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Strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen show war in Gaza has already spread

It is time to stop talking about the risk that the war in Gaza will spread elsewhere in the Middle East. It has already happened.

January 13, 2024 9:21 am
 

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US and Britain strike Yemen in reprisal for Houthi attacks on shipping

U.S. and British warplanes, ships and submarines launched dozens of air strikes across Yemen overnight in retaliation against Houthi forces for months of attacks on Red Sea shipping that the Iran-backed fighters cast as a response to the war in Gaza.

January 13, 2024 8:52 am
 

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China is open to contact, talks with Canada

China does not want a continuation of the “current difficult situation” in relations with Canada.

January 12, 2024 6:05 pm
 

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Families of Ecuador hostages demand action

Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa laid out plans for two new high-security prisons.

January 12, 2024 5:20 pm
 

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Quiet streets, fuel lines follow declaration of emergency in Papua New Guinea

Soldiers and police patrolled the quiet streets of Port Moresby as people joined long lines for fuel a day after Papua New Guinea declared a state of emergency in response to a massive outbreak of rioting and violence.

January 12, 2024 4:48 pm
 

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North Korea poised to admit first known tourists since 2020

A group from Russia is poised to be the first known tourists allowed into North Korea since anti-pandemic border lockdowns began in early 2020.

January 12, 2024 3:25 pm
 

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US, Britain carry out strikes against Houthis in Yemen

The United States and Britain have started carrying out strikes against targets linked to Houthis in Yemen, four U.S. officials told Reuters.

January 12, 2024 2:26 pm
 

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Ukraine builds barricades, digs trenches as focus shifts to defence

Rows of white concrete barricades and coils of razor wire stretch across an open field for more than a kilometre.

January 12, 2024 1:15 pm
 

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Reaction to South Africa's UN court case against Israel's war in Gaza

South Africa accused Israel of subjecting Palestinians to genocidal acts at the opening of hearings at the top U.N. court on a case the country brought against the Israeli military campaign in Gaza.

January 12, 2024 12:28 pm
 

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Russia's Medvedev warns of nuclear response

A senior ally of President Vladimir Putin warned that any Ukrainian attacks on missile launch sites inside Russia with arms supplied by the United States and its allies would risk a nuclear response from Moscow.

January 12, 2024 11:32 am
 

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Tens of thousands protest in Poland against ex-ministers' imprisonment

Tens of thousands of opposition supporters massed outside Poland’s parliament to protest against the new government’s changes.

January 12, 2024 10:03 am
 

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At ICJ, South Africa accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza

South Africa accused Israel of carrying out genocide in Gaza and demanded that the U.N.’s top court order an emergency suspension of Israel’s devastating military campaign in the Palestinian enclave.

January 12, 2024 9:46 am

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