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Bereaved Gazans dig out bodies from city ruins, give them graves

Guns may have fallen silent in Gaza, but for Mahmoud Abu Dalfa, the agony is not over. He is desperately searching for the bodies of his wife and five children trapped under the rubble of his house since the early months of the war.

January 23, 2025 10:05 am
 

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Trump administration warns officials against resisting immigration crackdown

President Donald Trump’s administration has directed U.S. prosecutors to criminally probe state and local officials who resist immigration enforcement efforts.

January 23, 2025 8:41 am
 

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US military preparing to send additional 1,500 troops to border

The U.S. military is preparing to send roughly 1,500 additional active-duty troops to the border with Mexico, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.

January 23, 2025 2:01 am
 

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Trump stirs tariff pot with fresh threats on EU

U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to hit the European Union with tariffs.

January 22, 2025 5:51 pm
 

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UN experts urge Thailand not to deport 48 Uyghurs to China

United Nations human rights experts have urged Thailand not to send 48 Uyghurs in its custody back to China, warning they are at risk of torture, ill-treatment and “irreparable harm” if returned.

January 22, 2025 5:05 pm
 

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Gazans' joy at ceasefire dims as they visit ruined homes, dig for the dead

On foot or riding rickshaws, many Palestinians exhausted by war in Gaza began returning to the ruins of their homes on the third day of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, shocked by total destruction.

January 22, 2025 4:33 pm
 

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Turkish ski resort fire kills 76, guests forced to jump from windows

A fire at a ski resort hotel in Turkey’s Bolu mountains killed 76 people and injured dozens on Tuesday, forcing panicked guests to jump out of windows in the middle of the night.

January 22, 2025 1:54 pm
 

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Aiming to weaken US foes, Trump faces an 'unholy alliance'

During his first term in office, U.S. President Donald Trump applied his particular brand of diplomacy with Washington’s adversaries, publicly befriending Russia and North Korea while separately piling pressure on China and Iran.

January 22, 2025 12:46 pm
 

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Indian state contests life sentence of murder, rape convict, seeks death, source says

India’s West Bengal state launched an appeal on Tuesday to overturn a life sentence in favour of the death penalty for a police volunteer convicted of the rape and murder of a junior doctor, a senior lawyer aware of the development said.

January 22, 2025 12:43 pm
 

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Israel’s top general resigns over Oct. 7 failures, adding to pressure on Netanyahu

Israel’s top general resigned Tuesday, taking responsibility for security failures tied to Hamas’ surprise attack that triggered the war in Gaza and adding to pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has delayed any public inquiry that could potentially implicate his leadership.

January 22, 2025 11:16 am
 

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Pardoned Jan. 6 attackers to go free on Trump's first full day in office

Supporters of Donald Trump who attacked the U.S. Capitol four years ago will start leaving prison on Tuesday, pardoned by the new president in a flurry of Inauguration Day executive orders showing intent to stamp radical change on the country.

January 22, 2025 9:05 am
 

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Trump sees 'great promise' in UN, says his pick for ambassador

U.S. President Donald Trump “sees great promise in the United Nations if it focuses on its founding mission of international peace and security,” his nominee to be ambassador told the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday.

January 22, 2025 8:30 am

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