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Myanmar military government pardons more than 9,000 prisoners

Annual amnesty marking Independence Day takes place during crisis in the north that poses threat to military rulers. Myanmar’s military government has pardoned more than 9,000 prisoners, including 114 foreign nationals, to mark the country’s Independence Day. Friends and families of prisoners gathered outside the high-security Insein Prison in the commercial capital Yangon as the […]

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German authorities battle rising floodwaters and burst riverbanks | DW News – DW News

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German authorities battle rising floodwaters and burst riverbanks | DW News DW News Germany: Flooding persists in north and east, Scholz visits – DW – 01/04/2024 DW (English) No end to German flooding as more rain forecast The Associated Press France and Germany seek EU assistance while battling against flooding Euronews EU mobilises flood assistance for Germany and France European

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Initial tranche of nearly 950 Epstein court documents released

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Papers include names of dozens of powerful men who associated with financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The names of dozens of prominent men with alleged links to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein have been publicly released after court files that formed part of a 2015 case brought by one of Epstein’s main accusers were unsealed.

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Turkey Blocks UK Minehunter Ships Intended for Ukraine

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Turkey said on Tuesday (Jan. 2) it would not allow two minehunter ships donated to Ukraine by Britain to transit its waters en route to the Black Sea since it would violate an international pact concerning wartime passage of the straits. Britain said last month it would transfer two Royal Navy minehunter ships to the

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Hezbollah chief says group won’t ‘be silent’ after killing of Hamas leader

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Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah offers condolences to Hamas after the killing of its deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri. The head of Lebanon’s powerful armed group Hezbollah says the killing of the deputy chief of allied Palestinian faction Hamas in Beirut was “a major, dangerous crime about which we cannot be silent”. In a televised speech on Wednesday,

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Iran explosions: Dozens killed near Qasem Soleimani’s burial site, state media reports

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Press Office of Iranian Supreme Leader/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Soleimani was killed in a US airstrike in January 2020. CNN — At least 73 people were killed Wednesday and 170 injured in the Iranian city of Kerman after twin blasts near the burial site of slain military commander Qasem Soleimani, in what officials called a terror

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Sierra Leone charges ex-leader Koroma’s guard, 11 others over failed coup

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Those charged were part of 85 people arrested in connection with the attempted coup in Sierra Leone on November 26. Sierra Leone authorities have charged 12 people including a member of former President Ernest Bai Koroma’s security detail, with treason in connection with a failed coup in November, the government said on Tuesday. The accused

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Israel shifts war strategy | The Hill

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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has activated a new phase of the war against Palestinian militant group Hamas. Five brigades — consisting of several thousand troops — are withdrawing from the Gaza Strip in the coming weeks. Mark Regev, a senior adviser to Israel’s prime minister’s office, said the reductions are vital to

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What does a ‘new phase’ in Israel’s war on Gaza entail? | Israel War on Gaza

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Israel says it will withdraw some troops from the besieged Gaza Strip. Israel has announced it will pull out some of its forces from Gaza, more than two months after it launched a ground invasion of the besieged Palestinian territory, a step that could potentially lead to a new phase in its war against Hamas.

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Photos: Russian missiles pound Kyiv after Putin vows to intensify attacks | Russia-Ukraine war News

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Heavy Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and the northeastern city of Kharkiv killed at least five people, wounded dozens and caused widespread damage on Tuesday, Ukrainian officials said. Four civilians were killed and 92 others were injured in the capital of Kyiv, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on his Telegram channel, as Kinzhal

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