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The risk of Gaza sinking deeper into chaos
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 31: Israel declared control of the Gaza border with Egypt and denied the possibility of the...

Sweden accuses Iran of recruiting criminals, targeting Israel
Stockholm [Sweden], May 31: Stockholm's intelligence agency says Iran is recruiting criminal gang members in Sweden, some of them children,...

Hamas is ready to sign 'complete agreement' if...
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 31: Hamas forces said on May 30 that they will not attend further negotiations given the...

The President of Nigeria suddenly changed the national...
Abuja [Nigeria], May 31: Nigeria's president suddenly changed the national anthem, angering people and questioning his priorities as the country...

President Biden silently allowed Ukraine to use US...
Washington [US], May 31: Politico newspaper on May 30, citing knowledgeable sources, said that US President Joe Biden's administration has...

Trump convicted, first US President found guilty
New York [US], May 31: Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime when a...

Israeli airstrike on Rafah kills 12 Palestinians, Gaza...
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 31: Israeli forces killed at least 12 Palestinians in a dawn airstrike on Rafah in southern...

Jury finds Donald Trump guilty on all 34...
New York [US], May 31: Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime on Thursday...

N Korea accused of sending faeces-filled balloons to...
Seoul [South Korea], May 30: North Korea was accused on Wednesday of sending hundreds of balloons containing rubbish and faeces...

Thai ex-prime minister Shinawatra to be indicted for...
Bangkok [Thailand], May 30: Thailand's ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indicted for allegedly defaming the monarchy, just three months...

US luxury real estate billionaire plans submersible trip...
Washington [US], May 30: A US luxury real estate billionaire and a deep-sea explorer are planning to travel in a...

Social media awash with 'All eyes on Rafah'
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 30: An image with the text "All eyes on Rafah" is on every other Instagram story,...

UN urges Israel, Hamas to return to negotiating...
New York [US], May 30: The United Nations has called on Israel and Hamas to get back to negotiations on...

Pressure is on the White House because of...
Washington [US], May 30: The White House affirms that Israel has not crossed Washington's red line, but US President Joe...

US - China dialogue or confrontation at Shangri-La?
Washington [US], May 30: It is expected that at the Shangri-La Dialogue event taking place in Singapore from May 31...

North Korea launches a series of ballistic missiles,...
Seoul [South Korea], May 30: The South Korean military announced the discovery of North Korea launching a series of short-range...

Israeli army gains control of Gaza's entire border...
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 30: The Israeli army on May 29 announced that its forces had taken control of the...

Mr. Hun Sen stated the reason for refusing...
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], May 30: Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen had to refuse Kyiv's request to send Cambodian experts to...

Russian officials admitted that Ukrainian UAVs were capable...
Moscow [Russia], May 30: Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have an attack range of up to 2,500 km from the...

One person died because he was sucked into...
Amsterdam [Netherlands], May 30: The incident happened at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam (Netherlands) when the passenger plane was preparing to...

Nigeria switches national anthem in what sceptics label...
Abuja [Nigeria], May 30: Nigerian President Bola Tinubu signed a bill switching back to a national anthem composed by a...

Sudan's army rejects US call to return to...
Khartoum [Sudan], May 30: Sudan's army rejected a call to return to peace talks with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces...

US weapons helping stabilise Ukraine's front line
Washington [US], May 30: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that American weapons being delivered to Kyiv were helping...

Iran's Khamenei seeks trusted hardliner to replace Raisi...
Tehran [Iran], May 30: Iran fires the starting gun this week on an election to replace President Ebrahim Raisi.

Nikki Haley writes 'Finish Them' on Israeli artillery...
New York [US], May 30: Republican former presidential contender Nikki Haley wrote "Finish Them!" on an Israeli artillery shell during...

Volcano in Iceland erupts for fifth time since...
Reykjavik [Iceland], May 30: A volcano in southwestern Iceland sent glowing hot lava shooting more than 50 metres into the...

PNG leader Marape says extraordinary weather causing disasters
Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], May 30: Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape on Wednesday blamed "extraordinary rainfall" and...