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Maldives To Ban Israelis To Protest Gaza War

A rally to show solidarity with Palestinians held in the Maldives on October 14, 2023
The Maldives, a tiny Islamic republic of more than 1,000 strategically located coral islets, is known for its secluded sandy white beaches, shallow turquoise lagoons and Robinson Crusoe-style getaways.

Trump Joins TikTok, Which He Once Tried To Ban

Former US president and current White House hopeful Donald Trump has joined TikTok
Reaching out to younger voters as he seeks reelection in November, Trump posted a 13-second clip Saturday night that shows him in his usual blue suit and red tie attending an Ultimate Fighting Championship bout in Newark, New Jersey.
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The report used open-source imagery to confirm that debris found in Ukraine's Kharkiv region (pictured) in January this year is from a short-range ballistic missile made in North Korea

US Says Russia Using N. Korea Missiles In Ukraine

The report by the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency used open-source imagery to confirm that debris found in Ukraine's Kharkiv region in January this year is from a short-range ballistic missile made in North Korea.
This handout photo taken by the South Korean Defence Ministry shows unidentified objects believed to be North Korean propaganda leaflets on a street in Seoul

S. Korea Military Warns Of More Trash-filled Balloons From North

North Korea sent around 260 balloons carrying bags of trash -- including waste batteries, cigarette butts and what appeared to be manure -- from Tuesday night to Wednesday, according to Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff, which condemned the move as "low-class" and inhumane.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's regime has fired a salvo of short-range ballistic missiles

N. Korea Fires Multiple Short-range Ballistic Missiles

The launch follows a failed attempt by the nuclear-armed North to put a second spy satellite into orbit on Monday, shortly after Seoul, Beijing and Tokyo held a rare summit and called for Pyongyang to give up their nukes.
Just one holdout means a hung jury and a mistrial, although prosecutors could seek a new trial

Jury Starts Day Two Of Trump Trial Deliberations

After weeks of testimony from more than 20 witnesses on Trump's alleged fraud in covering up a politically damaging tryst with a porn star, the spotlight is now on the 12-strong New York jury.
Belgian police stand guard during searches conducted at the European Parliament building as part of a probe into suspected Russian interference

EU Parliament Offices Raided In Russia Meddling Probe

The searches in Brussels and in Strasbourg, eastern France, were the latest step in a snowballing set of investigations into the meddling claims, which have sparked jitters ahead of EU-wide elections for the bloc's parliament on June 6-9.
Ground crew and members of the Royal Australian Air Force load boxes of aid onto a C-130 Hercules aircraft in Port Moresby on May 29, 2024 before heading to the site of a landslide at Mulitaka village in the region of Maip Mulitaka, in Papua New Guinea's

Aid Reaches Papua New Guinea Landslide Site

Papua New Guinea's government estimates that as many as 2,000 people may be buried underneath a massive landslide that struck a thriving highland settlement in Enga province in the early hours of May 24.
This South Korean Defence Ministry handout photo shows unidentified objects believed to have been dropped via balloon by the North

North Korea Sends Balloons Of 'Trash, Faeces' Into South

Photographs showing white balloons bearing garbage bags full of trash and what appeared to be excrement were shared widely by South Korean media, after the North warned this weekend it would shower border areas in "mounds of wastepaper and filth" to punish Seoul.
Argentina's President Javier Milei is seen in Cordoba, Argentina on May 25, 2024

Argentina's Milei US-bound To Meet Tech Bosses

Accompanied by his economy minister, Milei is set to meet representatives of OpenAI, Apple and Google this week, as well as Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni told reporters.
Map showing the path of Cyclone Remal

Deadly Bangladesh Cyclone One Of Longest Seen

Cyclone Remal, which made landfall in low-lying Bangladesh and neighboring India on Sunday evening with fierce gales and crashing waves, left at least 38 people dead, destroyed thousands of homes, smashed seawalls and flooded cities across the two countries.
Donald Trump is accused of falsifying business records to repay his lawyer for a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels, seen here in January 2019

Trump Judgment Looms As Historic Trial Reaches Finale

Less than six months before American voters choose whether to return Trump to the White House, the stakes riding on the verdict are hard to overstate -- for the 77-year-old personally, but also for the country as a whole.
According to the Palestinian Authority 137 of the 193 UN members already recognise a Palestinian state

145 Countries Now Recognise A Palestinian State

Norway, Spain and Ireland on Tuesday became the latest countries to recognize a state of Palestine, breaking with the long-held view of Western powers that Palestinians can only gain statehood as part of a negotiated peace with Israel.
Around a million people in Bangladesh and neighbouring India fled inland to take shelter ahead of the storm

Ten Dead After Cyclone Batters Bangladesh And India

Fierce gales and crashing waves battered the coast as Cyclone Remal made landfall on Sunday night. By Monday afternoon it had eased, but winds and rain still hammered residents as they picked through the wreckage of their houses.

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