Zelensky says he is willing to meet Putin if direct talks can end the war
The Ukrainian president said personal hostility would not rule out a face-to-face meeting if it helps stop the fighting.
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China retaliates after US tariff move with new duties, export controls and Google probe
Beijing has answered Washington’s tariff hike with its own duties on US goods, tighter mineral controls and an antitrust probe into Google.
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Russian missile strike on Izium kills four and injures 20
Ukrainska Pravda said a ballistic missile hit central Izium, leaving rescue crews searching rubble and one person trapped under debris.
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Djibouti says drone strike killed eight armed-group members near Ethiopian border
The government said a strike at Addorta targeted FRUDA members accused of threatening military posts, while acknowledging unspecified harm among civilians and disputing reports about the location.
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Trump proposes US ownership of Gaza and permanent Palestinian resettlement
The president offered no legal mechanism or operational plan for taking control of the territory, and did not rule out deploying American troops to support its redevelopment.
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UN condemns deadly strikes on civilians in Sudan
The United Nations condemned recent strikes on civilians in Sudan after attacks that the supplied report said left a large number of people dead.
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U.S. President Donald Trump says he is stopping funding to South Africa over a land seizure law
2025-02-03 event: U.S. President Donald Trump says he is stopping funding to South Africa over a land seizure law
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Seven killed in armed attack in San Luis Río Colorado, authorities investigate Los Rusos
Authorities in Sonora were investigating an armed attack in San Luis Río Colorado after seven bodies were found in the colonia México neighborhood.
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Azerbaijan says security operation in Qusar neutralized eight suspects and arrested six
Report.az said a counterterror operation in Qusar targeted a radical group linked to international networks, with the title saying eight were neutralized and six detained.
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Israeli forces kill 70 in West Bank this year, Palestinian ministry says
The Palestinian Health Ministry said Israeli forces had killed 70 people in the occupied West Bank since January 1, including 38 in Jenin, as raids intensified after the Gaza ceasefire.
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Rebel attack in Central African Republic kills at least five soldiers in Kouki outpost assault
The February 3, 2025 attack in Ouham prefecture underscored how armed groups continue to challenge the state despite a 2019 peace deal.
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Senior Islamic State commander in Puntland surrenders to Somali police
Somali police said Abdirahman Shirwac Aw-Said, described as the head of an Islamic State assassination squad, gave himself up in Puntland after a years-long manhunt.
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Suspected Al-Shabaab gunmen abduct five chiefs in Kenya’s Mandera County
Suspected Al-Shabaab militants abducted five government-appointed chiefs while they were traveling toward El Wak in Kenya’s Mandera County, local officials said.
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Car Bomb Strikes Agricultural Workers Near Syria’s Manbij, Killing at Least 19
A vehicle packed with explosives detonated as a truck carrying farm workers passed on the outskirts of Manbij, leaving almost all of the reported dead women and at least 15 others wounded.
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Rubio makes first foreign trip to Panama and presses on Chinese influence around the canal
In his first overseas trip as secretary of state, Marco Rubio urged Panama to curb Chinese influence as U.S. concerns over the canal resurfaced.
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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa visits Saudi Arabia for his first trip since being named president to meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
2025-02-02 event: Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa visits Saudi Arabia for his first trip since being named president to meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
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Puntland says U.S. airstrikes killed 46 ISIS fighters in Somali mountain hideouts
Hiiraan Online reported Puntland officials claimed strikes in the Al-Miskad Mountains destroyed bunkers and shelters used by ISIS.
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Rafah crossing reopens as wounded Palestinian children begin entering Egypt
The first movement through Rafah in months sent injured children toward Egyptian hospitals while negotiators tried to hold the ceasefire framework together.
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Hamas releases three Israeli hostages as Israel frees 183 Palestinian prisoners
The exchange brought another fragile step in the ceasefire process, with Yarden Bibas among the hostages released and prisoners transferred from Israeli custody.
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RSF shelling kills at least 56 across greater Khartoum
Arab News Pakistan reported that artillery shelling and air strikes killed dozens in Sudan’s capital region as the war between the army and RSF intensified.
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Reports identify Ahmed Maeleminine as ISIL figure killed in Puntland strike
Somali outlets identified Ahmed Maeleminine, described as a senior recruiter, financier and external-operations organizer for ISIL, as the target killed in a February 1 US airstrike in Puntland.
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US strikes Islamic State targets in Somalia's Golis Mountains
The Trump administration said multiple operatives were killed and no civilians harmed, claims news organizations could not independently verify.
Read report »Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley kill two and wound ten
Lebanon’s health ministry says two people were killed and ten wounded in Israeli strikes on the Beqaa Valley amid a fragile ceasefire with Hezbollah.
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Sudan army says it has pushed into Bahri neighborhoods as RSF denies defeat
Radio Dabanga reported gains in eastern Khartoum North, including Teiba El Ahameda, while the RSF said it repelled the attack.
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