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Turkey's main opposition party appears set to retain its control over key cities in local elections

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The Likud leader and member of Netanyahu’s war Cabinet threatens to continue and expand the military operations despite a UNSC demand for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza

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The ship with 142 passengers aboard, most of them from Germany, temporarily lost power to its electronics system and became unsteerable as it passed through narrow locks

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed a longtime aide and several advisers in a continuing reshuffle while Russia unleashed fresh attacks overnight.

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Security is the biggest challenge for Paris Games organizers.

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Two Indian Navy ships on deployment in the Arabian Sea had responded to a hijacking incident on Iranian fishing vessel Al-Kambar 786

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Ukraine FM Kuleba says there is a ‘change’ in Delhi’s perspective on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, hopes for support in engaging Russia

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Israel's military said it struck dozens of militant targets including tunnels over the previous day, and the Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza reported at least 62 more deaths over a similar period.

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The International Court of Justice has ordered Israel to take measures including opening more land crossings to allow food, water, fuel and other supplies into Gaza to tackle crippling shortages in the war-ravaged enclave

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The five Chinese engineers — plus their Pakistani driver — were killed while travelling between Islamabad and a hydroelectric dam construction site in Dasu, in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

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Talks in Qatar towards a truce and hostage release deal, involving U.S. and Egyptian mediators, have brought no result so far, with Israel and the Palestinian militant group blaming each other.

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The NSC said the United States was working "around the clock" to increase the flow of aid into Gaza by land, adding that efforts were also underway to establish a maritime corridor to reach the territory

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Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said they would discuss alternative ways to target Hamas in Rafah, and he described civilian casualties in Gaza as “far too high” and aid deliveries as “far too low”

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