US vetoes UN Security Council action on Israel, Gaza (www.reuters.com)
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Australia decides against canceling Chinese company's lease of strategically important port (apnews.com)
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Hamas frees U.S. hostages Judith and Natalie Raanan held in Gaza (www.reuters.com)
GAZA/JERUSALEM, Oct 20 (Reuters) - The Islamist group Hamas released two U.S. hostages, mother and daughter Judith and Natalie Raanan, who were kidnapped in its attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Friday....
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Joly accuses India of acting 'contrary to international law' as Canada pulls 41 diplomats amid immunity concerns (www.ctvnews.ca)
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Scholz says that Germany needs to expand deportations of rejected asylum-seekers (apnews.com)
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Ukrainian parliament votes to ban Orthodox Church over alleged links with Russia (www.theguardian.com)
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Israel bombs Greek Orthodox Gaza church sheltering displaced people (www.aljazeera.com)
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Russia halts circulation of new ruble note after complaints from priests | Russia | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
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Israel flattens Gaza district, hits Orthodox church as invasion looms (www.reuters.com)
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Instagram sorry for adding 'terrorist' to some Palestinian user bios (news.retiolus.net)
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Estonia says damage to Finland pipeline was caused by people, but it's unclear if it was deliberate (apnews.com)
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Israel plans to sever links with Gaza after three-phase war (www.ft.com)
In the most explicit comments yet on the government’s strategy, defence minister Yoav Gallant told the Knesset foreign and defence committee that Israel would no longer have “responsibility for life in the Gaza Strip” once the war was over.
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Central America scrambles as the international community fails to find solution to record migration (apnews.com)
PASO CANOAS, Costa Rica (AP) — The fleet of buses roared past the Panama-Costa Rica border....
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Scholz says that Germany needs to expand deportations of rejected asylum-seekers (apnews.com)
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As Gaza is bombed, EU staff decry chief’s ‘uncontrolled’ support of Israel (www.aljazeera.com)
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‘Free world, where are you?’ Gaza hospital chief pleads after babies killed (www.aljazeera.com)
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Iran's foreign minister warns Israel from Beirut it could suffer 'a huge earthquake' (apnews.com)
Iran’s foreign minister on Saturday called on Israel to stop its attacks on Gaza, warning that the war might expand to other parts of the Middle East if Hezbollah joins the battle, and that would make Israel suffer “a huge earthquake.”...
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Russia extends detention of a US journalist detained for failing to register as a foreign agent (apnews.com)
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Greta Thunberg charged with public order offense in UK after arrest outside oil industry conference (apnews.com)
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India pushes back against Russia's demands to pay for oil in Yuan (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
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Ukraine displays recovered artifacts it says were stolen by Russians (apnews.com)
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Putin says US wading deeper into Ukraine war, calls missile supplies a 'mistake' (www.reuters.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that the United States was wading deeper into the Ukraine conflict and making a mistake by providing Kyiv with long-range ATACMS missiles....
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New Pentagon report claims China now has over 500 operational nuclear warheads (www.npr.org)
The latest assessment from the defense department said China had increased its arsenal of operational nuclear warheads from the estimated 400 in 2021 to more than 500 as of May this year.
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China's Xi offers to help Sri Lanka; buy more of its exports (www.reuters.com)
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