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Ireland, Spain, Norway announce recognition of Palestinian state
Ireland, Spain, Norway to recognise Palestinian state on May 28
Spain's Sanchez says step is to accelerate peace efforts
Norway's PM says two states the only political solution
Ireland, Spain and Norway announced on Wednesday…
North Gaza hospitals barely operational
North Gaza's last two functioning hospitals, Al-Awda and Kamal Adwan, are barely operational, doctors and the World Health Organization said Tuesday with the Israel's offensive in Gaza now in its eighth month.
Hospital officials said…
US reports 2nd human case of bird flu tied to dairy cow outbreak
A second case of bird flu has been found in a human, US health authorities announced Wednesday, less then two months after the first one as an outbreak of the disease circulates widely among dairy cows.
Both individuals infected with…
Netanyahu, Hamas Leaders: France, Belgium back ICC bid for arrest warrants
France, Belgium and Slovenia released statements supporting the world's top war crimes court and its chief prosecutor's request for arrest warrants for leaders of Israel and Hamas, after Israel and the United States both harshly…
Gaza battles flare as Israel slams arrest warrant bid for ‘war crimes’
Israeli forces battled Hamas in Gaza on Tuesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu angrily dismissed a bid for an international arrest warrant against him on charges of war crimes in the Palestinian territory.
US President Joe…
Funeral processions for Raisi to be held in Tehran
Large crowds of Iranians are expected to gather in Tehran on Wednesday to pay tribute to late president Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash.
Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will lead prayers ahead of funeral…
King and Queen visit Chelsea Flower Show
The King and Queen were nicknamed "King of the Compost" and "Queen of the Bees" as they visited a child-only garden at the Chelsea Flower Show.
The royal visit on Monday, before the event opens to the public, came days after the King…
Average British house price hits record high of £375,000
The average British house price reached a record high of £375,131 in May, according to Rightmove. The average prices of properties coming to market rose 0.8%, or £2,807, month on month.
Pent-up demand from would-be buyers who paused their…
Gaza hospital says 20 killed in Israeli strike on Nuseirat
A Gaza hospital said Sunday that an Israeli air strike targeting a house at a refugee camp in the centre of the Palestinian territory killed at least 20 people.
"We received 20 fatalities and several wounded after an Israeli air…
Iranian President Raisi feared dead as helicopter wreckage found
Hopes are fading that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister have survived a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain and icy weather, an Iranian official said on Monday after search teams located the wreckage.
"President…