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Cuban president defiant despite Trump pressure to resign
Miguel Diaz-Canel vows to resist US pressure as Trump escalates threats, tightens oil blockade on the island.
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Gaza families still unable to bury dead six months into ‘ceasefire’
About 10,000 Palestinians remain missing, believed to be buried under rubble of collapsed buildings during Israel’s war.
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Taiwan opposition leader calls for ‘reconciliation’ after meeting Xi
KMT leader Cheng Li-wun stressed shared cultural heritage and suggested she would slow Taiwan’s military build-up.
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Will Israel and Lebanon start ceasefire talks?
Israel and Hezbollah continued to trade attacks on Friday – although at a reduced pace.
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Senegal PM labels Trump ‘agent of global destabilisation’
Senegalese prime minister Ousmane Sonko accused Donald Trump of plunging the world into “chaos”.
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Six months into ‘ceasefire’, Gaza suffers under persistent Israeli attacks
Gaza’s devastation grows as over 72,000 people killed and 172,000 injured amid Israeli violations of US-brokered truce.
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Torpedo-like object discovered by Indonesian fisherman
A fisherman in Indonesia discovered a torpedo-like object near the Lombok Strait, a waterway between Bali and Lombok.
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Djibouti votes as long-time leader seeks sixth presidential term
Politicians scrapped the presidential age limit last year, allowing Ismail Omar Guelleh to run yet again.
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Iran ceasefire: Not an off-ramp for the US but a life-saving ejection seat
A Middle Eastern country has for the first time single-handedly checked the war-making capabilities of the US and Israel
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Israel strikes residential areas, destroys homes in southern Lebanon
Lebanon is seeing not just a displacement crisis but a rapidly developing food security crisis too, says UN.
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