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Israeli forces detain Palestinian women in West Bank raids

It was shortly after 1 a.m. Wednesday when Abdelrahman Badr said he heard footsteps outside his home in Hebron in the occupied West Bank. Soon Israeli forces were at his door, he said. They were looking for his wife.

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Indian government seeks to hire agency to recover body of 'Green Boots' climber from Mount Everest

The Indian government is looking to hire people to recover the decades-old remains of a climber known colloquially as "Green Boots" from Mount Everest.

Canada to ​join Eurovision song contest from 2027

Country is first to join since Australia in 2015 as event director says it ‘continues to welcome the world’Canada will ​join the Eurovision song contest in 2027, becoming the first new ⁠participant since Australia in 2015, organisers have announced.Participation is not limited to countries in geographic Europe and instead is open to all members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which Canada joined last week. Australia is an associate member. Continue reading...

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Xi Jinping urges Chinese Communist Party to speed up military buildup

President Xi Jinping said Wednesday that the ruling Chinese Communist Party must strengthen and further modernize its military forces and continue to embrace Marxist ideology.

Cash-strapped British military embarks on radical new course

Political and defense circles in Britain are in an uproar after the belated publication of a long-awaited Defense Investment Plan, with the prime minister and the opposition leader sparring Wednesday in fiery exchanges in Parliament.