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FR
NY Times
5 months ago
For centuries, the bones of some six million people were buried in the catacombs beneath the city. Curators are trying to preserve and modernize the tunnels while maintaining the spooky ambience.
IR
NY Times
5 months ago
One potential off-ramp appeared when Iran offered a 10-point counterproposal for ending the war that President Trump called a significant step, if “not good enough.”
TW
France24
5 months ago
Taiwan's main opposition leader landed in China on Tuesday for a rare visit aimed at building cross-strait "peace", as the government warns Beijing will seek to stop US arms sales to the democratic i...
TW
France24
5 months ago
Taiwanese opposition leader Cheng Li-wun arrived in China on Tuesday for a six-day visit. Although she has long advocated for Taiwan’s independence, she is now working to improve relations with Beiji...
HU
France24
5 months ago
US Vice President JD Vance flew to Hungary on Monday to back nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban ahead of a closely contested parliamentary election. Vance said talks would cover bilateral ties,...
CN
NY Times
5 months ago
Long concerned about geopolitical crises, China redoubled efforts to secure energy security when President Trump started raising the stakes in his first term.
QA
Al Jazeera
5 months ago
Four astronauts from NASA’s Artemis II mission have broken the record for the farthest human travel from Earth.
IL
France24
5 months ago
An Israeli air strike killed at least 10 people and wounded several others near a school sheltering displaced Palestinians on Monday, health officials said, as violence strains a fragile US-backed Ga...
IL
Al Jazeera
5 months ago
Lebanon grows increasingly divided as escalating Israeli bombardment and ground invasion worsen displacement crisis.
HU
Al Jazeera
5 months ago
US vice president's Budapest trip highlights US-Hungary far-right alignment as Orban faces toughest electoral challenge.
IR
Al Jazeera
5 months ago
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says US forces are carrying out more strikes on Iran than any day since start of war.
AU
BBC
5 months ago
Almost nothing was known about the Royal Hill casino until the Thai military took control of it in December.
IR
BBC
5 months ago
The US president is in a delicate political position as the final hours to Tuesday's deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz tick down.
IR
NY Times
5 months ago
President Trump escalated his threats ahead of his pending Tuesday deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
IR
NY Times
5 months ago
As President Trump’s deadline for new attacks loomed, Iran conveyed its conditions through Pakistani intermediaries.
US
NY Times
5 months ago
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was “deeply concerned” that the rapper known for antisemitic and racist comments had been booked to perform at the Wireless Festival.
IR
BBC
5 months ago
The US president wants Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global energy route, before his Tuesday deadline.
Political analyst Trita Parsi says no one should be surprised that Iran has rejected the idea of a US ceasefire deal.