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- Hezbollah’s announcement comes after an overnight strike in Tehran that killed Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, which Hamas and Iran blamed on Israel
- An adviser to the leader of the Rapid Support Forces, the army’s rival in the war, denied that the paramilitary force was responsible for the strike
- People and creativity are on the move in the garage turned theater rather than cars, says CEO
- The US remains focused on a ceasefire in the 9-month-old Israeli war in Gaza “as the best way to bring the temperature down everywhere,” Blinken said
- “I just don’t see how a ceasefire is feasible right now with the assassination of the person you would have been negotiating with,” said Vali Nasr, a former US diplomat
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- Humayun World Heritage Site Museum in New Delhi opened for visitors on Tuesday
- Latest addition to 16th-century tomb complex ‘brings alive 700 years of heritage’
- Attack part of systematic targeting campaign against network’s journalists and their families since October, it says
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Stargazing at Hisma desert
Located 90 km west of Tabuk city in northwest Saudi Arabia, the desert of Hikma is fast becoming a center of “astro-tourism.” Hisma’s distance from high artificial light pollution makes it an ideal spot for observing stars, galaxies, passing meteors, and falling comets at night time, says Majed Abu Zahra, president of the Jeddah Astronomical Society.
Standing stone circles of AlUla
A study that examined 431 standing stone circles at various sites in Harrat Uwayrid in AlUla concludes that people living in that part of Saudi Arabia’s northwest during the Neolithic era, or the later part of the Stone Age, were not merely simple pastoralists but had distinctive architecture, domesticated animals, jewelry, and diverse tools.
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Russia-Ukraine Conflict
- The Czech government, a staunch supporter of Ukraine as it struggles to stave off the Russian invasion, has given at least 62 of its tanks to Kyiv
- Prague has also increased its defense spending and seeks to modernize its army
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- The former Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund mentor said: “I didn’t decide to stop on a whim, it was a general decision“
- “It was just time to step aside and put the whole thing to rest“
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