Bus crash in South African mountains kills at least 42
Agencies : A bus has crashed in a mountainous region in the north of South Africa, killing at least 42 people. The vehicle veered off a steep mountain road on the N1 highway near...
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Palestinian journalist Saleh shot dead in Gaza clashes
Al Jazeera : Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi has been killed during clashes in Gaza City, just days after Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources told Al Jazeera...
Dutch govt takes control of China-owned chip firm
BBC : The Dutch government has taken control of Nexperia, a Chinese-owned chipmaker based in the Netherlands, in a bid to safeguard the European supply of semiconductors for cars and other electronic goods and...
World leaders rally behind Gaza ceasefire at Egypt peace summit
NN ONLINE: World leaders gathered in the Egyptian Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday for the “Summit for Peace,” co-chaired by US President Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah...
Trio wins economics Nobel for work on economic growth
NN ONLINE: The Nobel prize in economics was awarded on Monday to American-Israeli Joel Mokyr, France’s Philippe Aghion and Canada’s Peter Howitt for work on technology’s impact on sustained economic growth. Mokyr won...
Israel says Hamas hands over first seven hostages to Red Cross under Gaza ceasefire deal
NN ONLINE: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Monday it had begun a “multi-phase operation” to oversee the exchange of hostages held in Gaza and Palestinian prisoners held in Israel,...
Preparations underway to boost aid in Gaza
AP : Authorities began preparing on Sunday to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip following a new ceasefire deal, raising hopes that the devastating two-year war may be nearing an...
No survivors found after Tennessee explosives plant blast
BBC : Sixteen people missing after a major explosion at a Tennessee munitions factory on Friday are presumed to be dead, according to the sheriff. Recovery teams had been clinging to hope of finding...
UN force in Lebanon says peacekeeper wounded by Israeli grenade
Agencies : The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon said Sunday that one of its members was wounded by an Israeli grenade dropped near a UN position in the country’s south, the third incident...
Trump, Sisi to chair Gaza peace summit in Egypt
Agencies : US President Donald Trump and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will on Monday chair a Gaza peace summit in Sharm el-Sheikh set to be attended by world leaders including the head...
EU begins gradual rollout of digital border system
Reuters : European Union member countries began rolling out a new entry and exit system on Sunday at the bloc’s external borders, electronically registering non-EU nationals’ data. The Entry/Exit System (EES), an automated system...
Qatar says 3 diplomats killed, 2 injured in Egypt crash
Agencies : Three Qatari diplomats were killed and two injured in a car crash on Sunday near the Egyptian town of Sharm el-Sheikh, according to the Gulf state’s embassy. Diplomats and official delegations had...