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A three-story building next ‌to a construction site collapsed in Brooklyn on Wednesday, killing at least two people and sending more than 10 others to the hospital, New York City officials said, as rescuers searched the rubble for possible additional victims. The four-unit apartment ​building dating from 1930 collapsed and tumbled into the adjoining construction site where excavation work was ​underway, and the cause was under investigation, said John Esposito, the city’s fire ⁠department chief. The number of people who were at home when the building in the Flatbush area…

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Saudi Arabia said debris from two ballistic missiles ​intercepted by its air defences fell in the Mecca ‌region on Wednesday, as the kingdom and Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis continued to trade attacks in an escalating conflict. Saudi state television identified the locations as Sabuhah village, about 35 km northeast of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, and Wadi al-Maghmas, about 21 km east of the mosque. The missiles were launched towards the region and intercepted and destroyed, ​Saudi Arabia’s civil defence said in a statement. The Houthis have repeatedly denied ​Saudi accusations…

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An Israeli airstrike on a building at Nasser Hospital ​in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, killed at least five people, including ​a surgeon and wounded 20 others early on Thursday, a ⁠spokesman for Gaza’s civil defence service told Reuters. There ​was no immediate comment from the Israeli military. Mahmoud Basal, ​the spokesperson for the territory’s civil defence, said the Israeli airstrike hit the surgery department at Nasser Hospital, causing extensive damage. Medics ​identified the dead surgeon as Rezik Abushira. Israel, which ​has stepped up its attacks on the enclave, says Hamas…

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The federal government on Wednesday reduced the price of petrol by Rs3 per litre to Rs335 and high-speed diesel (HSD) by Rs7 to Rs364, effective Thursday, November 12. The revision was announced in a press release issued by the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA), which said the revised ex-depot prices had been determined under the petroleum products pricing mechanism approved by the federal government. Following the latest revision, petrol will cost Rs335 per litre, down from Rs338, while the price of diesel has fallen to Rs364 from Rs371. The…

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian accused the United States and Israel of inflicting severe environmental damage during attacks on the Islamic Republic, in his speech on Wednesday at the UN Climate Change Conference in Turkey. “The recent criminal and illegal aggression against Iran by America and the Zionist regime… has inflicted severe damage on the environment, releasing massive quantities of pollutants and greenhouse gases into the atmosphere,” Pezeshkian said. He said that attacks on fuel facilities on a major gas field in Iran’s south “resulted in the emission of approximately 500,000…

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Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian told the COP31 climate conference on Wednesday that his country wanted compensation for environmental ​damage caused by US and Israeli strikes, saying the ‌issue is related to global efforts to fight climate change. “We expect the global community to establish a genuine and meaningful link between climate commitments in ​times of peace and responsibility in times of war, ​to document and assess the environmental damages caused by ⁠military aggressions and to develop compensation mechanisms,” he said. His comments ​were part of back-to-back speeches by heads of…

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Democrats in the US House ​of Representatives, who will control key committees next year, are preparing investigations into what they say was President Donald Trump’s politicisation and gutting of US spy agencies, including whether analysts have censored themselves to avoid retaliation. “There’s absolutely evidence that analysts are hesitant to write on topics that they think might be controversial. There’s absolutely evidence of a decline in morale in the analytic community because of the pressures that they are under,” US Representative Jim Himes, a Connecticut Democrat who ​will become chairman of…

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The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis said on Wednesday that it shot down three cruise missiles fired at Riyadh, which has been targeted for weeks by the Iran-backed group. “Air defenses intercepted and destroyed 3 cruise missiles launched by the Houthi terrorist militia toward the Riyadh area,” coalition spokesperson Turki al-Malki posted on X. The latest incident comes after the Houthis damaged a skyscraper belonging to oil giant Saudi Aramco in the capital’s gleaming financial district on Sunday. Riyadh’s international airport has also been targeted repeatedly, with deadly attacks forcing…

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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday reaffirmed the longstanding ties between Pakistan and Iran and agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation across various sectors during a meeting on the sidelines of the COP31 climate summit in Antalya, Turkiye. The two leaders exchanged views on the evolving regional situation and underscored the importance of regular consultations and close coordination to address common challenges and promote regional peace, security and prosperity, according to a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office. PM Shehbaz expressed deep concern over the…

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Pope Leo XIV drew vast crowds to Argentina’s holiest shrine on Wednesday, the final day of his visit before he departs for Peru, where he spent nearly two decades as a missionary. Authorities said two million people packed the streets around the Basilica of Lujan, with some climbing fences, barriers, trees and lampposts for a glimpse of the pontiff as crowds chanted “thank you Leo for your blessing.” The stop at Lujan is the emotional centrepiece of Leo’s first visit to Argentina, where his predecessor Francis never returned home as…

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