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Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza city of Rafah kills at least 9 Palestinians, including 6 ...
BY MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH and SAMY MAGDY REUTERS An Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza’s southernmost city killed at least nine people, ...UN warns 800,000 people in Sudan city in ‘extreme, immediate danger’
Some 800,000 people in a Sudanese city are in “extreme and immediate danger” as worsening violence advances and threatens to “unleash bloody intercommunal strife ...Israel launches retaliatory strikes against Iran
Iran’s state media reported explosions in the central province of Isfahan Friday, as US media quoted officials saying Israel had carried out ...Oil jumps after Israel launches strikes on Iran
Oil prices rallied and equities fell Friday as reports said explosions had been heard in Iran and Syria, fuelling fears of an ...UN agency helping Palestinians in Gaza seeks support against Israel’s demands for its dissolution
By EDITH M. LEDERER AP The head of the U.N. agency that has helped millions of Palestinians in Gaza and the West ...Indonesian volcano eruption forces evacuations, airport closure
Indonesia shut a provincial airport and evacuated hundreds of people from the vicinity of the Ruang volcano after it belched explosive plumes ...Greek economy surges after decade of pain
By Lefteris Papadimas Reuters A decade ago, Greece was in the throes of a devastating debt crisis marked by years of austerity, ...Israeli tanks push back into northern Gaza, warplanes hit Rafah
By Nidal Al-Mughrabi Reuters Israeli tanks pushed back into parts of the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday which they had left weeks ...Venezuela shuts Ecuador diplomatic missions over raid
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday he had ordered the closure of his country’s diplomatic missions in Ecuador after a raid on ...Israel vows retaliation over Iran attack after calls for restraint
BY JOSEF FEDERMAN AP Israel’s military chief said Monday that his country will respond to Iran’s weekend attack, but he did not elaborate on ...