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At least 50 people killed in Israeli strikes, Gaza’s civil defence says

Gaza’s civil defence agency told AFP on Wednesday that dozens of Israeli strikes overnight killed at least 50 people in the Palestinian territory, hours after United States president Donald Trump

At least 64 people killed in Brazil drug raids

Bodies piled up in poor neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday as police launched their biggest ever raids on the city’s drug traffickers, leaving at least 64 dead in

Russian strikes on Ukraine kill 4

Russian overnight drone and missile strikes killed four people and wounded some 20 others in the Ukraine capital Kyiv and several other regions, authorities said Saturday. The attack comes as

Al-Aqsa Mosque faces imminent collapse from Israeli excavations

Al-Aqsa Mosque preacher Sheikh Ekrima Sabri has warned that continuous Israeli excavations under and around the compound pose serious dangers to Islam’s third holiest site. In a Friday sermon delivered

WHO pleads for sick Gazans to be allowed to leave

The UN’s health agency pleaded Friday for thousands of people in desperate need of medical care to be allowed to leave Gaza, in what it said would be a ‘game-changer’.

Thailand’s former queen Sirikit dies at 93

Thailand’s former Queen Sirikit, the mother of the current King Vajiralongkorn and wife of the nation’s longest-reigning monarch, died late Friday at the age of 93, the palace said. The

Ex-Thai PM Paetongtarn quits as party leader

Thailand’s recently removed prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra resigned Wednesday as leader of the party founded by her father, ex-premier Thaksin, signalling the potential end of the family’s decades-long political dynasty.

Zelensky launches Europe tour after Russia pummels Ukraine

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky visited Norway on Wednesday, the first leg of a European tour aimed at shoring up support for Kyiv amid a string of deadly Russian attacks. Russia’s