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Challenges, opportunities of Palestinian self-governance post-Gaza truce 22 Oct 2025 - 09:50 am
Former head of the Legal Committee to the Palestinian Negotiations Team (1994–2008)  Hiba Husseini (second right), Co-founder and CEO of the Institute for Social and Economic Progress  Obada Shtaya (second left),  Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations Hugh Lovatt (first right) and Director of the European Middle East Project Martin Konecny during the event.
Pakistan navy ship seizes drugs worth nearly $1 bn in Arabian Sea 22 Oct 2025 - 08:23 am
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UAE welcomes Pakistan-Afghanistan ceasefire, commends Qatar, Turkiye mediation 22 Oct 2025 - 12:00 am
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Louvre director faces grilling over $102 million jewels heist 21 Oct 2025 - 11:43 pm
French police officers stand in front of the Louvre Museum after a robbery, in Paris on October 19, 2025. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP)
Nigeria fuel truck explosion kills at least 29 21 Oct 2025 - 11:10 pm
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Tensions flare between Musk and NASA over Moon mission 21 Oct 2025 - 10:59 pm
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Only 986 out of 6,600 aid trucks entered Strip since ceasefire began: Gaza Media Office 21 Oct 2025 - 10:05 pm
Palestinian children gather to receive food portions from a charity kitchen in the Nuseirat refugee camp, located in the central Gaza Strip, on October 21, 2025. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
Nepal's 'hidden' mountains draw new wave of climbers 21 Oct 2025 - 08:59 pm
In this handout photograph taken on October 15, 2025, a French mountaineer makes his way near the summit of Jannu East, the first ascent of the 7,468 m peak in eastern Nepal. (Photo by Thibaut Marot / AFP)
World Bank estimates Syria reconstruction cost at $216 billion 21 Oct 2025 - 08:24 pm
File: This picture taken on March 12, 2020 shows an aerial view of the town of Afis, which has sustained widespread destruction due to heavy fighting and air-strikes by pro-Syrian regime forces, in the northwestern Idlib province. (Photo by Omar Haj Kadour / AFP
Trump not to meet Putin in 'immediate future': US official 21 Oct 2025 - 07:55 pm
US President Donald Trump speaks during a
Sanae Takaichi elected Japan PM, unveils cabinet lineup 21 Oct 2025 - 06:51 pm
Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 21, 2025. (Eugene Hoshiko/AP/Pool via Xinhua)
Indonesia targets 82.9 mln beneficiaries for free meal program by March 2026 21 Oct 2025 - 06:34 pm
A staff member loads lunch plates on the first day of a free-meal programme at Muhammadiyah high school in Sidoarjo on January 6, 2025. Photo by Juni KRISWANTO / AFP
Driving licence suspension dodgers run out of road in EU 21 Oct 2025 - 04:23 pm
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Over 300,000 migratory birds expected to flock to China's Guangdong 21 Oct 2025 - 01:51 pm
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Italy births down again, fertility at historic low 21 Oct 2025 - 01:13 pm
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Indonesia to repatriate british grandmother on death row in drug case 21 Oct 2025 - 12:53 pm
British national Lindsay Sandiford, who was later sentenced to death in 2013 on the island of Bali. Photo by Sonny Tumbelaka / AFP
GCC Secretary-General meets Chair of UK Parliament's International Trade Committee 21 Oct 2025 - 12:52 pm
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Russia downplays swift meeting to prepare for Trump-Putin summit 21 Oct 2025 - 12:04 pm
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