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Israeli air raids on southern Lebanon have killed at least 100 people and wounded more than 400, according to Lebanese health officials.The Israeli army said on Monday that it had launched more than 300 air strikes at sites used by the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah. The increased hostilities fur...
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Sri Lanka's new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been sworn into office, promising "clean" politics as the country recovers from its worst economic crisis.The left-leaning Dissanayake has cast himself as a disruptor of the status quo, and analysts see his victory as a rejection o...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to present a "plan for victory" in the country's war with Russia to President Joe Biden during this week's visit to the US.Zelensky also intends to present the plan to Congress and the two candidates in the US presidential election: Dem...
Pro-government supporters and security forces in Bolivia have clashed with protesters loyal to the former President Evo Morales on Sunday.Rival groups hurled firecrackers, homemade explosives and stones at each other while police fired tear gas in the city of El Alto. Morales - who was president fro...
An explosion caused by a gas leak at a coal mine in eastern Iran has killed at least 51 people, state media said on Sunday.More than 20 others were injured after the blast in South Khorasan province.It is reported to have been caused by a methane gas explosion in two blocks of the mine in Tabas, 540...
Travis King, the US soldier who fled from South to North Korea last year before being returned home, has been sentenced to one year of confinement and dishonourably discharged from the military.He faced charges including desertion in July 2023 and assault of a non-commissioned officer.But with time ...
The killing of a Japanese schoolboy in the Chinese city of Shenzhen has sparked worry among Japanese expats living in China, with top firms warning their workers to be vigilant.Toshiba and Toyota have told their staff to take precautions against any possible violence, while Panasonic is offering its...
An al-Qaeda-linked group has said it was behind an early morning attack in the Malian capital, Bamako.Armed men targeted a military training school and other areas in the city, the authorities said, blaming “a group of terrorists” for the assault.Jihadist group Jama'at Nusrat al-Isla...
A partial evacuation has been ordered in Russia's Tver region after a "massive" Ukrainian drone attack sparked a fire there, the local governor has said.Igor Rudenya said emergency services in the town of Toropets were trying to "localise" the blaze caused by falling drone wr...
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Four people have died in Romania due to floods caused by torrential rain sweeping through central and eastern Europe, emergency services have said.Elsewhere on Saturday, the highest flood alert was declared in 38 locations across the Czech Republic.In the capital Prague, the city's flood barrier...
China will "gradually raise" its retirement age for the first time since the 1950s as the country confronts an ageing population and a dwindling pension budget.The top legislative body on Friday approved proposals to raise the statutory retirement age from 50 to 55 for women in blue-collar...
Dozens of people have been arrested after clashing with police at an anti-war demonstration in Melbourne.Police said they were "appalled" by the actions of some demonstrators targeting a military hardware sales show in Australia's second largest city, accusing them of pelting officers ...
At least 127 people have now died and 54 others are missing in northern Vietnam, according to officials, as a super typhoon which hit on Saturday continues to bring heavy rainfall, landslides and flooding.Thousands of people were seen stranded on rooftops in some northern provinces, while others pos...
At least 16 people have been killed in Israeli air strikes on a number of military sites in central Syria, the Syrian state news agency reports.Sana cited a health official as saying that another 36 people were wounded in the attacks in the vicinity of Masyaf, in Hama province, on Sunday night.A UK-...
Reuters A flaming burnt-out oil tanker lies at the side of the road in the state of Niger. Its shell has been completely blackened. On the nearby road, which is not paved, a lorry and tanker can still be seen. There are burn marks on the ground and some people can be seen in the near ground. Reuters...
The UK will send hundreds more short-range missiles to Ukraine, it was announced ahead of a summit where Volodymyr Zelensky asked for authorisation to strike targets deep inside Russia with Western-supplied weapons.The Ukrainian president made another impassioned plea for further military support du...
The UK will send an additional 650 short-range missiles to Ukraine to help in its fight against invading Russian forces.The new package of aid comes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made another impassioned plea for further support from allies at a defence summit at the Ramstein air base in...
Israeli forces have withdrawn from Jenin city and its refugee camp in the occupied West Bank after a major nine-day operation there.The area - a stronghold of militants and with a civilian population of about 60,000 - was targeted in one of the Israel Defense Forces' (IDF) biggest actions in the...
The father of a 14-year-old boy accused of killing four people at a high school in the US state of Georgia has been arrested and charged with murder.Colin Gray, 54, is facing four charges of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight of cruelty to children.Officials said ...
Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has again insisted that Israeli forces will not leave the Philadelphi Corridor - a strategically important strip of land in southern Gaza along the border with Egypt.He told foreign media in Jerusalem that he is “open” to considering alter...
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