Israel defies Trump’s peace plan as it escalates deadly attacks on Gaza
Israeli forces have intensified their military operations in the Gaza Strip since the roadmap for a second stage of the Palestinian enclave’s “ceasefire” was announced...
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Wildfires spread across Greece, conditions worsen in France and Spain
Wildfires fanned by gale-force winds burned across multiple areas of Greece on Saturday, forcing residents to flee as conditions worsened again in parts of Spain...
Five dead, 41 missing, after Indonesia ferry catches fire
Five people have been found dead and 41 are missing after an Indonesian ferry carrying at least 250 people caught fire while at sea, officials...
Israeli strikes kill eight in Gaza overnight
Overnight Israeli strikes on Gaza hit multiple residential buildings and killed at least eight people, authorities said Sunday, despite Hamas saying it agreed to the...
DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak becomes largest on record: WHO
The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo has become the largest ever recorded in the country, surpassing the 2018-2020 epidemic, the World Health Organization...
Colombia truck bomb wounds 14 ahead of presidential inauguration
A truck bomb exploded Saturday near a Colombian police station not far from the Venezuelan border, wounding 14 people just days before President-elect Abelardo de...
13 killed in small tourist plane crash in Peru
A small plane carrying foreign tourists to view Peru’s famed Nazca Lines archaeological site crashed Saturday, killing all 13 people on board, police said. Seven Italians, two...
Ukrainian drones kill 2 in Russia, strike Wildberries warehouse, officials say
Ukrainian drone strikes killed at least two people in regions along Russia’s Volga River overnight, hitting targets including a warehouse belonging to Wildberries, Russia’s largest...
France’s largest wildfire ‘under control’, says minister
France’s largest wildfire since 1949 has been brought under control, a minister saidSaturday,more than a week since the fire erupted in a pine forest near the southwestern...
China says conducted military, coast guard drills near disputed shoal
China said it conducted military and coast guard drills on Saturday near the Scarborough Shoal, a contested reef in the South China Sea, in a...
UK PM Burnham opens ‘No. 10 North’ in Manchester to shift power beyond London
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has opened a new government office in Manchester, saying the move marks the beginning of a major shift in political...
Figures behind rush for Hormuz oil export alternatives
Disruption to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has prompted oil-producing countries in the Gulf to accelerate plans for alternative export routes, with a series...