In the two months from November 27 to Monday, Israel killed at least 83 people in Lebanon Israel has launched a wave of attacks on Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley in its latest breach of a fragile ceasefire agreement with the Hezbollah group. The Israeli army said on Friday it struck “multiple” Hezbollah targets in the area […]
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Three people have been arrested in connection with a brazen heist at a museum in the Netherlands over the weekend in which thieves stole ancient artifacts, including a prized golden helmet on loan from Romania, the authorities said on Wednesday. The three people were arrested in Heerhugowaard, a city about 30 miles north of Amsterdam
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M23 rebels have taken control of Goma, capital of North Kivu province in eastern DRC. Since re-emerging just more than three years ago, Rwanda-backed rebels have advanced steadily through the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, seizing towns and villages, and forcing people from their homes. M23 is just one of hundreds of rebel groups in
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Israel said it had killed Deif in an air attack in July, but Hamas did not confirm his death until Thursday. Hamas says its top military commander Mohammed Deif has been killed. The Israeli military had said it killed Deif in an air attack in July, but the Palestinian group had not confirmed his death
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Football star Cristiano Ronaldo caught up with UFC fighter Shara Magomedov before Saturday’s huge fight night in Riyadh. Sharaputdin Magomedov, one of the headline UFC draws at the upcoming Fight Night 250 in Saudi Arabia this weekend, met football legend Cristiano Ronaldo at the Al-Nassr team’s training ground in Riyadh. Magomedov, from Russia, is a
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BREAKINGBREAKING, Ronald Reagan national airport halts all takeoffs and landings following midair collision. A regional jet and a military helicopter have collided midair in Washington, DC, the United States, forcing a halt to all takeoffs and landings at Ronald Reagan Washington national airport, authorities have said. A PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 jet collided with a
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A 29-year-old man from Ireland died on Wednesday from injuries sustained the previous day in a fall at the Bansko mountain ski resort in southern Bulgaria. The tourist was seriously injured after falling on Tuesday from a height of about 600 meters, or nearly 2,000 feet. He was found by a mountain rescue service team
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Students from local religious school vandalise venue set to host women’s match, a day after similar incident in another city. A women’s football match in Bangladesh has been cancelled after protests by students from a traditional religious school damaged the venue, the second such incident in as many days. The northwestern city of Joypurhat was
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Rachel Reeves’s first few months as Britain’s top finance official have been marked by a steady drumbeat of bad news: a “black hole” in the public finances, higher taxes and low growth. On Wednesday, Ms. Reeves sought to change Britain’s prospects by laying out plans to strengthen the economy, including supporting another runway at Heathrow
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