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Iran port blast toll rises to 28, injured 1,000

Fire blazed on Sunday, more than 24 hours after a massive explosion tore through Iran’s largest commercial port, killing at least 28 people and leaving more than 1,000 others injured, according to the Red Crescent.

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Hamas open to 5-yr Gaza truce

Hamas is open to an agreement to end the war in Gaza that would see all hostages released and secure a five-year truce, an official said Saturday ahead of talks with mediators...

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Trump doubts Putin’s intentions to end war

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky met briefly in the hush of St Peter’s basilica before Pope Francis’s funeral on Saturday in their first encounter since a noisy White House clash and the US president later cast doubt on whether Russian leader Vladimir Putin wants a peace deal...

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Israel intercepts missile from Yemen

Israel’s military said Saturday it had intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, whose Huthi rebels have launched attacks throughout the Gaza war, as well as a drone approaching ‘from the east’.

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Russia retakes Kursk from Ukraine

The Russian army has fully liberated the border Kursk region from Ukrainian control with the help of North Korean soldiers, chief of staff Valery Gerasimov said on Saturday, admitting their participation in the conflict for the first time.

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Spain awards 46 contracts to Israel: report

Spain has awarded 46 contracts worth more than one billion euros to Israeli defence firms since the outbreak of the Gaza war, breaking the leftist government’s pledge not to trade arms with Israel, researchers said on Friday.

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Brazil ex-president Mello jailed for corruption

Brazil’s former president Fernando Collor de Mello was arrested and taken to prison Friday to begin serving a nearly nine-year sentence for corruption and money laundering, the latest former leader to face jail time.

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N Korea launches new destroyer

North Korea has unveiled a new warship it claims is a destroyer armed with the ‘most powerful weapons’, at a launch ceremony attended by leader Kim Jong Un, state media said Saturday.

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Iran, US hold 3rd nuclear talks

The United States and Iran were expected to start haggling over details of a potential nuclear deal in Oman Saturday as they held their third round of talks in as many weeks.

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Pope Francis laid to rest as 4,00,000 mourn

Pope Francis was laid to rest in Rome Saturday after a Vatican funeral for the ‘pope among the people’ attended by hundreds of thousands of mourners and world leaders including US President Donald Trump...

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Trump targets Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue

US president Donald Trump on Thursday directed the Justice Department to investigate the main fundraising platform used by Democrats, who responded with accusations that he was simply weaponising the government against his political opponents.

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