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Deadly strikes were reported early Saturday in the overcrowded Gaza border town of Rafah -- dubbed a "pressure cooker of despair" by the UN -- as international mediators readied a new push to seal a tentative truce deal between Israel and Hamas.
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Myanmar Enters Fourth Year Of Post-coup Crisis
Myanmar on Thursday entered its fourth year since a coup ended a short-lived dance with democracy, with the embattled junta warning it will do "whatever it takes" to crush opposition to its rule.
Hamas Head Due In Cairo For Truce Discussions
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Russia And Ukraine Exchange Hundreds Of POWs
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Imran Khan Defeated In Path To Second Pakistan Innings
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Israel Floods Hamas Tunnels As UN Pleads For Aid Funding
Israel's army has begun flooding Hamas's network of tunnels as intense fighting rages in Gaza, with the UN warning of the potential "collapse of the humanitarian system" in the territory after a funding row hit its Palestinian aid agency.
Myanmar Junta Takes Heavy Hits Three Years After Coup
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Biden Says He's Decided Response To Jordan Attack
US President Joe Biden said Tuesday he had decided on a response to a drone strike that killed three American troops in Jordan, while insisting he did not want a wider war in the Middle East.
Pakistan Ex-PM Imran Khan Sentenced To 10 Years Jail
Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison, less than two weeks before the country votes in an election his party has been hamstrung from contesting.
Unionists To End Boycott Of N. Ireland Government
Northern Ireland's main pro-UK party, the DUP, said on Tuesday it endorses a deal with the UK government allowing it to end a long-running boycott of the province's devolved administration.
New Hong Kong Law To Expand Security Control
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Israel To Shift Some Troops North As Negotiators Push For Gaza Ceasefire
The Israeli army was preparing to shift some of its forces from the Gaza Strip to the restive Lebanese border, as international mediators pushed for a new deal to halt its war with Hamas.
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Fierce Battles In Gaza As Row Flares Over UN Aid Agency
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Australia May Inadvertently Fuel Cyber Crime, Says Data Theft Victim Service
An Australian government-backed service for victims of identity theft blasted a plan to toughen privacy laws amid an explosion of online data theft, saying it would spur compromised companies to pay ransom and invite more hacking.
Chinese Tourists To Taiwan Strait Shrug Off Beefed-up Security Patrols
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Third Australia-Indonesia 2+2 meeting in Sydney: Two countries sign counter-terrorism agreement and renew defence cooperation deal
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