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4 days ago | 
theguardian.com | Hannah Ellis-Petersen |Shah Meer Baloch |William Christou
India and Pakistan have agreed to a US-mediated ceasefire with immediate effect, ending days of escalating clashes between the two nuclear-armed countries, which had prompted concerns of a wider war. The ceasefire was first announced by US president, Donald Trump, on Saturday afternoon, after 48 hours of diplomacy between India and Pakistan, apparently brokered by US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and vice-resident, JD Vance.
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1 week ago | 
theguardian.com | William Christou
Israeli warplanes have carried out a series of airstrikes outside Damascus and across Syria, after warnings from Israeli officials that the country would intervene to protect the Syria’s minority Druze sect. The airstrikes targeted a Syrian military site in the Damascus suburb of Harasta, as well as hitting unknown targets in Deraa province in south Syria and Hama province in north-west Syria.
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2 weeks ago | 
msn.com | William Christou
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2 weeks ago | 
eldiario.es | William Christou
Al menos 16 civiles y miembros de las fuerzas de seguridad han muerto en enfrentamientos en una localidad al sur de Damasco, según el Ministerio del Interior sirio, en el segundo día consecutivo de combates en zonas habitadas mayoritariamente por la minoría religiosa drusa en los alrededores de la capital siria.
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2 weeks ago | 
theguardian.com | William Christou
At least 11 civilians and security officials were killed in clashes in a town near Damascus on Wednesday, state media reported, the second consecutive day of fighting in Druze-majority areas around Syria’s capital. Reports said fighting had started overnight in the town of Ashrafiah Sahnaya, south-west of Damascus, after unknown gunmen attacked a security checkpoint.
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2 weeks ago | 
theguardian.com | William Christou
Israel conducted an airstrike on a residential neighbourhood of Dahiyeh in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Sunday afternoon despite a November ceasefire that officially ended fighting with the militant group Hezbollah. Videos showed three bombs hitting a building in Dahiyeh and rescue crews working to extinguish blazes after the blast; however, no casualties were reported. The Israeli military issued an evacuation warning before the bombing, prompting panic as residents fled the area.
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2 weeks ago | 
theguardian.com | Amy Sedghi |Tom Ambrose |Sam Jones |Harriet Sherwood |William Christou |Angela Giuffrida | +5 more
Italy’s interior minister says 400,000 mourners in St Peter’s Square and surrounding area for funeral of Pope Francis
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2 weeks ago | 
theguardian.com | William Christou
Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy used their time at the Vatican while attending the funeral of Pope Francis to discuss a possible ceasefire with Russia, with the Ukrainian president releasing a photo of a seemingly intense conversation in Saint Peter’s Basilica. The White House described the meeting as “very productive”, while Zelenskyy said on X that the talk with the US president was very symbolic and “has potential to become historic, if we achieve joint results”.
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2 weeks ago | 
theguardian.com | William Christou
An immense blast in Iran’s southern port of Shahid Rajaee has wounded at least 516 people, according to state media. The cause of the explosion in the southern city of Bandar Abbas was unknown, with the director general of the province’s crisis management saying the body was working to determine the cause of the incident. A local crisis management official told state TV that several containers exploded in the port, without mentioning what triggered the explosion.
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3 weeks ago | 
theguardian.com | William Christou
Jordan’s interior ministry announced on Wednesday that it was shutting down the Jordanian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, and banned promoting the “ideology” or being a member of the Islamist political group. The ban came a week after Jordan said they had arrested 16 members of the Muslim Brotherhood they accused of threatening national security by training militants, making explosives and plotting to strike targets in Jordan with rockets and drones.
