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Gaza marks the start of Eid with outdoor prayers amongst the rubble and food growing ever scarcer
Palestinians across the war-ravaged Gaza Strip marked the start of one of Islam’s most important holidays with prayers ...
Lebanese army warns Israeli airstrikes might force it to freeze cooperation with ceasefire committee
The Lebanese army condemned Friday Israel’s airstrikes on suburbs of Beirut, warning that such attacks are weakening the role ...
Modi inaugurates ambitious rail project connecting Kashmir to Indian plains
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated one of the most ambitious railway projects ever built in India, which will connect the Kashmir Valley to the vast Indian plains ...
U.S. hiring likely slowed to 130,000 new jobs last month amid uncertainty over Trump’s policies
The American job market likely continued to slow last month, hobbled by worries over President Donald Trump’s trade wars, ...
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong charged under Beijing-imposed security law for second time
Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong on Friday was charged with conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger ...
A Russian missile and drone attack across Ukraine kills 4 in the capital Kyiv
A nighttime missile and drone attack on Ukraine killed at least four people and injured 20 others in Kyiv, city mayor Vitali ...
Japanese court rejects damage claims against utility executives over Fukushima disaster
A Japanese court ruled former executives at the utility managing the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant were not accountable for the 2011 meltdown crisis and do not ...
Peckham or Sarajevo? Bosnian brothers spark joy with replica van from iconic British sitcom
There is an unmistakable air of Peckham these days in Bosnia’s capital, Sarajevo, as the legendary yellow three-wheeled van ...
Judge puts temporary hold on Trump’s latest ban on Harvard’s foreign students
A federal judge late Thursday temporarily blocked a proclamation by President Donald Trump that banned foreign students from ...
Economic hardships subdue the mood for Eid al-Adha this year
Less spending, higher prices and fewer animal sacrifices subdued the usual festive mood as the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha ...
North Korea says it has raised a capsized destroyer upright as it continues repair
North Korea said Friday it had righted a capsized destroyer and moored it at a pier in the northeastern port of Chongjin as ...
Jury deliberations to resume in Harvey Weinstein’s sex crimes retrial
A Manhattan jury will resume deliberations Friday in Harvey Weinstein ’s sex crimes retrial after ending its first day without reaching a verdict in a case that encapsulated the ...