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Several hundred protesters briefly broke into a plant owned by chemicals group Arkema near Lyon in southeastern France to protest against alleged pollution from the site and eight people were arrested, local authorities said. "An action…

Germany has said it was investigating an apparent eavesdropping of a call. This comes after Moscow said a recording of German officers showed them discussing weapons for Ukraine and a potential strike by Kiev on a bridge in Crimea. A…

Nicaragua has filed a case at the International Court of Justice against Germany for giving financial and military aid to Israel and for defunding the UN Palestinian Refugee Agency (UNRWA), the UN's top court said. Report says Nicaragua…

US President Joe Biden has announced plans to carry out a first military airdrop of food and supplies into Gaza. This comes a day after the deaths of Palestinians queuing for aid threw a spotlight on an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe…

More than 25,000 women and children have been killed in Israel’s war on Gaza since October 7, according to US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin. Speaking during a congressional hearing, Austin was asked by Congressman Ro Khanna how many…

A massive blaze in a six-storey shopping mall in the Bangladeshi Capital, Dhaka, has killed at least 45 people and wounded dozens. The fire, which struck Green Cozy Cottage Shopping Mall late on Thursday, started in a biryani restaurant on…

Voting is under way in Iran as the country holds its first elections since the 2022 anti-government protests. Friday's elections are seen as a crucial test of legitimacy and national support for Iran's leadership but a low turnout is…

At least 112 Palestinians have been killed and 760 injured trying to get desperately needed aid in Gaza, reports say. Crowds descended on a convoy of lorries on the coastal road South-West of Gaza City, in the presence of Israeli tanks.…

International Communities have been called upon to do everything possible to end Israeli occupation of Palestinian land and declare independent State of Palestine to achieve lasting peace in the region. The  Ambassador of the State of…

A former US ambassador will plead guilty to charges of spying for Cuba for decades, court records showed, in what the Justice Department described as one of the highest-reaching and longest-lasting infiltrations of the US government by a…