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Confusion clouds efforts to save Gaza ceasefire

14-02-2025 GAZA STRIP: The Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas has looked shaky since it came into force on 19 January but now looks the closest yet to totally falling apart. A senior Egyptian source told media that regional mediators Egypt and Qatar were “intensifying their diplomatic efforts in …

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UN estimates 1,400 killed in crackdown in Bangladesh

13-02-2025 UNITED NATIONS/ DKAKA: Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government tried to cling on to power using systematic, deadly violence against protesters that could amount to “crimes against humanity”, the UN has said. UN human rights investigators accused the deposed government of a brutal response to mass …

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Israel threatens to resume Gaza war

13-02-2025 JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatens to resume “intense fighting” in Gaza if Hamas fails to release captives held there by noon on Saturday. US President Donald Trump tells reporters “we’re going to take” Gaza and urges Jordan’s King Abdullah to allocate land for forcibly displaced Palestinians. Abdullah …

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