Trump turns on Meloni, saying she lacks ‘courage’ over US-Israel war on Iran
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Iran war: What is happening on day 46 of the US-Iran conflict?
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Orbán era swept away by Péter Magyar's Hungary election landslide
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At least 30 feared dead in crush at Haitian tourist site
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Pakistan hosts historic face-to-face talks between the US and Iran
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Israeli drone attack kills Palestinians near Gaza mosque
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Iran war: What is happening on day 42 of US-Israeli attacks?
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He's Australia's most decorated soldier. Now he's at the centre of a historic war crimes case
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Iran war: What is happening on day 40 of US-Israeli attacks?
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Iran ceasefire deal gives Trump a way out of war - but at a high cost
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Locals dispute Nigerian army claim of 31 rescued after Easter attack
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Will Hungary's far-right leader Viktor Orban be voted out of power?
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<a href='https://news.sky.com/story/iran-war-latest-trump-tehran-us-israel-kharg-island-netanyahu-lebanon-strikes-drone-live-sky-news-13509565?postid=11458523#liveblog-body' target='_blank'>French-owned ship transits through Iran-controlled Strait of Hormuz route</a>
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Trump's criticism of NATO raises questions of whether — or how — the U.S. could leave
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How Israel is destroying healthcare infrastructure in southern Lebanon
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Myanmar's coup leader who set off a brutal civil war becomes president
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Israel’s death penalty law is not about executing Palestinians
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‘It all depends on the crop’: Gulf crisis hits South Asia farmers
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25 years ago today, a mid-air collision sparked an 11-day U.S.–China standoff
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Kherson, Ukraine: A hometown changed (Pt. 1)
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Israel says four soldiers killed as army pushes deeper into south Lebanon
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Iran’s IRGC claims attacks on UAE, Bahrain aluminium facilities
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Yemen's Houthi rebels enter the fighting in the Middle East
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Nepal's ex-PM arrested over fatal protest crackdown
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Iran's war propaganda includes memes directed at Trump
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Nepal swears in ex-rapper as new prime minister
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Warning oil rise to $150 could trigger global recession
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IEA chief warns of ‘very severe’ global energy crisis
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How the Iran war is wasting American resources
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Iran's cultural heritage sites are being damaged by American and Israeli strikes
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'Everybody was wearing black.' How the Iranian diaspora is observing Nowruz amid war
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Australia PM heckled at Sydney mosque Ramadan event
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Iran war hinders the flow of U.N. aid through the Gulf to communities in need
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How the Iran war has left Europe facing yet another energy crisis
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South Africans say criminal gangs are exploiting the water crisis
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Death of Ali Larijani deepens crisis at heart of Iran's leadership
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Dozens killed after Afghanistan rehab centre struck
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Gas on the line: will the Iran war squeeze India's piped gas next?
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An Iranian-American writer describes the "vertigo" he feels about the war
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'A new norm': BBC visits Doha market starting to fill up again two weeks into Iran war
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