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File " class="media-object lazy adaptive placeholder lazy" width="100%" height="100%"/></div></a><div class="right-content"><h3 class="title big"><a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/jammu-and-kashmir/it-should-be-investigated-nc-chief-farooq-on-budgam-terror-attack/article68822667.ece"> It should be investigated: NC chief Farooq on Budgam terror attack </a></h3><div class="by-line"><div class="author-name"><a class="person-name no-lnk"> ANI</a></div></div></div></div><div class="element row-element "><a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/irans-supreme-leader-threatens-israel-and-us-with-a-crushing-response-over-israeli-attack/article68822380.ece" ><div class=" picture"><img src="https://www.thehindu.com/theme/images/th-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/be3w5x/article68822423.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/AFP_36LD2GY.jpg" data-original="https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/be3w5x/article68822423.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/AFP_36LD2GY.jpg" data-device-variant="SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE" alt="A handout picture provided by the office of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on November 2, 2024, shows him waving to the crowd during a meeting with Iranian students in Tehran. Khamenei vowed to respond to attacks on Iran and its allies. " title="A handout picture provided by the office of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on November 2, 2024, shows him waving to the crowd during a meeting with Iranian students in Tehran. Khamenei vowed to respond to attacks on Iran and its allies. 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File " title="A view of a missile launcher as North Korea conducts what it says is a drill to launch a Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile at an unknown location. File " class="media-object lazy adaptive placeholder lazy" width="100%" height="100%"/></div></a><div class="right-content"><h3 class="title big"><a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/taiwan-condemns-north-korean-missile-launch/article68817570.ece"> Taiwan condemns North Korean missile launch </a></h3><div class="by-line"><div class="author-name"><a class="person-name no-lnk"> PTI</a></div></div></div></div><div class="element row-element "><a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/iran-says-missile-production-unaffected-by-israel-strikes/article68815894.ece" ><div class=" picture"><img src="https://www.thehindu.com/theme/images/th-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/epbpo7/article68815925.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Mideast_Wars_Iran_Damage_25096.jpg" data-original="https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/epbpo7/article68815925.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Mideast_Wars_Iran_Damage_25096.jpg" data-device-variant="SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE" alt="This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows a damaged building at the Revolutionary Guard’s Shahroud Space Center in Semnan province, Iran, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. " title="This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows a damaged building at the Revolutionary Guard’s Shahroud Space Center in Semnan province, Iran, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. " class="media-object lazy adaptive placeholder lazy" width="100%" height="100%"/></div></a><div class="right-content"><h3 class="title big"><a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/iran-says-missile-production-unaffected-by-israel-strikes/article68815894.ece"> Iran says missile production unaffected by Israel strikes </a></h3><div class="by-line"><div class="author-name"><a class="person-name no-lnk"> AFP</a></div></div></div></div><div class="element row-element "><a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/new-hezbollah-leader-naim-qassem-says-will-accept-ceasefire-with-israel-if-terms-suitable/article68815777.ece" ><div class=" picture"><img src="https://www.thehindu.com/theme/images/th-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/4r2lwr/article68815879.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/2024-10-29T084903Z_1681681866_RC28MU980NI0_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-LEBANON-HEZBOLLAH-CHIEF.JPG" data-original="https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/4r2lwr/article68815879.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/2024-10-29T084903Z_1681681866_RC28MU980NI0_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-LEBANON-HEZBOLLAH-CHIEF.JPG" data-device-variant="SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE" alt="Sheikh Naim Qassem speaks during an interview with Reuters in Beirut’s suburbs, June 6, 2022. File " title="Sheikh Naim Qassem speaks during an interview with Reuters in Beirut’s suburbs, June 6, 2022. File " class="media-object lazy adaptive placeholder lazy" width="100%" height="100%"/></div></a><div class="right-content"><h3 class="title big"><a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/new-hezbollah-leader-naim-qassem-says-will-accept-ceasefire-with-israel-if-terms-suitable/article68815777.ece"> New Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem says will accept ceasefire with Israel if terms 'suitable' </a></h3><div class="by-line"><div class="author-name"><a class="person-name no-lnk"> AFP</a></div></div></div></div><div class="element row-element "><a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/gaza-rescuers-say-several-people-killed-in-israel-air-strike-in-north/article68811157.ece" ><div class=" picture"><img src="https://www.thehindu.com/theme/images/th-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/lqb49r/article68813666.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/IMG_Explosion_following__2_1_CSD36DI4.jpg" data-original="https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/lqb49r/article68813666.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/IMG_Explosion_following__2_1_CSD36DI4.jpg" data-device-variant="SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE" alt="An explosion occurs following an Israeli air strike on a residential building, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip, July 20, 2024. REUTERS/Omar Naaman" title="An explosion occurs following an Israeli air strike on a residential building, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip, July 20, 2024. 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