act of terrorism targeting the Jewish community

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Australia plans tougher gun laws after police say father and son killed 15 at Bondi Beach

Tally of 16 dead includes 10-year-old girl, rabbi and one gunman

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Australian PM declares Sydney shooting a ‘terrorist’ attack targeting Jews

Says Jewish community had gathered in Bondi to celebrate their religious festival, Hanukkah, with great enthusiasm, and that terrorist attack specifically targeted the Jewish people

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Bondi Beach shooting: Australia hails ‘hero’ Ahmed who stopped gunman

Following shooting on Sydney’s Bondi Beach, footage emerged on social media of a man grabbing one of the gunmen as he fired on civilians

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Erdogan warns Black Sea should not be ‘area of confrontation’ after strikes

On the plane, Erdogan said he mainly discussed the war and peace efforts with Putin, Anadolu reported

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Japan lifts tsunami warning after 6.7-magnitude earthquake

Japan Meteorological Agency upgraded Friday’s quake to magnitude 6.7 and warned that tsunami waves of up to one metre (three feet) could hit northern Pacific coastline