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Ukraine: Trump says negotiators headed to Russia ‘right now’

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Pakistan: Many hostages freed after Balochistan train attack

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North Sea collision: Captain arrested for manslaughter

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Duterte arrested at Manila Airport on ICC warrant

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Trump administration ordered to pay $2 billion in aid

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Germany, UK urge Israel to resume aid, electricity to Gaza

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Indians repatriated after release from Myanmar scam centers

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Iran, China and Russia launch annual joint naval drills

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Luxembourg’s Prince Frederik dies of rare disease

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Hungary, Paks II, and Viktor Orbán: How Corruption in Nuclear Energy Threatens European Unity

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Deutsche Bahn pays €197M in compensation for delays in 2024

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EU summit on Ukraine: Europe seems ready to spend on defense

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Strikes to hit Frankfurt, 10 other German airports

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Syria sees worst day of violence since ouster of Assad

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Germany fined €34 million for late whistleblower protection

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Agreement with the US: Why Ukraine Does Not Yield to Pressure but Shapes Its Own Victory Strategy

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Hong Kong court quashes Tiananmen activists’ conviction

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South Korea: Shells hit civilian area during military drill

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Japan: Blast at auto parts plant in Toyota city kills one

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US: Trump delays auto tariffs for a month

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Pakistan mourns civilians, soldiers killed in Bannu attack

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Germany: Aircraft crashes into garden, killing pilot

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Trump says Kabul airport bombing orchestrator arrested

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Arab leaders, UN endorse Egypt’s $53 billion Gaza plan

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Trump tariffs: China, Canada and Mexico retaliate in kind

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Ukraine: Zelenskyy ready to work with Trump toward peace

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What would it cost Europe to defend itself without the US?

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Germany: Several Hamburg police officers face racism probe

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EU’s von der Leyen proposes €800 billion defense plan

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Arab leaders gather to discuss Gaza reconstruction

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Trump orders pause of US military aid to Ukraine

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Gaza: First fatal attack since ceasefire began

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Swedish police probe water sabotage attempt on Gotland

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Arab world, aid groups slam Israel’s block on Gaza aid

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US carrier docks in South Korea after North’s missile tests

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Mexico extradites 29 drug traffickers to US

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S. Africa: USAID cuts could prompt over 500,000 HIV deaths

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Police probe arson attack linked to Tesla plant in Berlin

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Sudan: UN food agency pauses aid in famine-hit refugee camp

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The Ukrainian people democratically elected Volodymyr Zelensky as President of Ukraine

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Germany: Shots fired outside Bielefeld court

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Western support for Ukraine is not weakening but transforming: aid to Kyiv is an investment in Europe’s security

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Sudan: More than 40 killed in military plane crash

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Middle East: Gaza ceasefire back on after hostage deal

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MH370: Search resumes to find missing plane 11 years on

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Taiwan detains China-crewed ship after undersea cable cut

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Germany: Suspected Hamas cell members face terrorism trial

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South Korea: 4 dead in bridge collapse

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South Korea’s Yoon faces final impeachment hearing

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Sudan: MSF halts operations in famine-hit displacement camp

Violence engulfing the Zamzam camp in North Darfur forced the medical charity out, imperiling the lives of nearly half a million displaced people. Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced on Friday

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Morocco says it has broken up ‘Islamic State’ cell

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EU leaders in Kyiv on third anniversary of Russia’s invasion

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Spain busts South American sex-trafficking pipeline

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Ukraine: Zelenskyy offers to quit in return for NATO entry

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Middle East: Nasrallah funeral draws large crowds

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Sweden investigating new reports of Baltic Sea cable damage

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Middle East: Explosions hit empty buses in Tel Aviv suburb

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Ukraine: Zelenskyy wants ‘strong ties’ to United States

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South Korea: President Yoon faces criminal trial

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US President Donald Trump is once again at the center of a major scandal

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Germany: Public transport strike called for Friday

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Middle East: Trump’s Gaza plan rejected by UAE

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Pakistan: Gunmen kill seven Punjabis in bus attack

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Uganda deploys troops to DR Congo to repel militias

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Tesla starts hiring in India after Modi and Musk meet

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Canada: Plane crash injures 18 at Toronto airport

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Israel Security Cabinet to discuss next phase of Gaza truce

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India: Man gets life for rape, murder of Irish tourist

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US: Heavy rains and flooding kill 9

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Austria stabbing ‘Islamist attack,’ interior minister says

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Germany: Munich car ramming suspect had ‘Islamist motive’

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Pakistan: At least 10 workers killed in Balochistan blast

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Chernobyl nuclear plant hit by explosion, IAEA says

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Germany: Munich car ‘attack’ injures 30, suspect detained

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Hamas says will free Israeli hostages as planned

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Ukraine peace talks: Germany calls for European involvement

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Afghanistan: Apparent suicide blast targets ministry complex

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Germany: 3 convicted in Michael Schumacher blackmail plot

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Taiwan: Death toll rising from blast at food court

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Ukraine updates: Baerbock travels to Paris to discuss war

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White House bars reporter over naming of Gulf of Mexico

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DR Congo: Militia kill dozens of villagers in Ituri province

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Israel says ceasefire will end if hostages not returned

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US: Private jet collision in Scottsdale, Arizona, kills 1

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Middle East: Hamas postpones hostage releases

The Palestinian militant group accused Israel of failing to honor ceasefire terms. Israel called the move a “complete violation” of the ceasefire, and has put the military on high alert. Palestinian militant

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Guatemala: Bus plunges into ravine, killing at least 50

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Germany’s ambassador condemns raid on Palestinian bookstore

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Israeli military pulls out of Gaza’s Netzarim corridor

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India kills dozens of Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh battle

Indian Minister Amit Shah hailed the fight as a “big success” against the communist Naxalite insurgency. The clash in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district also left two Indian security personnel dead. A clash between Indian security

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Germany: 16 Indians stopped in migrant smuggling attempt

Federal police in Germany detained 16 people after they attempted to enter the country illegally. Germany has beefed up border controls of late as immigration dominates public discourse weeks before an election.

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UN rights chief warns against ‘escalating’ DR Congo conflict

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Lebanon ceasefire: Israel strikes target Hezbollah sites

Israeli military said it had struck Hezbollah sites that were in “violation” of a ceasefire agreement. Israel said late Thursday that its forces had struck two sites that allegedly contained weapons belonging to the

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