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‘Rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic’: Bonds erase the impact of Treasury’s intervention
Bond yields jumped Thursday, erasing the declines stemming from the Treasury Department’s unusual intervention in the debt market a day earlier. The 10-year Treasury bond yield rose as high as 4.71%, its highest level …
Myanmar military chief visits Bangkok as diplomatic offensive continues
Myanmar’s military chief has met Thailand’s top general in Bangkok during the former’s first international trip since assuming the role, as the post-coup leaders seek to boost their legitimacy. Myanmar’s military had o…
Assad officer extradited to Syria on war crimes charges for first time
Lebanon has handed Syria a former general who served under the ousted regime of Bashar al-Assad, in the first extradition of its kind since his government fell. Maj Gen Adel Issa, 67, is accused of a raft of crimes all…
More than two years after the killing of a five-year-old Palestinian child shook the world, the Israeli military has officially admitted to firing on the civil…
It had been a lengthy and productive meeting with the chief of staff to a Republican member of Congress. We had discussed United States policy towards Israel, …
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Paris Saint-Germain’s opening game of its title defence in the French league against Rennes has been relocated at short notice because of damage to the champio…
Impassable roads, crater-like potholes, burst water pipes, mountains of trash, and grinding poverty are part of everyday life in South Africa's communities. So…
Al Jazeera exposes atrocities committed against the Rohingya ethnic minority group during Myanmar’s civil war. Since Myanmar’s civil war escalated following a…
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Belgium's Prince Laurent has legally recognised 26-year-old former car salesman Clément Vandenkerckhove as his son and heir. Vandenkerckhove, the result of a…
A former Zambian minister was killed in last week's raid by security forces on a house linked to opposition leader Brian Mundubile a day after the presidential…
U.S. Army soldiers try to dismantle a floating bridge during a training exercise on a river in Yeoncheon, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Thursd…
An automatic license plate reader (ALPR) camera monitors traffic on August 19, 2026 in Silver Spring, Maryland. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption Mar…
