Some 7,000 people have died since January in fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), its prime minister told a high-level meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday. Some 450,0000 people…
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Pope is in ‘critical’ condition after suffering ‘asthmatic respiratory crisis,’ Vatican says
by adminPope Francis, who has been hospitalized for more than a week, remains in “critical” condition and developed an “asthmatic respiratory crisis” earlier on Saturday, the Vatican said in a statement. “This morning Pope Francis presented…
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One person has died and several are wounded following a knife attack at a town market in eastern France, in what French authorities have described as an act of terror. “Horror has just gripped our…
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Draft US-Ukraine rare earth minerals deal not one President Zelensky would accept, source says
by adminA draft deal between the United States and Ukraine over rare earth minerals and other natural resources is “not the one President Zelensky would accept,” according to a source familiar with the negotiations. The US…
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Frontline footage posted by Ukrainian drone operators and Russian troops show men who have clearly suffered leg injuries, some still bandaged, using crutches in combat areas, in several instances targeted by Ukrainian drones as they…
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Israel to remain in some West Bank refugee camps for ‘coming year’ as military expands campaign
by adminThe Israeli military is expanding its operations in the occupied West Bank and will remain in some refugee camps for the “coming year,” Defense Minister Israel Katz said Sunday. Israel has been carrying out “Operation…
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A rocket-propelled grenade believed to be more than 25 years old killed two cousins, a girl and a boy both 2 years old, when it blew up Saturday near their homes in rural northwestern Cambodia,…
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Indian teenager alleges rape over five years by nearly 60 schoolmates, neighbors, relatives and strangers
by adminEditor’s Note: This article contains details that readers may find distressing. Five years ago, a 13-year-old girl, the daughter of poor wage laborers from one of India’s most marginalized communities, was allegedly sexually abused by…
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President Donald Trump spent the first month of his second term on an extraordinary mission — dismantling the global system the United States spent the past 80 years building. It was always theoretically possible that…
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The long-delayed funeral for Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah is taking place Sunday, nearly five months after he was killed in a massive Israeli airstrike on the southern suburbs of Beirut. Hezbollah has been left badly…