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Germany refuses entry to British-Palestinian surgeon Ghassan Abu Sitta
"Silencing a witness to genocide before the ICJ adds to Germany's complicity in the ongoing massacre," the surgeon said.
Russian soldiers who quit Putin’s war get no hero’s welcome abroad as asylum claims…
For Western nations grappling with Russia's vast and growing diaspora, Russian soldiers present particular concern: Are they spies? War criminals? Or heroes?
Asia-Pacific gets new weapon in fight against drug-resistant TB
While TB can be successfully treated with antibiotics, more than three percent of new TB patients are resistant to commonly prescribed drugs.
Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli has died at age 83, his company says
The Italian-born designer became renowned in the early 1970s for his animal prints and for a sexy style that remained his trademark throughout his long career.
China says ‘great positive progress’ made to resolve border row with India
The foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning's remarks were further elaboration on China's reaction to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent statement in which he said that for New Delhi.
Massive attack destroys one of Ukraine’s largest power plants
At least 10 other strikes overnight damaged energy infrastructure in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city.
Feuds, gridlock: South Korea’s post-election ‘politics as usual’
Yoon becomes the first South Korean president whose party didn't have control of the legislature for at least a portion of their term.
Italian coast guard rescues 22 shipwrecked people, recovers 9 bodies. Some 15 reported missing
The victims included a six-month-old child, along with eight men, UNHCR said. Six of the survivors were treated for severe hypothermia and dehydration; two remain hospitalized.
12 Indians arrested in UK visa raids on bedding, cake factories
The officials said four of the offenders were detained pending consideration for removal from the UK or deportation to India, and the remaining eight have been bailed on the condition they report regularly to the Home Office.
India gets clean chit after probe into foreign meddling in Canadian elections
A panel of Canadian bureaucrats stated that it found no evidence of any efforts by India to influence the national polls.
3 sons and three grandchildren of top Hamas leader are killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza
Haniyeh confirmed the deaths in an interview with the Al Jazeera satellite channel, saying his sons “were martyred on the road to liberating Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.”
PM hopes India, China can restore border peace through bilateral engagement
During the wide-ranging interview with Newsweek magazine, the prime minister talked about a host of issues including the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Biden says he’s considering Australia’s request to drop Assange’s prosecution
Assange’s wife, Stella Assange, has said the WikiLeaks founder “is being persecuted because he exposed the true cost of war in human lives.”
Learn about the Arizona Supreme Court’s reinstatement of a near-total abortion ban from 1864
Arizona’s highest court suggested doctors can be prosecuted under the 1864 law, though the opinion written by the court’s majority didn’t explicitly say that.
Ten years after Chibok, agony of abductions plagues Nigeria
The anniversary of the April 14, 2014 attack comes amid a resurgence of large-scale abductions in Nigeria, with no end in sight to the conflict.
Fire in large Hong Kong residential building kills at least five people and injures 27
Three males and two females were killed, police said.
How the EU wants to reshape its asylum system
Under the new rules, the Dublin III principle of first-country responsibility would be maintained, but with extra criteria that could shift the asylum-seeker's file to another EU country.
Too busy for politics? South Korea’s young voters on what motivates them
This election cycle, younger voters were outnumbered by those over 60, official data showed.
France is proposing to allow terminally ill patients to take lethal medication
Assisted suicide is allowed in Switzerland and Portugal and several US states. Euthanasia is currently legal in the Netherlands, Spain, Canada, Australia, Colombia, Belgium and Luxembourg under certain conditions.
Muslims worldwide celebrate Eid al-Fitr in the shadow of Gaza’s misery
Preachers in their sermons called on people to pray for Muslims in Gaza who were suffering after six months of war.