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An emergency summit of Arab and Islamic country leaders held in Doha has condemned Israel's cowardly attack on Hamas leaders in the Qatari capital, but the participants made no promises of concrete action. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)'s pledge to activate a joint defence mechanism may have been the most actionable result of the summit, which was opened by Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who called the Israeli bombing blatant, treacherous, and cowardly.

Last week, Nepal's government ordered authorities to block 26 social media platforms for not complying with a deadline to register with Nepal's ministry of communication and information technology. Platforms such as Instagram and Facebook have millions of users in Nepal, who rely on them for entertainment, news and business. But the government had justified its ban, implemented last week, in the name of tackling fake news, hate speech and online fraud.

Gold was little changed on Monday but could face some selling pressure if investors move to profit-taking after last week's record highs. However, the metal remains firmly supported near peak levels, underpinned by expectations of Federal Reserve easing and strong institutional demand. Markets continue to price in a 25-basis-point rate cut this week following signs of labour market weakness, with traders also factoring in the prospect of further reductions into next year.

They said that in the starved and besieged enclave, most commercial, agricultural and industrial assets have been damaged or destroyed, while unemployment has surged to over 80 percent, gross domestic product (GDP) has dramatically shrunk, and trade has stalled. Poverty is endemic. Famine has been declared, wrote the experts, in reference to the UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report last month that officially declared famine in parts of Gaza.

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India boycotts Pakistan across all forums except multinational cricket. And that's because it stands to lose too much money. India's most recent encounter with Pakistan in the Asia Cup was celebrated as a patriotic spectacle: a win dedicated to the armed forces and those affected by the Pahalgam attack. Such declarations, however, expose something deeper: a strategy of playing politics with sport, hypocrisy masked as principle.

The letter, which has more than 500 signatures and been widely reported by the Israeli media, says legal standards of genocide are being "diluted" for "ideological ends" and argues that Hamas is "the only party to legally meet the requirements of the elements of the crime of genocide." It denounces a separate resolution by the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS),

The 30-year-old has been able to check that the roof was repaired and that crops are growing tangible proof that the money he sent home had reached his family safely. Sending money was the simplest way for me to feel connected to my family, Park says, adding that he worries that without it, his brother might be drafted and sent to fight in Russia because his family will not have enough to pay bribes to get fake medical certificates so as to be exempt.

"It is true that the circulated video shows only the courtyard. However, the damage extended to the museum's main hall, where a number of artefacts and photographs are on display, as well as to the museum's doors, windows, and storage rooms," Amida Sholan, an archaeologist and professor at Sanaa University, tells The Art Newspaper. Sholan, who was outside Yemen when the attack occurred, says she has not yet been able to confirm with colleagues whether any artefacts were damaged.

South Korea's government has said it will launch an investigation into whether human rights violations were committed when hundreds of its citizens were detained in a US immigration raid. About 475 people, mostly South Korean nationals, were arrested at the construction site of an electric vehicle battery factory in the US state of Georgia on 4 September. The raid was the largest single-site operation conducted since the US president, Donald Trump, launched a sweeping immigration crackdown.

NATO's air power is not just purely advanced fighter jets and stealth bombers, but more so the men and women in uniform that operate and maintain these air forces. Countries like Turkey and France have formidable air forces within the Alliance, but they all fall short of the US Air Force in terms of tech and scale. The USAF, in fact, has more personnel than many NATO militaries in total,

Javier Milei has lost his lucky star. His redeeming power, emanating from the forces of heaven, as he often likes to say, was mercilessly crushed at the September 7 election in Buenos Aires province by Kirchnerist Peronism, the very embodiment of all possible evils in Milei's view. The unexpected and resounding result in favor of the left a difference of almost 14 points, a million votes exposed the king.

A man running a sex ring operating out of Dubai's most glamorous neighbourhoods, and exploiting vulnerable women, has been identified by a BBC investigation. Charles Mwesigwa, who says he is a former London bus driver, told our undercover reporter he could provide women for a sex party at a starting price of $1,000 (740), adding that many can do "pretty much everything" clients want them to.

It was a series of corrections to stories already out there, Harry told The Guardian during an interview which took place during his surprise visit to war-torn Ukraine on Friday, following four days in London. One point of view had been put out and it needed to be corrected. I don't believe that I aired my dirty laundry in public, the California-based Duke of Sussex continued. It was a difficult message, but I did it in the best way possible. My conscience is clear.

Sushila Karki was appointed Nepal's new interim prime minister on Friday the first woman to hold the position. It came after violent demonstrations left at least 72 people dead and thousands injured, and forced Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli to step down from his post. The revolt by members of Gen Z, a term referring to people born roughly between 1997 and 2012 was triggered by a short-lived government-imposed social media ban and anger about widespread corruption and economic hardship in the Himalayan nation.

Recent developments show that capital is flowing back into risk assets, with Bitcoin continuing to assert its role due to its sensitivity to monetary policy expectations. One of the key factors supporting Bitcoin during this period is institutional capital inflows. Net inflows into U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have picked up again after a sluggish phase, helping to thicken market liquidity. Just last week, net inflows into spot Bitcoin ETFs reached nearly $2.3 billion, marking the strongest week since mid-July.

South Korea's negotiations with the U.S. on a trade deal to lower tariffs have stalled amid concerns over the foreign exchange implications of a $350 billion investment fund, part of an agreement reached with President Donald Trump in July. What has Japan agreed to? South Korean officials, who had argued that the package would mostly comprise loans and guarantees with limited direct investment, said last week they could not accept terms similar to those of a $550 billion investment package finalised this month by Japan.

"I do not think the timing of Iron Mace is in response to any particular event, but it is an overdue exercise to learn effective ways to prevent and counter a possible North Korean nuclear threat," said Chun In-bum, a retired lieutenant general in the South Korean army and now a senior fellow with the National Institute for Deterrence Studies. "And even though we may not be able to link these exercises with a single event in the North, it is clear that the North is becoming increasingly militarily capable and the alliance needs to be prepared for a possible nuclear scenario on the peninsula in order to prevent it," he told DW.

According Bessent, the proposed deal is " between two private parties," with the key commercial terms already agreed upon, ahead of this week's TikTok sell-off deadline in the U.S. The big Trade Meeting in Europe between The United States of America, and China, has gone VERY WELL! A deal was also reached on a 'certain' company that young people in our Country very much wanted to save. They will be very happy! I will be speaking to President Xi on Friday."

All that's left is for them to shoot at the buildings we're sitting in, damn it, sums up a senior official who is close to President Nicolas Maduro. The Venezuelan leader and his closest circle initially thought, when a military fleet was deployed on the border with Venezuelan waters, that it was a U.S. tactic to open up some kind of political negotiation. As the days passed, however, they have become convinced that Washington is preparing for an invasion.

Experts believe that any effective strategy to address the incursions must be focused on deterring Russian President Vladimir Putin. And despite earlier promises to impose stricter sanctions on Russia if President Putin does not end the war in Ukraine, President Donald Trump now says that the U.S. will only carry through with those sanctions if NATO member states do the same and end all purchases of Russian oil.

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Nvidia had failed to fully comply with provisions outlined when it acquired Mellanox Technologies, an Israeli-US supplier of networking products, China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) said on Monday. Beijing conditionally approved the US chipmaker's acquisition of Mellanox in 2020. Monday's statement came as US and Chinese officials prepared for more talks in Madrid over trade, with a tariff truce between the world's two largest economies set to expire in November.

The proposed increase seeks to guarantee a fair and proportional contribution, based on the intensive use of infrastructure and specialized human resources,

Some had worried the conditions may have led to some supporters not turning out but the doubters were proved wrong with the stands full to witness the Red Roses break their own world record of consecutive wins as the victory took them to 31 in a row. The quarter-final also proved to be the hottest ticket in town with the USA player Ilona Maher returning after watching Canada's win against Australia on Saturday and the former England goalkeeper Mary Earps was also in the stands.