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Can the world’s top court stop Israel’s offensive in Rafah? (Sat, 18 May 2024)
Israel refutes South Africa's accusation that its Gaza military campaign is a genocidal act against Palestinians.
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UN says 800,000 people have fled Rafah as Israel kills dozens in Gaza (Sat, 18 May 2024)
Israel says it recovered remains of one captive while Hamas claims several attacks against Israeli troops across Gaza.
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Israel’s Gantz demands Gaza post-war plan, threatens to quit gov’t (Sat, 18 May 2024)
Netanyahu rival lays out six-point strategy, including forming an international coalition to help govern Gaza after war.
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Russian court seizes two European banks’ assets amid Western sanctions (Sat, 18 May 2024)
Freezing hundreds of billions of dollars in lenders' assets was part of dispute over gas project halted by sanctions.
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At least 23 people missing off Tunisia coast, authorities say (Sat, 18 May 2024)
Search and rescue operations under way while five suspects have been arrested, Tunisian National Guard says.
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Georgia’s president vetoes controversial ‘foreign agents’ bill (Sat, 18 May 2024)
President Salome Zourabichvili says the law is 'Russian in its essence', but parliament is expected to overturn veto.
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Vietnam nominates public security minister to be new president (Sat, 18 May 2024)
To Lam has been public security chief since 2016 and has taken a hard line on human rights movements in the country.
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Three Afghans, three Spanish tourists killed in Bamyan shooting (Sat, 18 May 2024)
Group of tourists and their companions was fired on while walking through a market in central Afghanistan.
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Violent protests rage in France’s New Caledonia amid growing civil unrest (Sat, 18 May 2024)
France’s Pacific Islands territory has been rocked by riots for nearly a week over planned electoral reforms.
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Are seed-sowing drones the answer to global deforestation? (Sat, 18 May 2024)
Drones are being used to replant degraded areas of forest in Brazil - how successful have they been so far?
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Slovak PM Fico in ‘serious condition’ as shooting suspect appears in court (Sat, 18 May 2024)
Court near Bratislava rules that man accused in assassination attempt will be held in custody.
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Sri Lanka’s killing fields cast a long shadow (Sat, 18 May 2024)
Impunity for crimes committed during the civil war has fuelled post-war repression in Sri Lanka.
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Israel’s PR battle is getting harder (Sat, 18 May 2024)
Eight months into the war on Gaza, disunity and disarray is making Israel’s PR and messaging much tougher.
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Death toll rises to six in New Caledonia riots as unrest spreads (Sat, 18 May 2024)
Hundreds of heavily armed marines and police patrol the French territory's capital Noumea after a night of violence.
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At least 50 killed in heavy rains, floods in Afghanistan’s Ghor province (Sat, 18 May 2024)
Officials in the central region expect the number of casualties to increase as rising waters destroy thousands of homes.
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Zelenskyy warns Russia’s Kharkiv offensive may only be ‘first wave’ (Sat, 18 May 2024)
New laws overhauling army mobilisation rules in Ukraine take effect in effort to address acute troop shortages.
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Lebanon’s economic crisis endures, as does the EU’s ‘fear’ of refugees (Sat, 18 May 2024)
Analysts question whether EU grants to Lebanon have anything to do with getting its economy out of the hole it is in.
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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 814 (Sat, 18 May 2024)
As the war enters its 814th day, these are the main developments.
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‘Refuge of the last dreamers’: Luang Prabang, a city suspended in time (Sat, 18 May 2024)
Once a royal city in ancient Laos, Luang Prabang is home to Buddhist temples nestled in a valley on the Mekong River.
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India’s biggest election prize: Can the Gandhi family survive Modi? (Sat, 18 May 2024)
The pocket boroughs of Amethi and Rae Bareli have stood by the first family of Indian politics through ups and downs.
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Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk: Foul-mouthed Fury shoves Usyk at weigh-in (Sat, 18 May 2024)
'Forget his belts. I'm coming for his heart, he's getting it tomorrow,' Fury threatened in a brief bust-up with Usyk.
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Has India’s Muslim population really exploded? (Sat, 18 May 2024)
A new government report claims that India's Muslim population share has grown 43 percent since 1950. What's the truth?
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California farmworkers cheer new housing in town scarred by mass shooting (Sat, 18 May 2024)
California's high cost of living has pushed many agricultural labourers into cramped and unserviced housing.
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International students risk immigration status to engage in Gaza protests (Fri, 17 May 2024)
Reliant on visas to remain in the US, foreign students face heightened consequences for involvement in campus protests.
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Gunmen kill four, including three Spanish tourists, in central Afghanistan (Fri, 17 May 2024)
No group claims responsibility for attack in Bamyan, which interior ministry official says also injured seven people.
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