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Pro-Palestine protester Leqaa Kordia freed from US immigration detention
The 33-year-old Columbia University protester had been held in an immigration detention centre for a year.
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Four killed in Iraq’s Baghdad as US forces, Iran-backed groups trade fire
Attack on a house in Baghdad's Jadriyah kills four as witnesses report smoke and fire in the vicinity of the US embassy.
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Trump claims strikes on Iran prevented nuclear war
Donald Trump claimed he ordered strikes on Iran to prevent a nuclear conflict that would have turned into World War III.
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Trump seeks to delay meeting with China’s Xi by ‘month or so’ amid Iran war
The US president delays March 31-April 2 trip to China to focus on the escalating war against Iran.
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‘Fourth world nation’: Trump slams Somalia, Ilhan Omar
Speaking at the Oval office, US President Donald Trump stated that Somalia is a “fourth world nation.”
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Ten ICU patients killed in hospital fire in eastern India
Emergency responders carried patients out of a government hospital in Odisha, India.
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Who is answering Trump’s call for help with Strait of Hormuz?
Trump has criticised the response to his call to help protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz during the war on Iran.
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Trump threatens to ‘take’ Cuba as island grapples with nationwide blackout
Cuba has not received oil shipments since early January amid US pressure, worsening humanitarian crisis on the island.
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BBC files motion asking US court to throw out Trump’s $10bn lawsuit
US president sued BBC over 'Trump: A Second Chance?', seeking $5bn for defamation, $5bn for unfair trade practices.
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How big of a problem is the Strait of Hormuz for Donald Trump?
US president frustrated with unenthusiastic response after appealing for help wresting control of key strait from Iran.
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Hezbollah rocket hits a residential building in Israel’s Nahariya
Firefighters battled a blaze at a residential building in Nahariya, Israel after a Hezbollah rocket hit it.
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Israeli forces in southern Lebanon as ground operation announced
Israeli forces attacked multiple towns in southern Lebanon after announcing “limited and targeted ground operations."
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Trump says Hormuz Strait help ‘on the way’ as allies reject military action
US president refuses to identify which countries he says are responding to call for naval coalition to open trade route.
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Outrage as Afghan asylum seeker who fought alongside US dies in ICE custody
Family, advocates call for full probe after Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal dies less than 24 hours after being detained.
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Indian farmers dress up as bears to protect crops from monkeys
Farmers in northern India are dressing up in bear costumes to protect their crops from monkeys.
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Civilians pulled from rubble after US-Israeli strikes on Tehran
Rescuers have pulled civilians from the rubble after a new wave of US-Israeli strikes targeted Tehran.
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US responsible for deadly attack on Iranian school: Amnesty International
Rights group says Tomahawk missile likely used in Minab school strike that killed at least 170 people, mostly children.
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Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of killing 400 in attack on Kabul hospital
Pakistan denies the claim, saying it targeted military sites in Kabul and Nangahar on Monday.
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US, Israel now know ‘what kind of nation they are dealing with’
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says his country has shown it is ready to take the war “as far as necessary".
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How badly has the Iran war hit the global economy? The tell-tale signs
Oil and gas price hikes due to the war have rattled the global economy.
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