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Poland Holds Emergency Security Meeting Over ‘Deadly Serious’ Threat to Prime Minister, Defence Minister
WARSAW: Polish security services convened a special meeting on Sunday after receiving information about a potential attack targeting Prime Minister Do...
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Dutch Riot Police Disperse Far-Right Protesters in The Hague After Violence Erupts
THE HAGUE — Dutch riot police dispersed several hundred protesters in The Hague on Saturday after a demonstration against immigration and asylum polic...
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Navy says it is spending 25% more time monitoring Russian vessels around UK waters
The Royal Navy has warned of increasing Russian activity around the UK’s waters after it spent 21 days in July monitoring Moscow’s ships. Naval operat...
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‘US and China should be partners, not rivals’, Xi says after earlier warning on Taiwan
The US president spent day one of his summit in Beijing basking in rigid pageantry, heroically managing not to offend his hosts and offering the verdi...
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Collapse of US-Iran talks heightens fears of prolonged energy shock
The failure of the US and Iran to reach a peace deal after marathon negotiations has put markets on alert for further oil and gas price rises. With la...
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Putin’s ‘hidden hand’ lies behind Iran’s drone tactics, UK defence secretary says
Vladimir Putin’s “hidden hand” lies behind Iran’s military methods, the UK defence secretary has said, after a night in which drones struck a base use...
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Hegseth says US won’t get ‘bogged down’ in Iran – but doesn’t rule out sending troops
The US secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, has called the joint US-Israeli strikes in Iran the “most lethal and precise air power campaign in history”...
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Met chief says British Jews ‘not safe’ in London after series of attacks
Counter-terrorism officers in London have launched 11 investigations and arrested 35 people after “a sustained period of attack” upon the Jewish commu...
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Israel’s ruling coalition proposes early elections amid ultra-Orthodox anger at Netanyahu
Israel’s ruling coalition has submitted a proposal to dissolve parliament to pave the way for early elections as the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyah...
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Canadian officer accused of spying for China acquitted of charges
A retired police officer Canada accused of being an agent for China has been acquitted of national security charges after prosecutors failed to prove ...
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Blatant disregard for rights’: concern grows over Gabon’s social media clampdown
When Gabon’s media regulator indefinitely suspended major social media platforms in February, citing security concerns during anti-government protests...
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Republicans’ plan for zero state income tax could be ‘devastating’, experts warn
Hannah Rejali, 34, lived through the failed so-called “Kansas Experiment” in the 2010s, when the Republican governor cut the state’s income tax to try...
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US-Israel war on Iran live: Israel launches new wave of attacks ‘in the heart of Tehran’ after death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
If you’re living or working in the region and have been affected by the US-Israel war on Iran, we would like to hear from you. We recognise it may not...
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US Justice Dept to release new batch of Epstein files
The US Justice Department announced Friday it was releasing more than three million pages from the Jeffrey Epstein files, along with photos and videos...
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US-Israel war on Iran dramatically expands across Middle East
The war in the Middle East triggered by the joint US and Israeli attack on Iran expanded dramatically on Monday, with casualties and destruction repor...
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Israel strikes Tehran and Beirut as Iran vows ‘complete destruction’ in region
Israel has carried out a wave of airstrikes on Iranian security targets and Hezbollah in Beirut as Tehran threatened the “complete destruction of the ...
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Middle East crisis live: Israel launches further attacks on Tehran and Beirut as Iran closes critical Strait of Hormuz
The US-Israeli war on Iran has ignited fears that escalating military aggression in the Middle East could send oil prices soaring, push up prices at t...
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Tarique Rahman sworn in as Bangladeshi prime minister
Bangladesh’s new prime minister has been sworn in, sealing a dramatic comeback for the Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP) and formally closing the tur...
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