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Explosions over Damascus: Syrian air defenses light up...
Syrian air defenses have been activated against missiles allegedly launched from Lebanese airspace by Israel, state news agency SANA...
Controversial Israeli ‘Flag March’ through Jerusalem gets...
Israel’s top-level security council has signed off on the Flag March planned by right-wing groups through Jerusalem’s Old City, just...
French court charges Renault with deceit over ‘Dieselgate’...
Car manufacturer Renault has confirmed that a French court has charged it with deceit, after the company was placed under investigation...
Former French university chief charged over rotting bodies...
The former president of the renowned Paris-Descartes University has been charged over a scandal in which dozens of bodies donated...
‘It has to stop’: Canada’s PM Trudeau brands killing of...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called the hit-and-run deaths of a Muslim family a “terrorist attack” and vowed to combat...
Passengers, crew jump overboard as ferry with 200 aboard...
A large ferry with some 200 people on board caught fire on Saturday while sailing to a remote Indonesian island. Passengers and the...
Cargo rocket launched into orbit by China will drop off...
China on Saturday successfully launched a cargo rocket to stock up the core module of its in-construction space station, Tiangong....
Second Congo volcano eruption found to be 'false alarm'...
Reports on Saturday of a second volcanic eruption near the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were found to be a...
The Economist brands Mexico's AMLO 'false messiah' but...
Next week Mexicans should vote against their popular president's party because he is a dangerous populist, The Economist has said....
Study spills the beans: A cup of Joe's not enough for sleep-deprived...
A dose of caffeine can only help sleep-deprived people in dealing with certain easier chores, but it “doesn’t do much” to increase...
Syrian President Bashar Assad wins re-election with 95.1%...
President Bashar Assad has been reelected to a fourth term with over 95% of the votes cast, defeating two challengers – including...
UN rights council to investigate alleged ‘violations and...
The UN Human Rights Council has voted to launch an inquiry into alleged human rights abuses committed in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel...
Inhaled nanobodies could be new secret weapon against severe...
In search of ways to complement jabs or to treat patients who can’t be vaccinated, scientists have tested inhalable anti-Covid nanobodies...
Detained Mali interim president, PM freed after arrest...
Mali’s interim president Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane have been released after being arrested by the military three days...
Spanish postal service blasted for ‘tone-deaf’ anti-racist...
The Spanish postal service has introduced a set of skin-toned stamps: the darker the stamp, the lower the value. Though aimed at defending...
‘No one’s safe in Palestine’: 10yo Gaza girl whose heart-rending...
Her dream is just to be a “regular person” who doesn’t have to fear airstrikes at night or hear people’s cries the next day. Nadine...
