Israel and Hamas agreed to a deal to halt fighting in Gaza and exchange Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, an official briefed on the deal told Reuters on Wednesday, opening the way to a possible end to a 15-month war that has upended the Middle East. The agreement follows months of on-off negotiations brokered by Egyptian and Qatari mediators, with …
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Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has acquitted ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in a 2008 corruption case, overturning a previous 10-year prison sentence. In 2018, the country’s High Court had convicted Zia and others of misappropriating funds meant for orphans when she was last prime minister, from 2001 to 2006. But following an appeal, a five-judge panel led by Chief Justice Syed Refaat …
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Saudi Arabia plans to begin enriching and selling uranium, according to the Ministry of Energy. Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud told a conference in Dhahran on Monday that the move is part of a strategy to monetise all minerals, according to Reuters news agency. “We will enrich it and we will sell it and we will do …
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A round of Gaza ceasefire talks will be held in Doha on Tuesday morning to finalise remaining details related to the deal, an official briefed on the negotiations told Reuters on Monday. A deal to end the Gaza war is “closer than it’s ever been”, the official said, adding that US President-elect Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, outgoing …
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Bangladesh’s anti-graft commission has filed cases against ousted leader Sheikh Hasina and her family, including a British government minister and a senior United Nations official, its chief said on Monday. Hasina, 77, fled a revolution in August 2024 to India, where she has defied extradition requests from Bangladesh to face charges including mass murder. The cases are linked to an …
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The Israeli military siege on the northern Gaza Strip has left about 5,000 Palestinians dead or missing after 100 days of brutal attacks that have only intensified amid talks of a potential mediated agreement between Israel and Hamas. Another 9,500 Palestinians were injured as a result of the Israeli military operation in the north that was launched in early October. …
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Ethiopia has officially launched its long-anticipated Securities Exchange (ESX), representing a significant milestone in the country’s ongoing economic reforms. The inauguration was attended by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who highlighted the importance of this initiative as part of Ethiopia’s strategy to liberalise its economy and attract private investment. Situated in Addis Ababa, the exchange aims to modernise the financial landscape …
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Firefighters fought on into the night on Saturday in a bid to get on top of massive wildfires around Los Angeles as winds ramped up, pushing the blazes towards previously untouched neighborhoods. At least 16 people were now confirmed dead from fires that have ripped through the city, leaving communities in ruins and testing the mettle of thousands of firefighters …
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Air attacks by Myanmar’s military in the western state of Rakhine this week killed dozens of people, the United Nations said, as the country continues to be mired in violence four years after a coup. In a statement late on Friday, the UN said that military government forces hit Kyauk Ni Maw, a village in Ramree island township, killing more …
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Gaza’s Government Media Office has called “on the international community, the United Nations and other international organisations to support efforts in counting victims and recovering thousands of bodies in the Gaza Strip”. It expressed its “deep concern” over the findings of the British study published in The Lancet journal, which said the deaths in the enclave were likely undercounted by …
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