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• Iraq summons Lebanese ambassador over president's remarks on PMF

  17-04-2025 00:00 via article.wn.com
  BAGHDAD, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's Foreign Ministry summoned the Lebanese ambassador to Iraq Ali al-Habhab on Wednesday to protest comments by Lebanese President Joseph Aoun regarding the Iraqi paramilitary Popular Mobilization...
  
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• Wild chimpanzees filmed using forest ‘first aid’

  14-05-2025 08:02 via article.wn.com
  The research builds on the discovery that chimps seek out and eat certain plants to self-medicate.| �Read More��BBC News ......
  
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• Why did Disney Plus's Star Wars prequel Andor end after season 2? Will there Be ...

  14-05-2025 08:02 via article.wn.com
  Disney Plus concluded Star Wars prequel Andor after two...
  
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• What to know about possible Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Turkey

  14-05-2025 08:02 via article.wn.com
  The talks took place in the warring...
  
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• What is American Bitcoin, the latest addition to Trump's expanding crypto empire?

  14-05-2025 08:02 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump and his family's obsession with cryptocurrency is well known. Now, there is a further evolution to this tale as a new Bitcoin mining venture has been announced on May 12 that has a close connection to the Trump family. New Bitcin mining venture by Trump family? Details on American Bitcoin American Bitcoin is an all-new cryptocurrency firm backed by President Donald Trump’s sons Eric Trump and...
  
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• 'We're in better place with India, Pakistan ceasefire': UN

  14-05-2025 08:02 via article.wn.com
  United Nations: With the ceasefire between India and Pakistan holding, \ ......
  
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• Want to encourage direct communication between India, Pak: US

  14-05-2025 08:02 via article.wn.com
  New York: The US said it encourages “direct communication” between India and Pakistan and commends Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for choosing the path of peace. India and Pakistan reached an understanding on Saturday to end the conflict after four days of intense cross-border drone and missile strikes. Indian government sources in New Delhi have been maintaining that the Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMOs) of India and Pakistan r
  
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• US: John Ewing becomes Omaha’s first black mayor

  14-05-2025 08:02 via article.wn.com
  John Ewing made history by becoming the first Black mayor of Omaha, a city in Nebraska State, US, defeating his counterpart, Jean Stothert, the city's first female mayor, in the recent elections. He will be sworn in on June 9. With these elections, incumbent Mayor Stothert has ended her...
  
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• Ukraine attacks on Russia's Belgorod injure 16, regional governor says

  14-05-2025 08:02 via article.wn.com
  (Reuters) - A series of Ukraine drone attacks on the region of Belgorod injured at least 16 people on Tuesday, the governor of the region in Russia's southwest that borders Ukraine said on Wednesday. Read full story ......
  
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• UK Woman Says Husband Drugged, Raped Her For Years While She Slept

  14-05-2025 08:02 via article.wn.com
  She described his confession as disturbingly nonchalant, comparing it to an everyday conversation about dinner plans. ......
  
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• Two Indian students killed in US road accident

  14-05-2025 08:02 via article.wn.com
  Two Indian students tragically lost their lives in a road accident in the United States (US). The incident took place on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Lancaster County. The victims were identified as 23-year-old Saurav Prabhakar and 20-year-old Manav Patel. Indian students died on spot in US after road accident They were pronounced dead at the scene on Saturday, May 10. The Lancaster County Coroner’s Office confirmed their deaths...
  
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• Trump's New Surprise For Putin, Zelensky: After Hint Of Turkey Trip For Meet, Says…|Russia,Ukraine

  14-05-2025 08:02 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump on May 13 said that Secretary of State Marco Rubio would be in Istanbul for...
  
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• Trump to ease sanctions on Syria, restore relations with new leader

  14-05-2025 08:02 via article.wn.com
  Riyadh: President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will move to normalise relations and lift sanctions on Syria’s new government to give the country “a chance at peace.” Trump was set to meet Wednesday in Saudi Arabia with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, the onetime insurgent who last year led the overthrow of former leader Bashar Assad. He said the effort at rapprochement came at the urging of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi de facto ruler, and Turkish...
  
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• Trump expected to meet Syrian leader after announcing he will lift sanctions

  14-05-2025 08:02 via article.wn.com
  The US president has agreed to “say hello” to Syria’s interim leader during his tour of the Middle East, the White House says.| �Read More��BBC News ......
  
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• Trump continues to defend Qatar gifting US $400M jet: 'We should have the most impressive plane'

  14-05-2025 08:02 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump continued to defend his decision to accept a $400 million jet from Qatar during an exclusive interview with Sean Hannity on Air Force One on Tuesday. Trump has received backlash for planning to accept the jumbo Boeing 747-8 jet from the Qatari royal family since news of the gift broke on Sunday. "Now, some...
  
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• Tom Cruise returns to Cannes with 'Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning'

  14-05-2025 08:02 via article.wn.com
  Three years after Tom Cruise and “Top Gun:...
  
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• "This Is Justice": Pakistan Man Supports India's Operation Sindoor

  14-05-2025 08:02 via article.wn.com
  A Pakistani man has come out in support of India's Operation Sindoor. Abhay, a forex trader from Pakistan, defended the Indian army and criticised his own country for "breeding terrorism". ......
  
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• Prolific poster Leo XIV inherits papal media accounts

  14-05-2025 08:02 via article.wn.com
  His election may have been announced with white smoke, but Pope Leo XIV will communicate with the Catholic faithful on X and Instagram, the Vatican said on May 13. Read full story ......
  
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• Pakistan urges UNSC to urgently act to end Palestinians' suffering in Israel-blockaded Gaza

  14-05-2025 08:02 via article.wn.com
  <p>UNITED NATIONS, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th May, 2025) With Gaza under a complete aid blockade by Israel for more than two months, Pakistan has called on the UN Security Council and act with "urgency" to end the suffering of the Palestinian people and bring the long-awaited justice to them.</p><p> "The humanitarian tragedy (in the Occupied Palestinian Territory) has reached catastrophic proportions," Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, permanent representative
  
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• On Greece's Mount Athos, a cliffside monastery transcends country-based branches of Orthodoxy

  14-05-2025 08:02 via article.wn.com
  MOUNT ATHOS: The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea. Rising from the rugged granite rock, its walls enclose a diverse Christian Orthodox community. The Monastery of Simonos Petra, also known as Simonopetra, or Simon's Rock, transcends country-based branches of the Christian faith, embracing monks from across the world, including converts from nations where Orthodox Christianity is not the prevailing religion. The mona
  
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• New Zealand's unofficial fruit is the feijoa, not the kiwi. And part of the fun ...

  14-05-2025 08:02 via article.wn.com
  The feijoa, not the kiwi, is the unofficial fruit of New Zealand, but it remains unknown to much of the world. The perfumed green ovals are known elsewhere as pineapple guava and originate from South America, but they’ve found an ......
  
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• Miss World 2025: 109 contestants of the beauty pageant visit Charminar in Hyderabad, pose for ...

  14-05-2025 08:02 via article.wn.com
  Miss World 2025: 109 contestants of the beauty pageant visit Charminar in Hyderabad, pose for snaps, watch! ......
  
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• Menendez brothers eligible for parole after resentencing

  14-05-2025 08:02 via article.wn.com
  Lyle and Erik Menendez, who have spent more than three decades behind bars for the murders of their parents in Los Angeles, could soon walk free after a judge reduced their life sentences. The ruling came after a court hearing during which the men took full responsibility for the 1989 double killing at the family's Beverley Hills home. "I do believe they've done enough over the last 35 years that one day they should get that chance" to be freed, Judge Michael Jesic said, delivering a ruling that
  
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• Magnitude 6.4 quake strikes near Tonga

  14-05-2025 08:02 via article.wn.com
  Sydney: A magnitude 6.4 earthquake rattled Tonga on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey said, striking off the...
  
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• Let's not trade nuclear missiles: Trump reiterates US role in India-Pak ceasefire

  14-05-2025 08:02 via article.wn.com
  Washington: US President...
  
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• Leo XIV's First Instagram Post From Official Pope Account. What He Said

  14-05-2025 08:02 via article.wn.com
  Pope Leo XIV borrowed words from his first public address at the Urbi et Orbi after his election on May 8, and wrote: "Peace be with you all!" ......
  
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• Lawsuit against Trump admin dropped by family of 2-year-old US citizen deported to Honduras

  14-05-2025 08:02 via article.wn.com
  Mexico City: Lawyers for a 2-year-old US citizen deported with her mother to Honduras revealed on Tuesday that the family was dropping its lawsuit against President Donald Trump's government.The girl -– one of three U.S.-born children who were deported alongside their Honduran-born mothers -– had been at the heart of one of the mounting legal battles playing...
  
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• Judgment day in EU chief’s Covid vaccine texts case

  14-05-2025 08:02 via article.wn.com
  The case before the Court of Justice of the European Union (EUCJ) is seen as a test for the EU Commission president, whose governance has at times been accused of centralised and opaque decision-making ......
  
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• Is this the end of Hellebuyck’s road reign? Granlund’s hat trick puts Jets on the brink

  14-05-2025 08:02 via article.wn.com
  Mikael Granlund’s first playoff hat trick...
  
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• India-Canada ties likely to get boost after appointment of Anita Anand as foreign minister: Experts

  14-05-2025 08:02 via article.wn.com
  Toronto: Experts tracking the direction of relations between India and Canada are hopeful that the appointment of Indo-Canadian Anita Anand as the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs could lead to an improvement in ties. Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, is sworn in at Rideau Hall for the cabinet's swearing-in ceremony in Ottawa, Canada, on Tuesday. (AFP) Among those who believe the signals are positive is former Indian High Commissioner to Ottawa Ajay Bisaria, who said, “I
  
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