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Israel’s targeted strike on Hamas leader sparks outrage over civilian deaths
GAZA CITY, Oct 4 — Israel said yesterday that it attempted to kill Hamas’s top leader in the Gaza Strip in an airstrike on an apartment that local officials said […]
Can stricter penalties curb Latin America’s rising ‘ecocide’? Activists propose model law for environmental crimes
MEXICO CITY, Oct 4 — Lawyers and environmentalists from Latin America unveiled a model law this week that punishes severe environmental harm by eliminating excuses for failing to protect ecosystems, […]
More guns, less schooling: Russia’s 2027 budget goes all in on war
MOSCOW, Oct 4 — Russia plans to sharply increase defence spending, cut funding for education and raise taxes next year as costs mount in its war with Ukraine, draft budget documents […]
‘China fills the void in people’s pockets’: Why US influence wanes in Latin America under Trump’s policies, poll says
BOGOTA, Oct 3 — China’s influence in Latin America is now viewed more positively than that of the United States, a major poll conducted in 17 Latin American countries showed […]
The dark side of El Nino: Sea levels to rise in California as coastal wave surges up west coast
LOS ANGELES, Oct 3 — Sea levels in California are set to rise by as much as a foot (30 centimetres) in the coming days as an enormous wave washes […]
Cornell 7 gang-rape case reignites US debate over campus sexual violence
NEW YORK, Oct 3 — An alleged gang rape at Cornell University, detailed in a graphic lawsuit last month, has provoked fury in the United States over sexual violence on […]
Sixth arrest, same mystery: UK-Iranian man out on bail over RAF Fairford scare
LONDON, Oct 3 — A UK-Iranian dual national arrested over a mysterious incident near a British military airbase has been released on bail, counter-terrorism police said on Saturday. The 25-year-old […]
‘Unacceptable’: US Muslim group demands action from Trump over American teen held for months without charge in Israel
WASHINGTON, Oct 3 — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) yesterday called on the White House and Congress to demand the release of Abdalkareem Issa Ahmed Safi, an American teenager […]
Flydubai co-pilot tried to carry out ‘terrorist act’, attacked captain with cockpit axe, UAE says
DUBAI, Oct 3 — The UAE’s attorney general said the co-pilot of a flydubai flight to Israel had planned a “terrorist act” and used the cockpit’s emergency axe to attack […]
New York moves to close rape-law loophole after uproar over alleged Cornell fraternity gang rape
NEW YORK, Oct 3 — New York Governor Kathy Hochul vowed yesterday to close a legal loophole that makes it harder to prosecute rape cases if the victims were willingly […]