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A four-day truce agreed by Israel and Hamas is due to begin at 7 am (0500 GMT) on Friday, mediator Qatar has said. The beginning of the four-day truce on Friday will mark the first pause in fighting in nearly seven weeks of war. The…

Hamas has said that about 30 people were killed in an Israeli attack on a United Nations-affiliated school in the Jabalia refugee camp in Northern Gaza, as the clock ticks down on a planned truce between the Palestinian group and Israel.…

British Foreign Secretary, David Cameron met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem after visiting the south of the country to see for himself the communities affected by last month's Hamas attacks. Britain's Foreign Office…

European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex has said it will send more officers to Finland next week as the Nordic nation seeks to limit the number of asylum seekers coming via Russia. Helsinki has accused Moscow of funnelling some…

Vietnam's president, Vo Van Thuong, will visit Japan next week, a Vietnamese foreign ministry spokesperson said. The visits come as the two countries discuss strengthening their relations. Report says closer ties would confirm Vietnam's…

Indonesia's police have named the chief of the anti-corruption agency as a suspect in an extortion case involving an ex-minister who was detained last month on graft charges. Firli Bahuri, who heads the Corruption Eradication Commission,…

A Pakistani court has ordered authorities to produce former Prime Minister Imran Khan for trial on November 28 on charges of leaking state secrets, his lawyer said. Report says this would be his first public appearance since he was jailed…

Firefighters are continuing to battle a massive bushfire raging through suburbs in Perth's north that has destroyed homes, property, and other infrastructure, amid a rare spring heatwave in Western Australia, with temperatures expected to…

The UN refugee agency has urged Pakistan to halt the deportation of undocumented Afghan refugees during the harsh winter season, as police continued to search homes and expel Afghanis who had not already left. Islamabad last month…

New Zealand's National Party has reached an agreement with ACT New Zealand and New Zealand First to form a government, ending weeks of negotiations and political uncertainty with the country under a caretaker government. Report says the…