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The head of the International Energy Agency urged the US and China to set aside their differences and align on climate change, warning in an interview that “geopolitical fractures” risked holding back the clean energy transition, according…
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Western-backed maritime forces in the Middle East on Saturday warned shippers traveling through the strategic Strait of Hormuz to stay as far away from Iranian territorial waters as possible to avoid being seized, a stark advisory amid…
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Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko said Friday he had ordered “contact” with Poland and that he was ready to talk amid rising border tensions between the NATO member and Moscow ally. Last week, Poland said two Belarusian helicopters…
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The UN peacekeeping force on the Lebanon-Israel border said Monday its commander is in contact with officials in both countries over tensions regarding two tents set up by the militant Hezbollah group last month. Israel filed a complaint…
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Thousands of American and Filipino forces pummeled a ship with a barrage of high-precision rockets, airstrikes and artillery fire in their largest war drills on Wednesday in Philippine waters facing the disputed South China Sea that would…
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Tensions in the West Bank were on Tuesday running high after Israeli security services on Monday allowed settlers to enter Al-Aqsa Mosque, violating a status quo forbidding such incursions in the last 10 days of Ramadan. And as violence…
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An Italian tourist was killed and five people were wounded in a car ramming in Tel Aviv on Friday that came hours after two Israeli sisters were killed in a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank. The attacks, after a night of…
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Russia on Friday called on Israel, the Palestinians and Lebanon to end the "escalation" of violence, saying it was "deeply" concerned. "We call on the parties involved in the conflict to refrain from confrontational steps, to act in the…
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At least nine rockets were fired from Gaza overnight, prompting air strikes from Israel which struck what it said were Hamas weapon production sites, setting off ground-shaking explosions heard across the blockaded coastal strip.…
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Suspected Israeli airstrikes in Syria in recent weeks have killed two Iranian military advisers, temporarily put the country’s two largest airports out of service, and raised fears of regional escalation. While Israel has fought a shadow…
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