• At least 139 Palestinians, including some 40 children, have been killed in the Gaza Strip since Monday.

    At least 139 Palestinians, including some 40 children, have been killed in the Gaza Strip since Monday.0

    Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip continued for a fifth consecutive day, with Israeli air raids hitting a refugee camp where at least 10 Palestinians, including eight children, were killed. In the early hours of Saturday, rescue workers were still trying to pull bodies from under the rubble as more people are believed to be

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  • Foreign fighters in Libya are violating cease-fire : UN chief

    Foreign fighters in Libya are violating cease-fire : UN chief0

    By AP The U.N. chief said foreign fighters and mercenaries remain in Libya in violation of last October’s cease-fire agreement and called for their withdrawal and an end to violations of the U.N. arms embargo, saying these are “critical elements” for lasting peace in the north African country and the region. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

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  • US set to swear in Joe Biden as 46th president

    US set to swear in Joe Biden as 46th president0

    The United States is due to swear in Democrat Joe Biden as its 46th president, who is inheriting a country beset by deep political divides and battered by a coronavirus pandemic. The inauguration event, scheduled to start after 10:30am local time (15:30 GMT) on Wednesday, will be organised amid unprecedented security in the wake of

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  • Indonesia Boeing 737 passenger plane crash site found, navy says

    Indonesia Boeing 737 passenger plane crash site found, navy says0

    Indonesian authorities say they have found the location where they believe a Boeing 737 passenger plane crashed into the sea shortly after take-off from the country’s capital Jakarta on Saturday. The Sriwijaya Air jet was carrying 62 people when it disappeared from radar four minutes into its journey to Pontianak in West Kalimantan province. On

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  • Washington Mayor declares a 15-day public emergency

    Washington Mayor declares a 15-day public emergency0

    Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser has declared a state of emergency in US capital city for 15 days following the invasion of Congress by pro-Trump protestors. “Many persons came to the District armed and for the purpose of engaging in violence and destruction,” Bowser said in a statement. “They have fired chemical irritants, bricks, bottles and

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  • At least 22 civilians killed in rebel attack in eastern DRC

    At least 22 civilians killed in rebel attack in eastern DRC0

    At least 22 civilians have been killed in a rebel attack on a village in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to local officials. The violence in Mwenda village of the Beni territory was perpetrated by the Ugandan rebel group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), Donat Kibwana, the administrator

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