Residents of southern Lebanon face a stark choice: stay home and risk being killed, or flee and risk deepening poverty.
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Projected population changes across Europe vary significantly, with the EU population set to fall by 53 million by 2100. Experts point to the role of immigration in explaining differences between countries. By 2100, one in three Europeans will be...
The US said its naval blockade of Iranian ports will continue despite the ongoing ceasefire, prompting Iran to U-turn on its reopening of the Strait of Hormuz just hours after it declared it open for maritime traffic, and firing at vessels trying to...
Andrey Kurkov is Ukraine's most prominent living novelist and one of the country's leading public intellectuals. Since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, he has remained in Kyiv and published three volumes of war diaries (Diary of an Invasion...
Hundreds protested in Berlin against the US-Israeli aggression on Iran, and Israeli attacks on Gaza and Lebanon.
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Inside the detailed report by the Atlantic’s Sarah Fitzpatrick raises many questions the alleged excessive drinking and erratic behaviour of the FBI Director. Kash Patel has described the allegations as “fake news” and threatens to take legal action...
Israel and the US have been at war with Iran since Feb 28th. All sides have suffered, but it wasn’t always this way.
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A gunman in the southern US state of Louisiana killed eight children, including seven of his own, and shot two other people before being killed by police, authorities have said. The victims of the attack, which was carried out across two houses in Shreveport on Sunday morning,…
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Iran says it has placed mines in the Straight of Hormuz to discourage independent traffic. How dangerous are naval mines, and what can be done to clear them?
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Trump accuses Iran of violating the ceasefire as he announces plans to send US negotiators to Pakistan for more talks.
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A displaced woman returned to southern Lebanon after a ceasefire to find her house reduced to rubble.
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A ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon was reached following a first round of talks in Washington. Hussein Ibish, Senior Resident Scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, analyses Israel’s strategy in Lebanon, which he...
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Ukrainian Defence Forces targeted drone manufacturing plants in Russia and on occupied Ukrainian territory.
The US-Israel war on Iran nears two months. We break down some of the frequently used terminology in this war.
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After briefly reopening the Strait of Hormuz, Iran has again closed the vital economic waterway, saying it will restrict ships from passing through as long as the U.S. continues its blockade.
The fire ripped through makeshift homes in a "water village" in Malaysia's Sabah state on Borneo island. The area is home to some of the country's poorest residents, including indigenous and stateless communities.
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Ursula von der Leyen's right-hand man sent to Budapest to begin work for the release of €10 billion as Magyar races to unfreeze the cash in exchange of reforms. According to sources involved in the negotiations, the release of funds is not connected...
Humanoid robots speed past humans in Beijing half-marathon Humanoid robots raced alongside humans in a half-marathon in Beijing, with a Chinese-developed robot finishing in just 50 minutes, shattering last year’s record. The event highlights China’s push to lead the global…
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Attacks on the Jewish community are "gathering momentum", the Chief Rabbi says, after another arson attack was reported at a north-west London synagogue. The warning comes after Kenton United Synagogue in Harrow was attacked overnight, the latest in a series of arson…
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