UK PM Starmer set to ban ‘harmful’ social media for under-16s

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Trump says he would not unfreeze Iran’s assets ahead before deal is done

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US president said that he ⁠was not demanding that Lebanon be a part of ⁠a short-term deal with Tehran

Naqvi meets Araghchi to discuss US-Iran talks, regional situation

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The meeting focused on diplomatic efforts aimed at easing tensions, including mediation initiatives and recent developments affecting regional stability

Gen Z-led CJP protests intensify in India over education system concerns

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Student-led demonstrations voiced anger over irregularities in the education system and examination processes.

Dubai luxury hotels woo staycationers as tourists flee

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On the Palm, an artificial island that has become synonymous with Dubai opulence, five-star hotels are busy on weekends and holidays once more, despite having been deserted by tourists

Facing settler violence, Palestinian farmers race to harvest

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Excluding east Jerusalem, more than 500,000 Israelis live in the occupied West Bank in settlements that are illegal under international law, among some three million Palestinians

From poplars to pistachios, Afghans rediscover the value of trees

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From the 1979 Soviet invasion until the fall of the first Taliban government in the early 2000s, “around 50 percent of Afghanistan’s forest cover was lost”, said Mohammad Nasir Shalizi, a researcher

Israel and Iran trade strikes, threatening to drag region back to full-scale war

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Israel launched strikes on central and western Iran in response to missile fire from Tehran and Iran retaliated with waves of attacks, in the most serious crossfire since an April 8 ceasefire

China’s Xi lands in North Korea for rare visit

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Military officers lined a red carpet as an Air China plane carrying Xi arrived for his first visit since 2019, video from Xinhua showed. Kim and his wife Ri Sol-ju welcomed Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan

Palestinian baby killed by Israeli gunfire in occupied West Bank, health ministry says

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The ministry identified the infant as Sam Fahd Abu Haikal and said he was killed at the scene