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Israeli air force strikes Hezbollah target in Beirut
The Israeli air force attacked a building in a suburb of the Lebanese capital Beirut on Sunday evening, according to a military spokesman.The building was being used to store...
Gaza on brink of catastrophe as aid runs out and prices soar, groups warn
Soaring prices of basic foodstuffs, diminishing stocks of medical supplies and sharp cuts to aid distribution threaten newly catastrophic conditions across Gaza, Palestinians and international aid officials in the...
Zelensky says fighting ongoing in Kursk border region
Despite the Russian military's assertions, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that his troops are still fighting in the Russian region of Kursk."Our units are continuing active defensive...
German, Austrian ministers in Damascus for talks on Syrian refugees
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser arrived in the Syrian capital Damascus on Sunday along with her Austrian counterpart Gerhard Karner for talks with the country's transitional government about the...
No place for racism, hate in France, says Macron after Muslim killed in mosque
There can never be a place for racism and hate in France, President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday after the brutal stabbing to death of a Muslim in a...
End conflict to honour Pope, Vatican diplomat tells South Sudan
South Sudan's rival leaders should "honour" Pope Francis' legacy by ending the country's conflict, the Vatican's diplomatic representative to the nation has said."We must try to make concrete in...
French mosque stabbing suspect remains at large after killing Muslim worshipper
PARIS (AP) — A man suspected of killing a Muslim worshipper in a mosque in the south of France was still on the run Sunday, authorities said, in an...
Church asylum requests grow in Germany as refugees fear deportation
Fearing deportation, an increasing number of refugees in Germany are approaching churches for asylum, the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD) told the Funke Media Group in comments released on...
Crumbs! Should French bakeries open on May 1?
Buying a crusty, freshly baked baguette should be one of the simplest, as well as satisfying, daily rituals in France.But perhaps not on May 1, a national holiday where...
French police search for suspect in fatal mosque stabbing
French Prime Minister François Bayrou has condemned the fatal stabbing of a Muslim worshipper at a mosque in southern France, as police continue to search for the perpetrator.Bayrou described...
The price of love – the doctor who has South Africa talking about financial abuse
A young female South African doctor has sparked a nationwide conversation about a form of domestic abuse often shrouded in silence - financial abuse.In a series of viral videos...
Home needed for two killer whales stuck in shuttered zoo
The French government has been urged to reconsider rehoming two stranded killer whales in Canada.Wikie, 23, and her 11-year-old son Keijo are currently held at Marineland Antibes, a marine...