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Zohran Mamdani elected mayor of New York on winning night for Democrats

Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani was elected on Tuesday as the 111th mayor of New York City, defeating the former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa and making history as the city’s first Muslim mayor.

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As criticism grows, is UAE ready to walk away from Sudan’s RSF militia?

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Israel threatens to step up attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon

Israel has threatened to step up its attacks against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, a day after the Lebanese health ministry reported that four people had been killed in an Israeli airstrike.

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Gaza risks sliding into deadly limbo of ‘no war, no peace’, top Qatari diplomat warns

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Trump directs Pentagon to match Russia and China in nuclear weapons testing

US president makes threat after Russian nuclear-powered weapons tests and shortly before meeting with Chinese leader.

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Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 104 overnight as ceasefire looks increasingly fragile

Israeli airstrikes on Gaza overnight killed at least 104 Palestinians, including children, in what appeared to be the gravest challenge yet to the increasingly fragile US-brokered ceasefire and the deadliest day since the truce began.

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Palestinian factions say they agree to let independent technocrat committee run Gaza

The main Palestinian factions have said they have agreed that an independent committee of technocrats would take over the running of Gaza after Hamas said it had received “clear guarantees” from mediators that “the war has effectively ended”.

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Turkey likely to be excluded from Gaza stabilisation force after Israeli objection

Turkey will probably be excluded from the 5,000-strong stabilisation force that is to be set up inside Gaza after Israel made clear it did not want Turkish troops taking part.

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Pentagon chief announces another US military strike on alleged drug boat in Caribbean

The US has carried out another military strike against what it claimed was a vessel carrying illegal drugs in the Caribbean, killing six people onboard, the Pentagon chief, Pete Hegseth, said.