Major airlines have once again suspended flights to Israel – here’s the list – All Israel News

  1. Major airlines have once again suspended flights to Israel – here's the list  All Israel News
  2. Major airlines suspend Tel Aviv routes after missile lands near Ben Gurion Airport  USA Today
  3. The growing missile threat from Yemen: How Israel is handling the Houthis’ aggression -opinion  The Jerusalem Post
  4. These Airlines Extend Suspension of Flights to Israel  Haaretz
  5. Israel intercepts missile launched by Yemen’s Houthis  Al Jazeera
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‘If Pakistan does something, response will be more devastating’: PM Modi told JD Vance – Times of India

  1. 'If Pakistan does something, response will be more devastating': PM Modi told JD Vance  Times of India
  2. Executed assigned tasks with precision during Operation Sindoor: IAF  The Hindu
  3. What's behind India and Pakistan's conflict over Kashmir, and why it's so serious  ABC News
  4. "Waha Se Goli, Yaha Se Gola": PM's Strong Message To Army On Pak Escalation  NDTV
  5. India has set ‘new normal’ in response to cross-border terror with Op Sindoor  Hindustan Times
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This American pope: Leo XIV’s bloodline reflects the US melting pot

A fraught history of race and immigration connect the new pope with his homeland

Pope Leo XIV, who on Thursday was elected as the first-ever US-born leader of the Roman Catholic church, has a familial bloodline that reflects his homeland’s fraught relationship with race – and why the nation’s stature as a melting pot of origins has long endured, records unearthed by genealogists show.

The maternal grandfather of 69-year-old Robert Prevost, the newly minted pope, was evidently born abroad in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, according to birth records that professional genealogist Chris Smothers cited to ABC News in a recent report. When Leo’s grandfather, Joseph Martinez, obtained an 1887 marriage license to wed the future pope’s grandmother, Louise Baquié, he listed his birthplace as Haiti, which at the time was the same territory as Santo Domingo, Smothers noted.

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South Korea’s Two Presidential Candidates Have Been Chosen For June Election – The New York Times

  1. South Korea’s Two Presidential Candidates Have Been Chosen For June Election  The New York Times
  2. South Korea's presidential campaigns kick off, focus on ailing economy  Reuters
  3. Stage is set: South Korea election campaigning begins  Nikkei Asia
  4. Who Can Lead a Divided South Korea?  Foreign Policy
  5. DPK's Lee expands lead to over 50% in hypothetical matchup with PPP's Kim: poll  The Korea Times
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Zelenskyy challenges Putin to meet in person for peace talks

Ukrainian president proposes face-to-face meeting after Russian leader suggests two sides hold talks in Turkey

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has challenged Vladimir Putin to meet in person for peace talks in Istanbul on Thursday, in a dramatic gambit after a weekend of diplomatic flurry.

His comments came after Putin rejected a demand from Ukraine and European allies to sign up to a 30-day ceasefire, but said Russia was ready for direct negotiations with Ukraine. Putin said delegations from the two countries should meet on Thursday in Turkey.

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Russia Launches 108 Drones at Ukraine After Unilateral Ceasefire – Kyiv Post

  1. Russia Launches 108 Drones at Ukraine After Unilateral Ceasefire  Kyiv Post
  2. Russian drones attack Ukraine after Kremlin turns down a ceasefire proposal  AP News
  3. Ukraine war latest: Moscow fires over 100 drones after Zelensky offers to meet Putin  The Independent
  4. Russian drones strike frontline Ukrainian villages  Euronews
  5. Putin Answers Zelensky's Ceasefire Proposal With Drone Attack  Newsweek
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Amid fragile ceasefire, Trump promises to boost trade with India and Pakistan

Truce agreement was reached after diplomacy and pressure from US but within hours there was cross-border shelling

A fragile ceasefire was holding between India and Pakistan on Sunday, after hours of overnight fighting between the nuclear-armed neighbours, as US president Donald Trump said he would work to provide a solution regarding Kashmir.

The arch-rivals were involved in intense firing for four days, the worst in nearly three decades, with missiles and drones being fired at each other’s military installations and dozens of people killed.

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