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War preparations under way in Iran as Hormuz tensions with US escalate
Amid stalled talks and sparring over key waterway, Iranian media say US warship struck, but Washington denies incident.
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Trump’s ‘Project Freedom’: Can US navy ‘guide’ stuck ships out of Hormuz?
Trump says US navy will free up ships stranded in the Gulf, but it remains unclear how the campaign will be implemented.
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NATO chief says Europeans have 'gotten message' from Trump on defence
Europeans have "heard" US President Donald Trump's message of frustration over the Iran war and are "stepping up", NATO chief Mark Rutte said on Monday after Washington announced it would withdraw 5,000…
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Shares of eBay take off on a $56 billion buyout bid from GameStop's Ryan Cohen
Shares of eBay are soaring before the opening bell Monday as Ryan Cohen's GameStop pursues an approximately $56 billion takeover of company, seeing it as a vehicle to compete with online retail giant…
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The loyal, lonely keepers of Sudan's pyramids
The 2,400-year-old burial site of Bajrawiya, on the Sudanese Island of Meroe, holds 140 pyramids built during the Kingdom of Kush's Meroitic period. Some pyramids were decapitated, others reduced to…
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Former New York Mayor Giuliani hospitalised in critical condition
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been hospitalised and is in "critical but stable condition," his spokesperson said on Sunday. The spokesperson, Ted Goodman, did not immediately provide…
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‘Far beyond’ EU and NATO: Armenia hosts EPC summit cast as ‘gateway’ in shifting diplomatic order
As 50 world leaders from Europe & Canada gather for Armenia's first-ever EU summit, Genie Godula is pleased to welcome Dr Gesine Weber, Senior Researcher at the Center for Security Studies. She describes…
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Missile strike on Ukraine's Kharkiv region kills five, destroys infrastructure
A Russian missile strike on the town of Merefa in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region has killed five people and wounded at least 18, damaging homes, businesses and public buildings in an area far from the front…
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‘Hegemonic power’: How Modi’s BJP won India’s Bengal for the first time
Walking the path of religious polarisation and leveraging underlying anti-incumbency, Modi's party sweeps key state.
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Perspective - A diary of America's wars with photographer Peter van Agtmael
He's spent more than two decades documenting the realities of war, including years working alongside US soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. But photographer Peter van Agtmael's work goes beyond the battlefield.…
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Spotlight - Hezbollah deploys hard-to-jam fibre optic drones, shifting battlefield tactics
Back in March, Lebanon was pulled back into conflict amid escalating regional tensions linked to Iran, as Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel. Israel responded with waves of air strikes and later ground…
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Focus - The scourge of online gambling in Indonesia: Young people hooked on addictive sites
In Indonesia, almost 1 million minors are thought to have an online gambling habit. Worse, authorities say more than 80,000 online players are aged below 10. For these youngsters, gambling is not a pastime…
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