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Who wins what in the EU’s new trade deal with Australia?
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NASA plans moon base instead of orbital lunar station
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Lebanon’s humanitarian crisis worsens as fighting continues
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Iran war puts South Asia’s Gulf remittances at risk
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French municipal vote: What do results mean for 2027 ballot?
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Gaza: Commitment to US-backed plan crucial to recovery, Security Council hears
As tensions escalate in the Middle East, the international community must not lose sight of the situation in Gaza, an official with US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace across the shattered enclave said on Tuesday in his first appearance in the UN Security Council.
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World News in Brief: Airstrikes continue in Ukraine, refugees return to DR Congo, emergency aid for the ‘Dry Corridor’
The latest wave of Russian attacks across Ukraine have reportedly killed and injured civilians and damaged critical infrastructure in Dnipro, Odesa, Poltava, Zaporizhzhia and other regions.
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Tehran 24 March 2026 #1
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Israel 24 March 2026 #1
Israel 24 March 2026 #1 lalasor Tue, 03/24/2026 – 20:02 Israel Tue, 03/24/2026 – 12:00 24 March 2026 Israel’s defence minister declared that “the IDF will continue to operate in Lebanon with full force against Hizbollah. Hundreds of thousands of residents of southern Lebanon who evacuated northward will not return south of the Litani River until […]
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Lebanon 24 March 2026 #1
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