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New Zealand readies for impact of Cyclone Gabrielle

New Zealand’s prime minister warned residents to hunker down and prepare an evacuation plan as a cyclone began pummelling the northern tip of the country Cyclone Gabrielle is forecast to envelop the upper half of the North Island over a 48-hour period from Sunday evening, two weeks after parts of the same region experienced devastating …

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Army foils drug smuggling attempt at Syrian border

Border patrols on Sunday stopped an attempt to smuggle large amounts of drugs out of Syrian territory through the Jordan-Syria border A Jordan Armed Forces – Arab Army source said in a statement that border guards intercepted a group of smugglers attempting to cross into Jordanian territory from Syria. The troops engaged the smugglers, injuring …

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Azeri ambassador praises ties with Jordan on their 30th anniversary

Azerbaijan’s Ambassador in Amman Eldar Salimov praised his country’s relations with Jordan in various political, diplomatic, economic, and cultural fields In a statement released Sunday marking the 30th anniversary of Jordanian-Azeri ties, Salimov said Jordan was among the first countries that recognized Azerbaijan as an independent state in 1991 The ambassador expressed hope for increased …

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Scores of extremist settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque

 Dozens of Jewish extremist settlers early Sunday stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque/ al-Haram al-Sharif compound in occupied East Jerusalem A statement by the General Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem said that the settlers carried out today’s raids under the heavy protection of Israeli police, who restricted Muslim worshippers’ access to the mosque and seized their identification …

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Turkey-Syria earthquake death toll passes 28,000 as rescue hopes dwindle

Unrest in southern Turkey has disrupted rescue efforts in some places following Monday’s deadly earthquake, three rescue groups have said The death toll in Turkey and Syria from the quake has surpassed 28,000, and hope of finding many more survivors is fading despite some miraculous rescues German rescuers and the Austrian army paused search operations …

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US and Canada military shoot down new unidentified object

Another unidentified object has been shot down over North American airspace, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has confirmed He said the latest object “violated Canadian airspace” and was shot down over Yukon in north-west Canada Both Canadian and US aircraft were scrambled to track down the object which Mr Trudeau says was taken out by …

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New areas under threat as Chile fires rage, mercury rises

Forest fires that have killed 26 people and left thousands homeless in south-central Chile in the past week threatened new regions Tuesday as temperatures soared Some 5,600 firefighters, the majority of them volunteers, are actively battling 81 priority blazes out of 301 still burning, according to authorities As international help in the form of personnel …

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Türkiye and Russia developing new payment system – diplomat

An alternative to Russia’s Mir could be developed by summer, an ambassador announced Moscow and Ankara are working on an alternative to replace the Russian payment system Mir after the US threatened Türkiye with sanctions for servicing its cards, Russia’s ambassador there, Aleksey Yerkhov, said on Thursday Mir was developed by the Central Bank of …

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