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Cuba tells non-essential workers, students to stay home in latest blackout
By Dave Sherwood Reuters Cuba closed schools and told non-essential workers to stay home on Friday as its electrical grid faltered following ...Hamas says it is willing to move ahead with Gaza ceasefire
By Nidal Al-Mughrabi and James Mackenzie Reuters Hamas signalled on Thursday that a crisis threatening to unravel an already fragile ceasefire in ...Burundi warns Rwanda as eastern DR Congo conflict advances
M23 fighters and Rwandan troops on Wednesday pushed further into the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as Burundi warned Kigali it would ...Trump says he backs Ukraine, but early concessions to Russia spark concerns
By Idrees Ali, Humeyra Pamuk and John Irish Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump has promised a swift end to the Ukraine war but with talks about ...North Korea destroys family reunion centre in ‘inhumane act’, Seoul says
BY KIM TONG-HYUNG, Associated Press North Korea is demolishing a venue that for decades hosted tearful reunions of families separated by the ...Israel threatens to restart war in Gaza if Hamas doesn’t release hostages
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday threatened to withdraw from the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and resume its war against ...M23 rebels threaten to advance on Bukavu as fighting flares
The Rwandan-backed M23 armed group in Democratic Republic of Congo threatened on Tuesday to advance on the provincial capital of Bukavu, citing ...Fears for Gaza ceasefire escalate after Hamas delays hostage release
Hamas’ threat to delay the next planned release of Israeli hostages from the Gaza Strip has jolted a fragile ceasefire that’s seen as having the potential ...Militia kills more than 35 civilians in east Congo
By Thomson Reuters Armed militants killed more than 35 civilians during an attack on a cluster of villages in eastern Democratic Republic ...After the ceasefire in Gaza, West Bank Palestinians face more Israeli barriers, traffic and misery
BY ISABEL DEBRE AP Abdullah Fauzi, a banker from the northern West Bank city of Nablus, leaves home at 4 a.m. to ...