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NEW DELHI — Heavy rains and strong winds are battering India’s southern Andhra Pradesh state as a severe cyclonic storm makes landfall. Nine people, including a child, have died in Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring Tamil Nadu state in rain-related incidents. Authorities have evacuated thousands of people from low-lying areas in …

Israel’s military is advancing into southern Gaza in a push that ushers in a new phase of its war against Hamas — and an increasingly perilous situation for Palestinian civilians who have few safe places left to flee. Israel says Hamas leaders who planned the Oct. 7 attack are sheltering …

The Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory Lynn Hastings warned of the deteriorating situation in the Gaza Strip.“The conditions required to deliver aid to the people of Gaza do not exist. If possible, an even more hellish scenario is about to unfold, one in which humanitarian operations may not …

WASHINGTON — A huge explosion has destroyed at least one home in a suburb of Washington DC as police executed a search warrant, authorities said. Before the blast in Arlington, Virginia, police said someone from inside the house had fired shots as officers tried to enter. Police said earlier they …

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: Israel says three of its soldiers killed in Gaza fighting on Monday Israel is considering flooding Gaza tunnels with seawater to drive out Hamas fighters – WSJ GAZA, Dec 5 (Reuters) – Israeli forces pressed ahead with their air and ground bombardment of southern Gaza Strip, killing and …

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro greets supporters during an electoral referendum in Caracas. (Reuters) Guyana said yesterday it would remain “vigilant” after Venezuelans voted overwhelmingly in favour of claiming an oil-rich border region that makes up more than two-thirds of its territory.“We have to always remain vigilant. Of course, our monitoring …

JAKARTA — Eleven hikers have been found dead near the crater of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi volcano after it erupted over the weekend, rescuers say. Twelve others are missing and the search was suspended on Monday after another, smaller eruption. There were 75 hikers in the area during the main eruption …

YONAGUNI, Japan, Dec 5 (Reuters) – Sonkichi Sakihara recalls chancing upon some of the last refugees to arrive on Yonaguni: four men who had sailed more than 2,000 kilometres from Vietnam to reach Japan’s westernmost inhabited island. It was 1977. “I was out checking for stowaways from Taiwan when I …

The Turkish authorities rescued 11 irregular migrants and seized 34 others off the coast of Izmir province in the Aegean Sea in the west of the country.The Coast Guard Command said in a statement that its teams rescued 11 migrants after their boat broke down off the Foca district in …

DUBAI — The president of the ongoing UN climate talks Sultan Al-Jaber has hit back at claims that he denies a core part of climate science. It follows his earlier comments that there was “no science” behind requiring the end of fossil fuels in order to limit temperature rise to …