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Hamas says ready to start Gaza ceasefire talks immediately

AFP Hamas said it was ready to start talks “immediately” on a proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, where the civil defence agency said Israel’s ongoing offensive killed 20 people

Bangladeshi held in Malaysia for ‘funding Islamic State in Syria

Int’l Desk Malaysia’s police chief says authorities in the country have dismantled a network among Bangladeshi expatriate workers in the country that used social media to spread extremist ideology and

Pakistan army kills 30 militants trying to cross from Afghanistan

AFP, Islamabad: Pakistan’s army said Friday it had killed 30 militants attempting to cross the border from Afghanistan over the last three days, after a suicide attack killed 16 soldiers

82 Palestinians killed in Gaza, including 38 people waiting for aid

Int’l Desk: Airstrikes and shootings killed 82 Palestinians in Gaza overnight; including 38 who were trying to access desperately needed humanitarian aid, according to hospitals and the Gaza Health Ministry

Iran judiciary says Israeli strike on Tehran’s Evin prison killed 71

Int’l Desk: An Israeli strike on Tehran’s Evin prison during this month’s 12-day war killed at least 71 people, Iran’s judiciary said Sunday, days after a ceasefire ended hostilities between

Israel kills 81 Palestinians in 24 hrs, over 56,400 dead since October 2023

Int’l Desk: At least 81 Palestinians have been killed and 422 injured in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, the enclave’s Health Ministry reported on