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Russia sentences stand-up comic to more than five years over war joke
04 February 2026News|Freedom of the Press A Russian comedian has been sentenced to more than five years in a penal colony for telling a ...
Gaza on the agenda as Turkiye’s Erdogan meets Egypt’s el-Sisi in Cairo
04 February 2026News|Recep Tayyip Erdogan Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi have condem...
Trump hails ‘excellent’ phone call with China’s Xi amid trade tensions
04 February 2026News|Xi Jinping United States President Donald Trump says he had an “excellent” phone call with Chinese President Xi...
Mixed emotions among Palestinians as Rafah crossing partially reopens
04 February 2026Palestinians wept with joy as the Rafah crossing with Egypt partially reopened, allowing a small number of people to ret...
Killing of Saif Gaddafi removes alternative to Libya’s rival governments
04 February 2026The killing of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the most prominent surviving son of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, remove...
Russian shelling kills seven in Ukrainian market, clouding Abu Dhabi talks
04 February 2026News|Russia-Ukraine war Russian forces have shelled Ukraine’s eastern city of Druzhkivka, killing at least seven peopl...
US border security chief withdrawing 700 immigration agents from Minnesota
04 February 2026United States border security chief Tom Homan has announced that the administration of President Donald Trump will “dr...
Mediators propose framework for crucial Iran-US talks this week
04 February 2026Mediators from Qatar, Turkiye and Egypt have presented Iran and the United States with a framework of key principles to ...
Libya’s top prosecutor launches probe into Saif al-Islam Gaddafi’s killing
04 February 2026News|Muammar Gaddafi Libyan prosecutors have launched a formal probe into the killing of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son ...
