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The Resistance Front, designated by U.S. as 'terrorist' group

The U.S. government has designated The Resistance Front, also known as the Kashmir Resistance, as a “foreign terrorist organisation” following an April 22 Islamist militant attack in Indian Kashmir that killed 26 people.

July 18, 2025 5:19 pm
 

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UK youth celebrate voting rights

Sixteen- and 17-year-olds celebrated their newly granted right to vote in all UK elections on Thursday, but cautioned that proper education was vital to boost turnout and protect young voters from political misinformation on social media.

July 18, 2025 1:36 pm
 

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Israel has refused to renew visas for heads of agencies in Gaza

Israel has refused to renew visas for the heads of at least three United Nations agencies in Gaza, which the U.N. humanitarian chief blames on their work trying to protect Palestinian civilians in the war-torn territory.

July 18, 2025 1:34 pm
 

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Israeli strike hits Gaza church

An Israeli shell slammed into the compound of the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing three people and wounding 10 others, including the parish priest, according to church officials. The late Pope Francis, who died in April, had regularly spoken to the priest about the war’s toll on civilians.

July 18, 2025 12:14 pm
 

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South Korea lashed by heavy rain

Four people died and more than 1,000 have been evacuated in South Korea after the country was lashed by torrential rain on Thursday, the safety ministry said.

July 18, 2025 11:42 am
 

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Georgia stops sale of $3 million of uranium that could have been used in bomb

Georgia has detained two people for handling and attempting to sell $3 million worth of uranium which could have been used to make a deadly bomb, the national security service said on Thursday.

July 18, 2025 10:39 am
 

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Ukraine offers its front line as test bed for foreign weapons

Ukraine will let foreign arms companies test out their latest weapons on the front line of its war against Russia’s invasion, Kyiv’s state-backed arms investment and procurement group Brave1 said on Thursday.

July 18, 2025 9:18 am
 

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Air India crash probe focuses on actions of plane's captain, WSJ reports

A cockpit recording of dialogue between the two pilots of the Air India flight that crashed last month indicates the captain cut the flow of fuel to the plane’s engines, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

July 18, 2025 8:04 am
 

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Meta investors, Zuckerberg reach settlement to end $8 billion trial over Facebook privacy violations

Mark Zuckerberg and current and former directors and officers of Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab agreed on Thursday to settle claims seeking $8 billion for the damage they allegedly caused the company by allowing repeated violations of Facebook users’ privacy, a lawyer for the shareholders told a Delaware judge on Thursday.

July 18, 2025 6:07 am
 

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New details in Air India crash probe shift focus to senior pilot

A black-box recording of dialogue between the Air India flight’s two pilots indicates it was the captain who turned off switches that controlled fuel flowing to the plane’s two engines.

July 17, 2025 2:11 pm
 

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ICC judges reject Israel's request to withdraw Netanyahu arrest warrant

Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) rejected Israel’s request to withdraw arrest warrants against its prime minister and former defence minister while the ICC reviews Israeli challenges to its jurisdiction over the conduct of the Gaza war.

July 17, 2025 1:14 pm
 

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Brazil tackles COP30 hotel costs, under pressure

Brazil assured worried governments it has organized enough rooms to accommodate the tens of thousands of people.

July 17, 2025 12:21 pm

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