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Pakistan’s jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan called late Tuesday for more supporters to join protests over his incarceration in the capital, after a day of deadly confrontations between marchers and security forces.Convoys of pro-Khan demonstrators have been marching on Islamabad since Sunday, hauling aside roadblocks and skirmishing with police and paramilitary forces firing volleys of …

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Six men linked to France midfielder Paul Pogba, including one of his brothers, went on trial in Paris on Tuesday accused of blackmail, attempted extortion of millions of euros and holding the player at gunpoint.The case at the Paris criminal court has shocked the French football world — all the more so because the alleged …

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Israel’s security cabinet convened to discuss a proposed ceasefire in its war with Hezbollah in Lebanon on Tuesday, as a flurry of air strikes hit central Beirut.The United States, European Union, United Nations and G7, among others, have pushed for a halt to the long-running hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, which escalated into full-scale war …

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French prosecutors on Tuesday demanded sentences of up to 15 years for the remaining co-defendants in the trial of a man charged with enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his wife while she was drugged and unconscious.On Monday, prosecutors requested a maximum 20-year jail term for Dominique Pelicot, 71, who has been on trial in …

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Moscow on Tuesday vowed to retaliate after announcing Ukraine had struck Russian military installations with US-supplied weapons, after President Vladimir Putin had warned Kyiv and the West against the missile attacks.Moscow and Kyiv have been ratcheting up their deadly aerial broadsides with increasingly sophisticated weapons over recent days, spurring fears the conflict could further escalate.Ukraine first …

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Israel’s security cabinet was set to discuss a proposed ceasefire in its war with Hezbollah in Lebanon Tuesday afternoon, as a hail of air strikes encircled south Beirut in what state media called a “belt of fire”.The United States, European Union, United Nations and G7, among others, have pushed for a halt to the long-running …

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Fewer people contracted HIV last year than at any point since the rise of the disease in the late 1980s, the United Nations said Tuesday, warning that this decline was still far too slow.Around 1.3 million people contracted the disease in 2023, according to the new report from the UNAIDS agency.That is still more than …

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Pakistani protesters demanding the release of ex-prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday killed four members of the nation’s security forces, the government said, as the crowds defied police and closed in on the capital’s centre.Convoys of pro-Khan demonstrators have been marching on Islamabad since Sunday, hauling aside roadblocks and skirmishing with police and paramilitary forces …

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French prosecutors on Tuesday demanded sentences of up to 14 years for some of the remaining co-defendants of a man charged with enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his wife while she was drugged and unconscious.On Monday, prosecutors requested a maximum 20-year jail term for Dominique Pelicot, who has been on trial in the southern …

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French prosecutors on Tuesday sought sentences of up to 14 years for some of the remaining co-defendants in the trial of a man charged with enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his wife while she was drugged and unconscious.The requests were made one day after prosecutors requested a maximum 20-year jail term for Dominique Pelicot, …

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