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UN top court orders Israel to halt Rafah offensive
The International Court of Justice ruled Friday that Israel must immediately halt its offensive in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
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Four people killed and 21 injured after bar collapse in Majorca
At least four people have been killed and as many as 21 injured when a two-storey building crumbled on an island in Spain.
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China testing ability to ‘seize power’ in second day of military drills around Taiwan
PLA says exercises launched in response to president’s inauguration will test capacity to ‘seize power, launch joint attacks and occupy key areas’
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Two people killed and up to 10 feared trapped after popular Majorca bar collapses
Two people have died and up to ten people are feared trapped following a building collapse at a Majorcan beach resort.
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Kim Jong-un’s new draconian laws include phone police roaming streets and divorce banned
Kim Jong-un is trying to quash Western influence from his closed-off nation, with sources claiming two new draconian laws have been brought in to make lives more difficult
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Spain investigates Equatoguinean minister for bribery and money laundering
Spain is investigating the son of Equatorial Guinea’s ruler, Teodoro Obiang, for his alleged involvement in a money laundering and tax fraud network that has whitewashed millions of dollars from bribes paid by a Portuguese company to which he awarded a construction contract in the African country.
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Bosnia arrests Dutch-Iraqi suspected human trafficker
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s law enforcement have apprehended a Dutch citizen of Iraqi descent suspected of orchestrating a criminal network that smugged more than 1,500 Iraqi nationals to the EU accruing a substantial illicit financial profit in the process.
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A documentary reveals Belarusian companies involved in supplying the Russian military
Belarus’ exiled political opposition has welcomed revelations from former security officers who defected, and have now presented evidence of Belarusian firms supplying Russia with military components critical to its war against Ukraine.
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German climate activists charged with ‘forming a criminal organisation’
Action against Letzte Generation could have ‘immense chilling effect’ on climate protest, campaigners say
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China warns that ’Taiwan independence forces’ will have their ’heads broken’
China said Thursday that those supporting independence for Taiwan would be left with "heads broken and blood flowing" and that its military drills around the self-ruled island sought to send a "serious warning".
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Germany’s Ukraine air defense initiative falls flat
Berlin promised to help Ukraine source crucial air defenses, but the reality has been disappointing.
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Russia mysteriously deletes threat to redraw Baltic Sea border
Defense ministry plan had sparked alarm among NATO allies.
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Allegations of toxic bullying are causing significant repercussions within Brussels’ largest health NGO
The European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) is engulfed in crisis after a wave of resignations.
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Nine people arrested in Poland for suspected sabotage ordered by Russia
Nine people have been arrested in Poland on suspicion of committing sabotage on the orders of the Russian special services, according to an announcement by Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk made during a broadcast by TVN24.
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New Caledonia: Australia and New Zealand send planes to rescue tourists
Riots erupted in New Caledonia after France approved voting reforms unpopular with the French territory’s indigenous population. The following violence led to six deaths and left hundreds injured.
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Julian Assange wins right to appeal extradition to US
Judges had deferred a decision on whether Assange could take his case to another appeal hearing
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ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Israeli PM and Hamas officials on war crimes charges
Karim Khan applies for warrants relating to alleged crimes committed during 7 October attack and the ensuing war in Gaza
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, known as ’The Butcher,’ dies in helicopter crash
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has been found dead at the site of a horror helicopter crash.
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Trump floats idea of three-term presidency at NRA convention
During a bombastic speech in Dallas, GOP frontrunner asks: ‘Are we going to be considered three-term? Or two-term?’
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Slovak PM Robert Fico out of immediate danger four days after shooting
Fico remains in intensive care but has ‘emerged from immediate threat to his life’, Robert Kaliňák tells reporters
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Iran presidential helicopter in ’accident’, unclear if Raisi on board
One helicopter in a convoy of three in which Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was travelling was involved in an accident, Iranian state TV said on Sunday.
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Fujitsu sacked top boss during height of Horizon scandal
Fujitsu, the company that built the flawed Horizon IT system, sacked a top boss at the height of the scandal.
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Islamic Jihad leader killed in West Bank; Israel hits 70 targets in Gaza
IDF says ‘senior terrorist operative’ Islam Khamayseh was killed in strike on the city of Jenin
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Israeli minister vows to quit war cabinet if PM doesn’t agree on new Gaza plan
Benny Gantz’s threat to withdraw his opposition party from coalition calls into question future of government
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Slovak PM Fico has ‘positive prognosis’ as his attacker appears in court for first time
Fico underwent a second surgery on Friday to save his life after he was shot 4 times on Wednesday.