MF Husain was forced into exile; now his work finds permanent home in Qatar
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UNSC delegation meets Lebanon’s Aoun, tours south amid Israeli escalation
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Makeshift movie screenings in Gaza City bring children ‘out of the ruin’
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Japan, China continue to spar at UN over Takaichi remarks on Taiwan
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Ukrainian diver Lyskun switches allegiance to Russia, loses all medals
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Israel “art-washing its war crimes” through Eurovision
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LIVE: Israel sets military budget at $34bn, keeps attacking Gaza
blinking-dotLive updatesLive updates, LIVE: Israel sets military budget at $34bn, keeps attacking Gaza People in the enclave fear the resumption of the full-scale genocidal war as Israeli ceasefire violations persist.…
‘The homeland is the homeland’: Venezuelans brace for possible US attack
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