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Singapore shares rise on Israel-Iran ceasefire; STI up 0.7%
Local shares ended higher on Tuesday (Jun 24), tracking a rally on Wall Street after the US brokered a ceasefire in the conflict between…
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Trump's high-risk strikes may pay off - if Iran-Israel ceasefire holds
US President Donald Trump took a gamble by inserting the US into the worsening conflict between Israel and Iran, but it may have paid off…
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Oil prices drop as Israel agrees to ceasefire with Iran
Oil prices tumbled by nearly 5% on Tuesday after Israel agreed to a ceasefire with Iran after nearly two weeks of conflict. Brent crude,…
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Global Markets Jump, Oil Drops 3.4% as Trump Claims Israel-Iran Ceasefire
US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Iran and Israel through a social media post, though Iran and Israel continued…
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Asia: Stocks up as Trump announces Iran-Israel ceasefire
Asian shares gained and oil prices were down on Tuesday, as fears of an energy market shock eased following US President Donald Trump’s…
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Trump eyes historic Middle East win with ceasefire ending 'Twelve Day War'
Two days after ordering the U.S. military to bomb Iran's nuclear sites, President Trump celebrated a strategic and political victory,…
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Trump announces a ceasefire between Israel and Iran
President Trump on Monday announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, saying it will go into effect by midnight in Washington. Source…
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Russia and Ukraine fail again to agree ceasefire but commit to prisoner swap
A second round of direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine have ended without a major breakthrough, and only a deal to swap more…
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Hamas official says it rejects new US Gaza ceasefire plan backed by Israel
Rushdi Abualouf Gaza correspondent A senior Hamas official has told the BBC the Palestinian armed group will reject the latest US proposal…
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Putin hosts Victory Day parade with tight security and a short ceasefire
Vladimir Putin is leading Russia's Victory Day commemorations with a parade in Red Square and heightened security after days of Ukrainian…
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'There is no truce': Ukraine's soldiers and civilians on Russia's ceasefire
Yogita Limaye reporting from the Donetsk region Hours into the ceasefire Russia had called for, we drove into the Donetsk region of…
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Trump again urges ceasefire in Russia-Ukraine war, threatens sanctions
President Trump on Thursday called for a 30-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, threatening to impose sanctions on both countries if…
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Putin announces three-day Russian ceasefire in Ukraine from 8 May
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a temporary ceasefire in the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin has said the ceasefire will run…
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Myanmar: BBC reporter witnesses junta violating a ceasefire
Quentin Sommerville BBC News Days after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake shook Myanmar at the end of March, killing at least 3,700 people, the…
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Russia-Ukraine war: London to host new ceasefire talks
Diplomats from the UK, France, Germany, Ukraine and the US will hold fresh talks in London on Wednesday aimed at securing a ceasefire in…
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Trump says Russia will respond this week on ceasefire proposal
President Trump said Thursday the U.S. will be hearing from Moscow this week on his administration's ceasefire proposal for Ukraine and…
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Witkoff meets Putin as Trump urges Russia to 'get moving' on Ukraine ceasefire
US envoy Steve Witkoff met Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg on Friday as Donald Trump urged the Russian president to "get moving" on a…
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Israel conducts first strike on Beirut since Hezbollah ceasefire
Israel has conducted the first air strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, where Hezbollah is based, since a ceasefire with the group came…
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Russia says sanctions must be lifted before Ukraine maritime ceasefire can start
Russia has said some Western sanctions must be lifted before it begins a maritime ceasefire with Ukraine. Within hours of the US…
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Russia and Ukraine agree naval ceasefire in Black Sea
Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a naval ceasefire in the Black Sea in separate deals with the US, after two days of peace talks in Saudi…
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A deal in the desert? US and Ukraine meet ahead of Russia ceasefire talks
US negotiators are holding talks in the Saudi capital Riyadh with their Ukrainian counterparts and separately with the Russians on Monday.…
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Israel strikes Lebanon after first rocket attack since ceasefire
Israel says it is attacking Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon after rockets were fired from there into Israel for the first time since…
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Shiri Bibas: Hamas failure to return body is new ceasefire setback
Israel's announcement that a body returned from Gaza on Thursday was not that of Shiri Bibas, as Hamas had said, throws up another…