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Blasts heard in Lebanon as Israel vows to hit Hezbollah’s financial sites
The Israeli military has warned residents in 24 areas in Lebanon - including 14 in the capital Beirut - that it plans to carry out strikes in the coming...
Malaysia Minister Braces for Backlash Over Fuel Subsidy Revamp
(Bloomberg) -- Malaysia’s government is bracing for public backlash as it commits to rolling back petrol subsidies mid-2025, a politically-sensitive and long-delayed pledge that’s key to convincing investors that...
One dead as flooding hits Italy’s northeast flatlands
An "avalanche of water" in northeast Italy claimed one life and left swathes of the Emilia-Romagna region under water Sunday, local officials said.Heavy overnight rain and flooding swept through...
Israeli troops demolish UN observation tower in south Lebanon
An Israeli army bulldozer has "deliberately" demolished an observation tower and perimeter fence at a UN peacekeeper position in southern Lebanon, UN officials say.The United Nations Interim Forces in...
Catholic priest and Indigenous activist Pérez killed by 2 gunmen in southern Mexico
TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Catholic priest Marcelo Pérez, an activist for Indigenous peoples and farm laborers in southern Mexico, was killed on Sunday.The prosecutors' office in the city of...
Moldovans vote in pivotal election and EU referendum
Polls have closed in Moldova, where people have been voting in the country's presidential election and in a referendum on whether to enshrine the goal of joining the European...
Over 30,000 at demo in Brussels for ceasefire in Middle East
In Brussels, 32,000 people took to the streets to call for a ceasefire in the Middle East, police reports said on Sunday.The demonstrators called for an immediate and permanent...
Beirut’s southern suburbs a place of pitch darkness, piles of rubble
Following almost one week of no airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs, a hotbed of the Shiite Hezbollah militia, Israel resumed its heavy strikes over the weekend, hitting more buildings...
Israeli strike in north Gaza kills 87, Hamas-run ministry says
Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry has said at least 87 people were killed and more than 40 injured in Saturday's Israeli air strike on the city of Beit Lahiya in...
Palestinian journalist Plestia escaped Gaza to Lebanon. The war followed her there
Plestia Alaqad had found a new beginning. The young Palestinian journalist, who risked her life to document the horrors of the war in Gaza for her millions around the...
