A South African court ordered police to end a standoff with illegal miners and allow emergency workers to gain access to a shaft where hundreds are believed to be holed up. The High Court in…
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Israeli strike reportedly kills Hezbollah spokesperson as group prepares response to fresh ceasefire proposal
by adminThe spokesperson of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, Mohammed Afif, was reportedly killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut on Sunday. The attack was just the fourth Israeli strike inside Beirut’s city limits since 2006,…
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As a bomb descended on a multi-story apartment building in Beirut’s Tayouneh area Friday, hundreds of onlookers gathered in the street at a traffic roundabout several hundred meters (yards) away. Among them was an Associated…
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Netanyahu aide leaked classified document to influence public opinion on hostage negotiations, court says
by adminAn aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is alleged to have leaked classified information to foreign press in the hopes of influencing public opinion on hostage negotiations, according to a court release published Sunday.…
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Australian police on Monday charged former radio show host Alan Jones with 24 assault and sexual touching offenses, indictments that followed accusations in a newspaper that Jones had assaulted young men for decades. Police confirmed…
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India has successfully tested a domestically developed long-range hypersonic missile, it said on Sunday, attaining a key milestone in military development that puts it in a small group of nations possessing the advanced technology. The…
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Biden’s green light for Ukraine to use ATACMS in Russia just raised the stakes in a war Trump will inherit
by adminThe decision by US President Joe Biden to allow Ukraine to use long-range American missiles in Russia follows a familiar pattern. The White House refuses for months to grant a weapons request from Ukraine, fearing…
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Intense Israeli strikes targeted areas of Beirut’s southern suburbs Saturday as the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah considered its response to a fresh ceasefire proposal. The strikes marked the fifth straight day of Israeli attacks on…
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Bad news mounts for Ukraine across the frontlines. But Russia is under pressure too
by adminThe bad news keeps coming. Wherever Kyiv looks, Moscow seems to have the advantage. Russia is making gains at key spots along the frontlines of eastern and southeastern Ukraine, while unleashing wave after wave of…
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Dozens of people detained during protests over Venezuela’s disputed presidential election have been released, according to the local rights group Foro Penal. Fifty people were released from the Tocorón prison in the state of Aragua…