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Russia’s ex-deputy defense minister handed 13-year sentence on corruption charges
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s former deputy defense minister was convicted on Tuesday on charges of embezzlement and money laundering and handed a 13-year prison sentence in a high-profile case...
Katz: Those engaged in violence against IDF soldiers must be ‘dealt with severely’
The defense minister said that a joint enforcement body headed by police and including the IDF and Shin Bet will be established to coordinate efforts related to these incidents.Defense...
Algerian court upholds writer’s 5-year sentence in a case that’s strained ties with France
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A court in Algeria on Tuesday upheld Franco-Algerian author Boualem Sansal's five-year prison sentence in a case that has raised alarm over freedom of expression...
Liberian president killed in coup to get state funeral after 45 years
Liberia's former President William Tolbert is set to receive a symbolic reburial on Tuesday, 45 years after he was murdered during a coup and his body believed to be...
Europe swelters under a punishing heat wave with Paris forecast to hit 104 F
PARIS (AP) — France and the rest of Europe were still in the grips of the first major heat wave this summer with health warnings in effect Tuesday, even...
Car dealers in China’s Yangtze delta region warn of ‘severe challenges’
BEIJING (Reuters) -Car dealers in one of China's richest regions are appealing to automakers to overhaul sales strategies amid mounting pressure on their cash flow and high inventories in...
Losing a baby, rescuing a child and dodging air strikes in Sudan’s civil war
Aged just 19, Alawia Babiker Ahmed miscarried as she was fleeing on foot the devastating war that has ravaged Sudan's western region of Darfur."I was bleeding on the way,"...
UN’s Guterres pledges support for Ukraine’s reconstruction
UN Secretary-General António Guterres pledged support on Monday to Ukraine, which was attacked more than three years ago by Russia, for a potential reconstruction effort.During a conversation with Ukrainian...
Hundreds Of Palestinian Health Workers Remain Unlawfully Detained By Israel: NGOs
Twenty months after the current campaign of violence began in Gaza, hundreds of Palestinian health care workers remain unlawfully detained or disappeared in Israel’s prison system, say medical staff...
Fight On Ukraine’s Northern Border Sees Elite Troops Poured In From Both Sides
Though Russia has amassed a very large force to try and take Ukraine’s Sumy region, Ukrainian military officials say they have thwarted this summer offensive. Russian sources, meanwhile, claim...
