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Dozens of protesters were detained by police in New York City on Monday during demonstrations calling for the blocking of arms sales to Israel and an end to US military support for its ally. Demonstrators included the anti-war group Jewish Voice for Peace, which said around 90 people were detained. ...
Posted on 14 April 2026 | 7:25 am
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A man who allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's luxury California home was trying to kill the boss of artificial intelligence giant OpenAI and in possession of an anti-AI document, US officials said on Monday. The claims came as prosecutors levied federal charges against Daniel Moreno...
Posted on 14 April 2026 | 6:56 am
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MIAMI: A US federal judge on Monday tossed out a $10 billion defamation lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump against The Wall Street Journal. Trump sued media magnate Rupert Murdoch and the Journal in July after it published a report about a birthday letter he allegedly sent to one-time close fri...
Posted on 14 April 2026 | 4:54 am
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PARIS: A French court on Monday fined the cement group Lafarge over $1.3 million and sentenced its former boss to six years in prison for paying protection money to the militant Islamic State group and other fighter groups to maintain its business in war-torn Syria. The ruling follows a 2022 case in...
Posted on 14 April 2026 | 4:48 am
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• London hub sees 10pc jump in rerouted transit passengers; Mideast routes plunge by half as Asia, Africa traffic soars• Spike in jet fuel prices triggers widespread fare, fee increases; airlines ground flights, overhaul schedules LONDON: Heathrow Airport in London saw a 10 per cent surge in tra...
Posted on 14 April 2026 | 3:04 am
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• Hamas wants Jewish state to fully comply with ceasefire before disarmament talks• Separate Israeli ground assault targets key town in south Lebanon• Beirut urges ceasefire in negotiations; Tel Aviv says peace is not on agenda CAIRO: An Israeli air strike killed at least four Palestinians in ...
Posted on 14 April 2026 | 2:56 am
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• Warns no military solution to US-Iran conflict• UN envoy to visit Pakistan as diplomatic efforts intensify WASHINGTON: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said there is "no military solution" to the current conflict in the Middle East, while welcoming recent US-Iran talks hosted by P...
Posted on 14 April 2026 | 2:51 am
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• Trump says Iranian navy 'obliterated', threatens to shoot at ships 'anywhere close to blockade'; claims Iranian officials called him on Monday; reveals talks failed due to nuclear issue• US president says more countries to participate as Nato allies refuse to join Trump in blocking por...
Posted on 14 April 2026 | 2:34 am
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• Officials say ceasefire extension immediate priority, warring parties asked to extend truce by 45 days; Tehran favours Islamabad as venue for further talks• PM tells cabinet ceasefire under 'strain' but holding; efforts underway to 'resolve a few hurdles' ISLAMABAD: Another round of Ir...
Posted on 14 April 2026 | 2:25 am
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UMM KHAIR: Israeli forces fired tear gas at Palestinian schoolchildren staging a sit-in on Monday in the occupied West Bank, footage showed, after settlers blocked access to their school. The Israeli military confirmed it had dispersed an "unusual gathering", but did not specify whether its tr...
Posted on 14 April 2026 | 1:33 am
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PARIS: A Norwegian man has been effectively cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant from his brother, doctors announced on Monday. The patient's brother happened to carry a rare, virus-blocking genetic mutation. The 63-year-old man, dubbed the "Oslo patient", is the latest in aro...
Posted on 14 April 2026 | 1:33 am
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US President Donald Trump said on Monday that a picture that he posted on Truth Social, which depicted him as a Jesus-like figure and has now been deleted, was actually supposed to show him as a doctor. "I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor, and had to do with the Red Cross, as a Red...
Posted on 13 April 2026 | 6:15 pm
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Sales at Europe's biggest luxury brands have shrunk in Dubai and Abu Dhabi as the Iran conflict hit the sector's fastest-growing market in the latest setback for the $400 billion industry whose value has contracted over the last three years. Luxury brands in March reported sales drops of 30-50 p...
Posted on 13 April 2026 | 2:13 pm
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US President Donald Trump has criticised Pope Leo as "terrible" in a rare direct attack on the pontiff, who responded that he had "no fear" of the White House administration and would continue to denounce the horrors of war. The president's comments came after the pope had spoken out, with...
Posted on 13 April 2026 | 1:06 pm
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Israel "cannot live without an enemy" and its government is now trying to portray Turkiye as one, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Monday. "After Iran, Israel cannot live without an enemy," Fidan said in a televised interview with Anadolu Agency. "We see that not only Netanyahu...
Posted on 13 April 2026 | 10:39 am
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New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani marked his 100th day in office on Sunday with a rally to tout early successes and vow to follow through on his unabashedly "socialist" agenda. "I know there are many who use 'socialist' as a dirty word, something to be ashamed of," the 34-year-old told a pac...
Posted on 13 April 2026 | 9:34 am
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Australia on Monday said a woman would lead its army for the first time in history, as part of a reshuffle of the country's defence force leadership. Lieutenant General Susan Coyle, the current chief of joint capabilities, will become chief of army in July, the government said in a statement. She ...
Posted on 13 April 2026 | 8:26 am
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The US military said it would begin a blockade of all Iranian ports on Monday, after talks between the warring sides in Pakistan failed to produce an agreement, with President Donald Trump blaming the Islamic republic's refusal to abandon its nuclear ambitions. Trump had announced on social media ...
Posted on 13 April 2026 | 6:25 am
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DUBAI: Saudi authorities executed seven people who had been convicted of drug trafficking in a single day, state media said on Sunday. The Saudi Press Agency said five Saudis and two Jordanians were found guilty of trafficking amphetamine pills into the kingdom. "The death penalty was carried out ...
Posted on 13 April 2026 | 4:41 am
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Pope Leo XIV VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo XIV expressed his closeness to the people of Lebanon on Sunday, saying there was a "moral obligation" to protect them while calling on warring parties to seek peace. Lebanese authorities say more than 2,000 people have been killed in Israeli strikes again...
Posted on 13 April 2026 | 3:01 am
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• Londoners stage a demo in support of Palestine Action; organisers describe move by authorities as 'misguided crackdown'• Amnesty condemns arrests as 'yet another blow to civil liberties' LONDON: Police in London said they had arrested more than 500 pro-Palestinian protesters at a demon...
Posted on 13 April 2026 | 2:57 am
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• Dar says imperative truce remains in place for durable peace in 'region and beyond'• EU insists diplomacy essential to resolve conflict, to contribute to peace efforts• Oman, Australia ministers urge both sides to extend ceasefire, return to negotiations ISLAMABAD: As talks failed to bre...
Posted on 13 April 2026 | 2:46 am
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• Iran parliament speaker says US must decide 'whether it can earn our trust or not'• Tehran warns of strong response to any confrontation; calls control over strait 'non-negotiable'• Iran demands full sanction lifting; US offers phased approach• Conflicting claims over $6bn frozen a...
Posted on 13 April 2026 | 2:36 am
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MAIDUGURI: Scores of people died in airstrikes in Nigeria's northeastern Yobe state as military aircraft hunted fighters, local residents and Amnesty International said on Sunday. Africa's most populous country has been fighting a religious insurgency for 17 years, since Boko Haram's 2009 upr...
Posted on 13 April 2026 | 1:32 am
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—Courtesy Sojitz Corporation TEST flights for an electric aircraft will begin at Kitakyushu Airport on April 17, the project's backers announced. Major trading company Sojitz Corp., Yamato Holdings Co., the Kitakyushu city government in Fukuoka Prefecture and another entity are behind the p...
Posted on 13 April 2026 | 1:32 am
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Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Sunday stormed the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem under heavy police protection. Citing the Jerusalem Governorate, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa said the incursion came amid an ongoing escalation of vi...
Posted on 12 April 2026 | 9:56 pm
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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said on Sunday that any military vessels attempting to approach the Strait of Hormuz would be considered a violation of the two-week ceasefire with the US, and warned that it would be dealt with harshly and decisively. "The strait is under the con...
Posted on 12 April 2026 | 9:44 pm
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Nationalist Viktor Orban, who has ruled Hungary for 16 years, on Sunday conceded defeat to conservative Peter Magyar in parliamentary elections. With votes in almost 67 per cent of precincts counted, Magyar's party stood to have gained 137 seats, or more than two-thirds of all 199 parliamentary se...
Posted on 12 April 2026 | 8:23 pm
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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Sunday reaffirmed Pakistan's resolve to continue supporting diplomatic efforts for sustaining dialogue and promoting peace. His remarks came during telephonic conversations with the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkiye after t...
Posted on 12 April 2026 | 7:48 pm
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The Global Sumud Flotilla left Barcelona symbolically for Gaza on Sunday, but delayed its departure into international waters due to adverse weather conditions, according to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition coordinator, Spanish public broadcaster RTVE reported. "Due to weather conditions, our missio...
Posted on 12 April 2026 | 7:01 pm