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Russia launches massive air attack on Ukraine, 10 dead
Russia unleashed its largest drone and missile attack on Ukraine in months today, killing 10 people and wounding at least 60 others in Kyiv, the south, west, and east of the country, officials said.
Dozens of people were wounded with…
Maine disqualifies Trump from presidential primary ballot
Maine on Thursday disqualified Donald Trump from the state ballot in next year's US presidential primary election, becoming the second state to bar the former president for his role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.…
Over 40 feared dead after Liberia tanker crash
More than 40 people were feared dead when a tanker truck exploded after crashing in central Liberia, the country's chief medical officer told local media on Wednesday.
The tanker carrying gasoline crashed and tipped into a ditch along a…
Gaza death toll at 21,110, most of them women and children
The Hamas-run Gaza Strip's health ministry said today the death toll due to Israeli offensive had surged above 21,000, about two thirds of them women and children.
Israel again pounded Gaza with air strikes and shelling after its…
Migrant caravan in Mexico heads to US border
Thousands of migrants and asylum seekers moved slowly north across the southern Mexican state of Chiapas on Tuesday in a caravan hoping to reach the US border, one day before top US officials planned to visit Mexico to discuss migration.…
Pakistan court restores ex-PM Khan’s party polls symbol
A Pakistan court yesterday ruled that ex-prime minister Imran Khan's party can contest elections using its cricket bat logo, lawyers said, winning the jailed opposition leader a rare reprieve before polls due in February.
In a nation…
Little space left for displaced Gazans to go
Many Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have followed Israeli army evacuation orders and sought safety in designated areas only to find there is little space left in the densely populated enclave, a UN humanitarian team leader said.…
Russia moves Navalny to a prison in the Arctic
Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been moved to a penal colony in an Arctic region of northern Russia, his spokeswoman said yesterday after supporters lost touch with him for more than two weeks.
Navalny was tracked…
Israel ‘intensifying’ Gaza fighting as Hamas says strikes kill dozens
Israel on Monday said it was "intensifying the fighting" against Hamas in Gaza, where relentless strikes across the Palestinian territory exacerbated the dire conditions for civilians in the war's 12th week.
The conflict has heightened…
Netanyahu says Gaza war exacting ‘heavy price’ on Israel army
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the Gaza war was exacting a "very heavy price" as the toll of soldiers killed in fighting with Hamas mounted.
"This is a difficult morning, after a very difficult day of fighting…