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53 migrants dead or missing in shipwreck off Libya: UN

IOM said the boat overturned north of Zuwara on Friday, in the latest disaster involving migrants attempting the perilous Mediterranean crossing in the hope of reaching Europe

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UK’s Prince William and Princess Kate ‘deeply concerned’ by Epstein files

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Iran’s FM critcises Israel after nuclear talks with US

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Xi and Trump talk by phone, Chinese state media report

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Gaza civil defence says nine dead in strikes after Israel says shots wounded officer

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Two workers arrested on suspicion of sabotaging German warships: report

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Trump warns of ‘bad things’ if no deal reached with Iran

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Iranian president orders start of talks with US: local media

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

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Iranian president orders start of talks with US: local media

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Gas leak caused blast in Iran's Bandar Abbas, Iranian media say

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

As Western leaders reel from Trump’s unpredictability, Starmer is the latest to head to China

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Plane crash in Colombia kills 15, including politician

The Beechcraft 1900 twin-engined turboprop plane took off before noon from Cucuta, on the border with Venezuela, for a short flight to the town of Ocana, Satena said

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

A week after Trump formally introduced the initiative at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the body launched an official account on the social media platform X

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Greenland will not give in but needs more surveillance and security, PM says

He said that Greenland agrees there needs to be more surveillance and security in the region “because of the way Russia acts now”

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Trump says Iran wants talks as US aircraft carrier deploys

Washington has not ruled out new military intervention against Tehran over its crackdown on protests, which according to rights groups saw thousands of people killed within days

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US deploys aircraft carrier as Iran warns against attack

A US-based rights group said on Monday that it had confirmed the deaths of nearly 6,000 people in the wave of protests suppressed by Iran’s security forces, but emphasised the actual toll could be several times higher

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UK PM Starmer heading to China aiming to reset ties

Starmer’s visit is expected to include a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, when some of those concerns – including Beijing’s alleged rights abuses, the war in Ukraine, and alleged spying – could be apparent

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Indian captain of suspected Russian shadow tanker in French custody

The 58-year-old captain was in charge of the tanker, the Grinch, which was seized by the French navy in the Mediterranean on Thursday and is now moored, under guard, at a southern French port near Marseille

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Iran says two IS-linked men executed for 2023 bus bombing

The news agency said the attack killed a toddler and injured several others on a bus travelling from Tehran to Ilam, a province in the west that borders Iraq

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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