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Cuba thanks China for rice shipment amid worsening humanitarian conditions
24 May 2026Cuba has announced the first shipment in an expected donation from China of about 60,000 tonnes of rice, as the Caribbea...
Ecuador’s Noboa pledges to extradite criminals in State of the Union speech
24 May 2026News|Politics Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa has used his State of the Union speech to tout his United States-backed ...
Senegal parliament speaker steps down as political crisis worsens
24 May 2026The speaker of Senegal’s parliament says he is resigning, two days after his close ally was fired as prime minister in...
Israeli strikes kill six in southern Lebanon amid fresh evacuation orders
24 May 2026Israeli strikes have killed at least six people in southern Lebanon as the Israeli army issues fresh evacuation orders. ...
Iran recounts historic battles in response to Trump’s talk of agreement
24 May 2026Tehran, Iran – Iran and the United States have evoked historical and geographical references to the MENA region as the...
Bahrain jails nine defendants for life for ‘cooperating’ with Iran’s IRGC
24 May 2026News|Espionage Bahrain has sentenced nine people to life in prison for carrying out what authorities describe as “host...
Will the Texas primary run-off give Democrats a chance to flip the state?
24 May 2026Voters in Texas head to the polls on Tuesday for the Republican run-off in the highly contentious US Senate primary betw...
For third year in a row, Israel blocks Hajj pilgrimage for Gaza Muslims
24 May 2026Hanan al-Hams was among the 3,000 Palestinians from Gaza scheduled to travel for the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in 2024....
France bans Ben-Gvir: Which other Israeli leaders have been penalised?
24 May 2026France has banned Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from entering its territory, citing hi...
