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Hamas to stay out of Gaza truce talks but may meet mediators afterwards

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas said on Wednesday it would not take part in a new round of Gaza ceasefire talks slated for Thursday in Qatar, but an official briefed on the talks said

Archaeologists unearth bodies in Peruvian temple up to 3,800 years old

LIMA (Reuters) - Archaeologists have unearthed four human remains believed to be more than 3,000 years old in a stretch of barren land in northern Peru that appears to have housed a ceremonial temple

Russia jails US citizen for 15 days for petty hooliganism

MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Moscow court sentenced U.S. citizen Joseph Tater to 15 days in jail on Wednesday for petty hooliganism, according to a Telegram channel monitoring the city's courts. Russian news

Lula, Petro to discuss Venezuela situation on Wednesday, sources say

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro are set to hold a phone call on Wednesday to discuss the situation in Venezuela after a

Biden calls for release of Austin Tice, abducted in Syria in 2012

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden called on Wednesday for the immediate release of Austin Tice, a former U.S. Marine and a freelance journalist who was kidnapped in Syria in August 2012.

UK condemns Israeli minister’s ‘provocative’ visit to Al-Aqsa mosque compound

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain strongly condemns Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's visit to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound known to Jews as Temple Mount, British foreign minister David Lammy said

Jamaica declares southern state of emergency after Sunday night killings

KINGSTON (Reuters) - Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Wednesday declared a state of emergency in the Caribbean nation's southern Clarendon parish after eight people were killed in separate

UCLA must protect Jewish students’ access to campus, judge rules

By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - The University of California in Los Angeles cannot allow pro-Palestinian protesters to block Jewish students from accessing campus buildings, classes and services, a federal

China says closely monitoring orbit area of its rocket explosion

Beijing, Aug 14 (PTI) China on Wednesday said it has taken measures and is closely monitoring the orbit area of its rocket, which...

Student leaders in Bangladesh vow to resist potential ‘chaos’ by Hasina’s Awami League on Thursday

Dhaka, Aug 14 (PTI) Student leaders in Bangladesh on Wednesday vowed to resist any potential "chaos" by Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League party activists...

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Make it a Fundamental Right of every religionist to propagate, convert: TT Krishnamachari

On 6 December 1948, TT Krishnamachari spoke in the Constituent Assembly during a debate on Article 19, supporting it as it is, including how it's framed in the matter of religion.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

Iran’s Shahab-3, India’s Agni-1 to US’s Minuteman III—ballistic missile arsenals, who has what

Iran used Shahab-3, along with Fattah-1 hypersonic missiles, to attack Israel after the killing of Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah in air strikes on Lebanon's Beirut.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?