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3+ hour, 25+ min ago   (1162+ words) By Middle East Correspondent London (The Muslim News): Israeli forces carried out a wave of air strikes and drone attacks across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least 14 Palestinians, including five children, despite a ceasefire agreement that came into…...

3+ hour, 54+ min ago   (275+ words) DAMASCUS (AFP): European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said Europe would do everything possible to assist Syria's recovery and reconstruction, after meeting President Ahmed Al-Sharaa on Friday in Damascus. Von der Leyen, the highest-ranking EU official to visit since…...

3+ hour, 57+ min ago   (336+ words) BEIRUT (AFP): Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi on Friday urged his visiting Iranian counterpart to find a "new approach" to the thorny issue of disarming the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group. Lebanon is under heavy US pressure to disarm Hezbollah, which…...

3+ hour, 58+ min ago   (126+ words) LONDON (AFP): Russia's use of an Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile in western Ukraine was "escalatory and unacceptable," the leaders of Britain, France and Germany agreed in a call on Friday, a UK government spokeswoman said. "It was clear Russia was…...

4+ hour ago   (260+ words) BEIRUT (AFP): Syria's Kurds are committed to agreements reached with the government, a senior official from their administration told AFP on Friday, despite days of violence in the northern city of Aleppo. The government and Kurdish forces have traded blame…...

4+ hour, 1+ min ago   (487+ words) WASHINGTON (Reuters) : U.S. job growth slowed more than expected in December amid business caution about hiring because of import tariffs and rising artificial intelligence investment, but the unemployment rate dipped "to 4.4%, supporting expectations the Federal Reserve would leave interest rates unchanged…...

4+ hour, 1+ min ago   (284+ words) ISLAMABAD: The benchmark KSE-100 Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Friday closed bearish, losing 1,133.34 points, a negative change of 0.61 percent, to settle at 184,409.67 points compared to 185,543.01 points on the previous trading day, according to PSX data. During the…...

4+ hour, 1+ min ago   (662+ words) BRUSSELS (Reuters) : EU states gave a provisional go-ahead on Friday for the bloc to sign its largest ever free trade accord with South American group Mercosur, more than 25 years since talks began and after months of wrangling to secure enough…...

4+ hour, 2+ min ago   (157+ words) ISLAMABAD: The Rupee on Friday appreciated by 03 paisa against the US Dollar in interbank trading and closed at Rs 280.02 compared to the previous day's closing at Rs 280.05. According to the Forex Association of Pakistan (FAP), the buying and selling rates…...

4+ hour, 15+ min ago   (795+ words) DUBAI (Reuters) : Iran was largely cut off from the outside world on Friday after authorities blacked out the internet to curb growing unrest, as video showed buildings ablaze in anti-government protests raging in several cities across the country. Rights groups…...