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Congo rushes to bury bodies from rebel offensive

06-02-2025 KINSHASA: Rebels in eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, began a ceasefire on Tuesday and people rushed to bury some 2,000 victims of last week’s battles for the city as they feared the spread of disease. The Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who captured Goma declared a ceasefire on Monday and largely …

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Modi invited to meet with Trump next week

05-02-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the White House next week, a White House official said, hours after a US military plane departed to return deported migrants to the country. Trump spoke with Modi on …

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Saudi Arabia won’t establish ties with Israel

05-02-2025 WASHINGTON: Saudi Arabia reiterates its stance against normalizing relations with Israel before a two-state solution has been reached, after US President Donald Trump said earlier that Riyadh has not made the establishment of a Palestinian state a condition for a peace deal with Israel. A statement from Saudi Arabia’s …

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US wants to take over Gaza Strip: Trump

05-02-2025 WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump pledged on Tuesday that the US would take over the war-ravaged Gaza Strip after Palestinians are resettled elsewhere and develop it economically, a move that would shatter decades of US policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Trump unveiled his surprise plan, without providing specifics, at a …

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