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Palestinian fighters have launched the largest attack on Israel in years, infiltrating areas of southern Israel amid a barrage of more than 2,000 rockets fired from the Gaza Strip that killed at least one woman and injured 15 others, medical workers said. Israel’s Defence Minister Yoav Gallant warned Palestinian fighters that they had made a “grave mistake” in launching their attack, which began at 06:30am local time (03:30 GMT) on […]
The European Union's 27 national leaders are meeting today to look for ways to avoid a new migration crisis and address a longer-term existential challenge of bringing into their bloc new countries, potentially as big and troubled as Ukraine. Italy and Spain have voiced concern over irregular immigration increasing this year to their islands, while Greek waters in June were the site of Europe's deadliest shipwreck in years, […]
Iranian rights activist Narges Mohammadi wins the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee picked the winner for the world’s most significant peace prize among 351 candidates, including 259 individuals and 92 organisations. Last year, the prize went to human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights group Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties. The winners had for many years promoted the right […]
Ice-cold floodwaters have swept through mountain towns in India’s Himalayan northeast, killing at least 40 people, washing away houses and bridges, and forcing thousands of people to leave their homes. The flood began shortly after midnight on Wednesday, when the waters of a glacial lake overflowed, cracking open the biggest hydroelectric dam in Sikkim state and then cascading through towns in the valley below. The Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority said in […]
The US has announced it’s resuming delivery of food aid for refugees in Ethiopia after a five-month hiatus. This comes after the authorities in Addis Ababa agreed to step away from distributing the supplies. Washington suspended aid in May - following a similar move by the UN - saying it had found “widespread and coordinated” theft of food aid. Reforms made by the Ethiopian government that led to the resumption […]
President Joe Biden is under fire from both sides of the political spectrum after his administration announced new border wall construction in Texas. Mr Biden has said he is unable to stop the work because the funding was signed off while Donald Trump was president. Members of his Democratic Party said walls did not work, while rival Republicans accused him of hypocrisy. Some 20 miles (32km) of barriers will be […]
Police in Ecuador seized nearly 14 tons of drugs destined for Central America, the US and Europe, authorities said Thursday. More than 40 raids were carried out across the country, resulting in the arrest of 28 individuals and the seizure of 13.6 tons of drugs, Interior Minister Juan Zapata said on X, formerly Twitter. The raids were staged in eight of the country’s 24 provinces, where criminal violence and drug […]
A drone attack on a Syrian military academy in the western city of Homs has killed at least 100 people, a monitoring group says. The explosive-laden drones targeted a graduation ceremony attended by cadets' families, and women and children were among the dead. The army blamed "terrorist groups backed by known international forces". There was no immediate claim from the rebels and jihadists battling the government in the country's civil […]
Former US President Donald Trump has endorsed Congressman Jim Jordan to replace overthrown US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as the chamber’s fractious Republicans try to unify in the aftermath of McCarthy’s historic fall. “He [Jordan] is STRONG on Crime, Borders, our Military/Vets, & 2nd Amendment. Jim, his wife, Polly, & family are outstanding – He will be a GREAT Speaker of the House, & has my Complete & Total Endorsement!” […]
