India will continue to buy Russian oil, government sources say

Reuters could not immediately verify the report.

11h ago

Trump deploys nuclear submarines in row with Russia

Trump and Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia's security council, have been sparring on social media for days.

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World economies reel from Trump's tariffs punch

Trump announced late Thursday that dozens of economies, including the European Union, will face new tariff rates of between 10 and 41 percent.

16h ago

Colombian ex-president Uribe sentenced to 12 years house arrest

Uribe, 73, received the maximum possible sentence after being found guilty of witness tampering.

17h ago

Italy to begin Gaza air drops: foreign minister

The first drops could come on August 9, he said.

17h ago

Trump orders firing of US official as cracks emerge in jobs market

The United States added 73,000 jobs last month, while the unemployment rate rose to 4.2 percent from 4.1 percent, said the Department of Labor earlier Friday.

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1,373 Gaza aid seekers killed since late May

The UN human rights office said yesterday that 1,373 Palestinians have been killed while waiting for aid in the shortage-stricken Gaza Strip since late May, most of them by the Israeli military.

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Trump increases tariff on Canada to 35% from 25%

US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order increasing tariffs on Canadian goods to 35% from 25% on all products not covered by the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, the White House said.

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Death toll from Thursday's Russian attack on Kyiv rises to 26: Ukraine

It also said 159 people were wounded in Thursday's strikes, including 16 children

Russia's actions in Ukraine 'disgusting': Trump

Washington has given Moscow until the end of next week to cease hostilities in Ukraine, under threat of severe economic sanctions

OCCUPIED WEST BANK VILLAGE of Susiya / Israeli settlers cut off water, power sources

Palestinians in the village of Susiya in the Israeli-occupied West Bank thought life could not get worse as Jewish settlers were attacking them repeatedly and ripping apart their precious olive groves.

Trump to build ballroom at White House

President Donald Trump plans to build a ballroom at the White House as he pushes forward with remodeling the US executive mansion, his spokeswoman said Thursday

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Gaza aid delivery is ‘far from sufficient’: UN

The United Nations’ humanitarian agency has said that the conditions for delivering aid into Gaza were “far from sufficient” to meet the immense needs of its “desperate, hungry people”.

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War of words escalates between US, Russia

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev yesterday told US President Donald Trump to remember that Moscow possessed Soviet-era nuclear strike capabilities of last resort after Trump told Medvedev to “watch his words”.

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Death toll in north China rises to 60

Extreme weather killed at least 60 people in northern China over the past week, with 31 deaths in an elderly care home in Beijing’s hilly Miyun district in one of the deadliest floods to have hit the Chinese capital in years.

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Tehran dams may run dry within months

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warned yesterday that dams supplying the capital could run dry within months unless water consumption was curbed.

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Buddhist gem collection returns to India after 127 years

A collection of hundreds of jewels linked to Buddha’s remains has returned to India after 127 years following an auction planned for earlier this year that drew threats of legal action from the government in Delhi.

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UN sounds alarm on SE Asia scam centre surge

Human trafficking for forced criminal activity is growing at an alarming rate, with hundreds of thousands of people trapped in online scamming centres across Southeast Asia, the United Nations said Wednesday.

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Lithuanian PM resigns amid corruption probe

Lithuanian Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas resigned yesterday amid an ongoing investigation into potential financial crimes by firms linked to him.

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Push for ‘regime change’ in Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday urged his allies to bring about “regime change” in Russia, hours after a Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv killed eight people including a six-year-old boy.

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Modi faces opposition fury after Trump threat

Indian opposition parties yesterday criticised the government, describing US President Donald Trump’s threat of a 25 percent tariff as a diplomatic failure for New Delhi, while the rupee currency tumbled and equity indexes slid in response to the news.

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