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Dutch Election: Far-right Wilders aims to be PM after shock win
Far-right populist Geert Wilders wants to be the Netherlands' next prime minister and would focus his efforts on curbing immigration, he said following a landmark election win that will have repercussions in the Netherlands and Europe.…
‘We don’t need a truce just so aid can come in’
Why a truce if they can't go home? At Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, war-weary displaced Palestinians remain sceptical about the Israel-Hamas deal to exchange hostages for prisoners.
Maysara Assabagh is just one of 1.7…
Biden ‘extraordinarily gratified’ over Gaza hostage deal
US President Joe Biden said Tuesday he was deeply relieved that some hostages taken when Hamas militants stormed into Israel on October 7 will soon go free under a deal brokered with help from across the Middle East.
"I am…
Israel, Hamas truce and hostage release delayed
Israel said a four-day Gaza truce and hostage release will not start until at least Friday, stalling a breakthrough deal to pause the brutal and bloody seven-week-old war.
Israeli national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi indicated the…
Russian strikes kill three in east Ukraine; 8 hurt
Three people were killed and eight were wounded in overnight Russian missile attacks and shelling in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk and Kharkiv regions, Ukrainian officials said yesterday. Missiles hit a hospital in the Donetsk town of Selydove…
Hamas says agreed four-day truce with Israel
Hamas and Israel have agreed to a four-day truce in Gaza during which Hamas will release 50 women and children held as hostages in exchange for the release of 150 Palestinian women and children held in Israeli jails, the Palestinian group…
Microsoft hires OpenAI’s Sam Altman after sacking
Microsoft yesterday announced the hiring of OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman following his shock sacking from the company whose ChatGPT chatbot has led the rapid rise of artificial intelligence technology.
OpenAI has appointed Emmett…
Rescuers drill to send more food to trapped workers
Rescuers are trying to send cooked food and set up a phone connection to 41 workers trapped for eight days in a collapsed tunnel in the Indian Himalayas as they explore fresh rescue plans after previous attempts stalled, officials said…
With X’s Musk under fire, Biden joins rival Threads
US President Joe Biden on Monday joined Threads, Meta's social media rival to Elon Musk's X, just days after the White House blasted the tech baron for pushing anti-Semitism.
"Folks, it's President Biden," said his first post, which…
Burn Gaza now, says Israel’s deputy speaker
A senior lawmaker in Israel has urged the military to "burn" Gaza and not allow any fuel into the Palestinian enclave unless all hostages held by Hamas are released.
The comments made on Friday by Nissim Vaturi, deputy…