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Top UN court rejects South African request for urgent measures to safeguard Rafah
It said no new order was necessary because the existing measures “are applicable throughout the Gaza Strip, including in Rafah.”
Explosion at Virginia home kills 1 firefighter and hospitalizes 9 firefighters and 2 civilians
The blast and fire occurred while firefighters were inside the building, James Williams, assistant chief of operations for Loudon County Fire and Rescue, said at a news conference.
Biden says Navalny’s reported death brings new urgency to the need for more US aid to Ukraine
Speaking at the White House, Biden said that no matter the cause, he holds Russian President Vladimir Putin responsible for Navalny’s death.
India long believed in 2-state solution, now more countries seeing it as urgent: Jaishankar on Gaza…
He made the remarks at an interactive session at a security conference in Munich in the presence of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock.
Trump hawks $399 branded shoes at ‘Sneaker Con,’ a day after a $355 million ruling against him
Trump was met with loud boos as well as cheers at the Philadelphia Convention Centre as he introduced what he called the first official Trump footwear.
Afghan women fear going out alone due to Taliban decrees on clothing and male guardians, UN says
The Taliban have barred women from most areas of public life and stopped girls from going to school beyond the sixth grade as part of harsh measures they imposed after taking power in 2021.
Pakistan Army gave two options to Sharif; either premiership or Punjab CM slot for daughter: Sources
The source said that since Shehbaz Sharif, 72, was a favourite of the military, Nawaz Sharif had to be sidelined by one excuse or another at the end of the day.
US envoy says Israel has not presented evidence that Hamas diverted U.N. aid deliveries in Gaza
New airstrikes in central Gaza on Saturday killed more than 40 people, including children, and wounded at least 50, according to Associated Press journalists and hospital officials.
German insolvencies keep rising amid weak economy
Berlin: The number of insolvencies in Germany rose 26.2 per cent year-on-year in January amid a weak economy, preliminary figures published by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) show on Friday.
Double-digit year-on-year growth…
Families of Indonesian activists tortured by soldiers 25 years ago shocked at general’s election win
Currently the defense minister under outgoing President Jokowi Widodo, Subianto claimed victory in the presidential election on Wednesday, based on unofficial tallies showing he won by a big margin.
Mexico will likely elect a woman as its next president, but money to govern is already being spent
President López Obrador has continued proposing new, expensive projects in the closing months of his administration, which will probably leave his successor with her hands tied for much of her six-year term.
UK voters deliver double blow to Rishi Sunak, electing Labour lawmakers in two special elections
Labour leader Keir Starmer said the results “show people want change.”
After Greece’s legalisation of same-sex marriage, will other Orthodox countries follow suit?
A 2016 statement by a council of most Orthodox churches called marriage between a man and a woman "the oldest institution of divine law" and said members were forbidden from entering same-sex unions.
Satellite photos show Egypt building a wall near Gaza Strip as Israeli offensive on Rafah looms
The satellite images, taken by Maxar Technologies, show construction ongoing on the wall, which sits along the Sheikh Zuweid-Rafah Road, some 3.5 kilometres west of the border with Gaza.
Thousands seek to flee Myanmar after mandatory military service announcement
The Thai embassy in Yangon has been swamped with youths seeking visas to get out of Myanmar since the announcement last Saturday that the "People's Military Service Law" would be brought into force.
US elections: How Trump and his followers use offensive humour to make prejudice acceptable
Trump tells norm-breaking jokes that punch down at the victims of discrimination and abuse: prisoners of war, trans athletes, the disabled, and sexual assault survivors.
Alexei Navalny, Russian opposition leader and Putin critic, dies in prison
Navalny had been behind bars since January 2021, when he returned to Moscow after recuperating in Germany from nerve agent poisoning that he blamed on the Kremlin.
Four patients die as oxygen runs out in Gaza hospital besieged by Israeli forces
Hours before troops seized the hospital Thursday, Israeli fire killed a patient and wounded six others inside the complex, staff said.
EU to launch mission to protect Red Sea shipping on Monday
The overall commander of the mission will be Greek, while the lead officer in operational control at sea will be Italian, an EU official said.
Indian-origin elderly motel owner shot dead in the United States
Pravin Raojibhai Patel, who owned Hillcrest Motel in Sheffield, was shot dead last week.