An Egyptian-mediated truce between Israel and Hamas took hold on Friday after the worst violence in years, with U.S. President Joe Biden pledging to salvage the devastated Gaza Strip and the United Nations urging renewed Israeli-Palestinian dialogue.
At least 45 demonstrators have been shot dead by security forces and 152 others have been injured amid increasing protest violence in the south of Iraq and the country’s capital of Baghdad, local media reported, citing sources.
The ongoing political unrest in the Maldives has virtually destroyed the country’s tourism industry with massive cancellations reported by tour groups and airlines.
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