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Aug 20, 20242 min read
Philippine says China coast guard are hindering confidence-building
MANILA - The Philippines on Tuesday said China's coast guard was not helping efforts to build confidence in the South China Sea, after...


Aug 19, 20242 min read
Pro-Palestinian protests loom ahead of first day of Democratic convention
CHICAGO - Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters were expected to gather at the Democratic National Convention on its opening...


Aug 19, 20244 min read
Blinken warns Israel and Hamas of last chance to end Gaza war
JERUSALEM/CAIRO - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned on Monday that the latest push for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release...


Aug 19, 20242 min read
Factbox-Gaza ceasefire talks: The main sticking points
JERUSALEM/CAIRO - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Israel stepping up diplomatic pressure in a last-ditch attempt to secure a...


Aug 17, 20244 min read
Gaza ceasefire talks paused with resumption planned next week
DOHA/CAIRO - Gaza ceasefire talks in Doha paused on Friday with negotiators to meet again next week seeking an agreement to end fighting...


Aug 16, 20243 min read
Gaza ceasefire negotiations extend to another day as death toll exceeds 40,000
DOHA/CAIRO - Negotiators were to meet in the Qatari capital Doha again on Friday in an effort to hammer out a Gaza ceasefire agreement as...


Aug 16, 20242 min read
Trump says he told Netanyahu to end Gaza war but criticizes ceasefire call
WASHINGTON/ BEDMINSTER, New Jersey - Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday he told Israeli Prime Minister...


Aug 16, 20241 min read
British and French foreign ministers to visit Middle East to urge de-escalation
LONDON - British and French foreign ministers will travel to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories to call for an urgent...


Aug 16, 20243 min read
Negotiators seek Gaza ceasefire deal in Qatar talks as death toll surpasses 40,000
DOHA/CAIRO - A new round of Gaza ceasefire talks was under way in the Qatari capital Doha on Thursday, officials said, with Israel's spy...


Aug 15, 20243 min read
Japan's Prime Minister Kishida to resign, paving way for new leader
TOKYO - Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday he would step down next month, succumbing to public disaffection over...


Aug 14, 20243 min read
Thai politics braces for shakeup after court dismisses PM Srettha Thavisin
BANGKOK - Thailand's Constitutional Court on Wednesday dismissed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and ruled he "grossly" violated ethics...


Aug 14, 20243 min read
Srettha Thavisin's dramatic rise and fall in Thai politics
BANGKOK - Srettha Thavisin won a parliamentary vote to become Thailand's prime minister last August, after a closely-fought election...
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