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Taliban shuts door on Pakistan: Kabul denies visas to Khawaja Asif and ISI chief thrice
The repeated rejections mark a sharp deterioration in relations between Kabul and Islamabad, effectively stalling Pakistan’s latest efforts to initiate high-level talks with the Taliban regime amid escalating border tensions.
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‘Who cares?’: Trump urges Israel’s President to pardon Netanyahu over ‘cigars and champagne’
During his Knesset address, US President Donald Trump joked that Prime Minister Netanyahu should be pardoned, dismissing his corruption trials as trivial and praising him as one of Israel’s greatest wartime leaders.
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Who is Subu Vedam? Indian-origin man wrongfully jailed in US for 43 years walks free, faces immediate deportation
Indian-origin Subu Vedam, wrongfully jailed in the US for 43 years, is freed but faces immediate deportation to a country he barely knows.
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Pakistan faces its own monsters: Why Taliban is now turning its guns on Islamabad and why India is watching closely
What began as airstrikes by Pakistan on Afghan territory has spiralled into a full-blown military clash, exposing the collapse of Islamabad’s once-vaunted control over the Taliban.
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'My daughter converted': Trump jokes about Ivanka and Kushner during Knesset peace speech | Watch
Trump joked about Ivanka and Jared Kushner’s marriage during his Knesset address, sharing a lighthearted family moment amid discussions on Middle East peace.
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Trump's war-stopping spree: What's next on his agenda? He reveals in his Knesset speech
In an unexpected turn during his long speech at the Israeli Parliament, Trump went off the script and suggested the possibility of a peace agreement with Iran.
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'That was very efficient': Donald Trump after protesters dragged out of Israeli Parliament during his address | Watch
Ayman Odeh and Ofer Cassif, the two Israeli lawmakers who displayed a signboard reading 'genocide' to the US President during his speech at the Knesset, were ejected almost immediately from Israel's parliament.
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Trump hails 'historic dawn of a new Middle East'; praises 'not easy to deal with' Netanyahu
US President Donald Trump's historic speech in the Israeli Parliament came as the final 20 surviving Israeli hostages returned home following two years in captivity.
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Netanyahu hails 'greatest friend' Trump, Israel to nominate him for Nobel Peace Prize next year
Donald Trump's lightning visit to Israel came ahead of a summit in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh co-chaired by the American president, who has declared the war in Gaza "over".
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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to miss Gaza summit in Egypt: Report
Under the Gaza ceasefire deal, around 1,950 Palestinian prisoners, including 1,700 from Gaza, have been released, coinciding with the upcoming Sharm El-Sheikh summit attended by Netanyahu and Abbas.
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All 20 surviving Israeli hostages freed by Hamas in Gaza truce as Trump to address Knesset: Who are they?
All 20 surviving Israeli hostages have been freed by Hamas under the Gaza ceasefire deal, reuniting with their families after being handed over to the Red Cross near the Gaza border.
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'Bus, man, gun, blood': Malala Yousafzai recalls how smoking weed at Oxford triggered flashbacks of Taliban attack
Malala revealed that her brain had blocked out the memory of the shooting in Pakistan’s Swat Valley, where a Taliban gunman boarded her school bus and shot her in the head for advocating girls’ education.
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Pakistan disowns Taliban, calls it ‘non-legitimate’: How Islamabad’s policy U-turn exposes its loss of control
The reversal exposes the collapse of Islamabad’s long-standing strategy of using Afghanistan as a buffer against India and highlights its growing loss of control over the very militants it once nurtured.
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Afghan foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi’s Agra visit cancelled without explanation, says administration
Before his planned Agra trip, Muttaqi visited Darul Uloom Deoband in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur on Saturday, one of the largest Islamic seminaries in South Asia.
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Trump assures China 'will be fine' amid rising US-China trade tensions
Trump assures China “situation will improve” amid rising US-China trade tensions and rare earth export controls.
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Taiwan reports 16 Chinese aircraft, 8 naval vessels near waters; expert calls blockade claims unrealistic
Taiwan’s MND confirms increased Chinese military activity, while a defense expert says sustaining a submarine blockade would be logistically impossible.
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Four dead, 20 injured in mass shooting at Willie’s bar and grill in South Carolina
A mass shooting at Willie’s Bar and Grill on St. Helena Island leaves four dead and at least 20 injured, as authorities investigate the tragic incident.
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‘A delicate dance’: JD Vance says US-China trade talks depend on Beijing’s response
US-China tensions escalate as JD Vance urges Beijing to “choose the path of reason,” after Trump accuses China of launching a “hostile” trade offensive over rare earth export controls.
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Zelensky holds second call with Trump in two days, discusses peace efforts
Zelenskyy described his second call with Trump in two days as “very productive,” urging US support to mediate peace in Ukraine.
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Hamas ready to release 20 living hostages today, ahead of Trump's arrival: Report
Hamas is set to hand over 20 living hostages to Israel ahead of Monday’s Gaza peace summit in Egypt.
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'Technical issue': Afghanistan FM Muttaqi explains absence of women journalists at Delhi press meet
Afghanistan’s FM Amir Khan Muttaqi said the absence of women journalists at his Delhi press meet was a “technical issue,” not intentional.
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How Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell ended up in a low-security US camp
A surprise transfer to a minimum-security camp reshaped daily life inside the facility and raised policy concerns about who qualifies for such placements.
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How the government shutdown is starting to affect Americans
Federal layoffs, stalled farm planning and cuts to Native health services show how the shutdown is rippling through daily life.
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Why Qatar is building a training facility at a US military base
A new agreement will allow Qatari pilots to train in Idaho under US command, raising questions about foreign forces operating on American soil.
