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World A Ukrainian serviceman of the 28th Separate Mechanised Brigade with the call sign 'Sokil' (Falcon) and his brother-in-arms prepare an FPV (first person view) drone for a test flight at a training ground, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk Region, Ukraine May 3, 2024. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

Russia Promises 'Devastating Revenge' if Ukraine Attacks Crimean Bridge

Russia warned on Friday it would launch a "devastating revenge strike" if Ukraine, backed by the West, strikes Crimea or the Crimean Bridge which links…

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Arab World An aerial picture shows farmers harvesting strawberries in a field in Bidama village in Syria's opposition-held northwestern Idlib province on April 26, 2024. (Photo by Aaref WATAD / AFP)

ISIS Carries Out Deadly Attacks on Pro-government Forces in East Syria

Suspected members of ISIS attacked three posts for Syrian government forces and pro-government gunmen early Friday killing at least 13, an opposition war…

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Arab World A view of a street in the city of Omdurman damaged in the year-long civil war in Sudan, April 7, 2024. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig

Violence Shuts Crucial Aid Corridor into Sudan's Darfur

Violence around the city of al-Fashir in Darfur, Sudan, has blocked a recently opened humanitarian corridor from Chad and time is running out to prevent…

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Arab World An armed Kurdish militant of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) wearing a mask and a scarf covering his head aims his weapon in Diyarbakir in September 2015. (AFP)

Türkiye Says It Killed 32 Kurdish Militants in Northern Iraq

Türkiye’s military has "neutralized" 32 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) across various regions of northern Iraq, the Defense Ministry…

Rafah Operation Could Be a ‘Slaughter’, Warns UN Official

Arab World A young boy looks on as relatives of Palestinians killed in Israeli bombing, mourn near their corpses in the yard of the al-Najjar hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 3, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas movement. (AFP)

Rafah Operation Could Be a ‘Slaughter’, Warns UN Official

An Israeli incursion in Rafah would put the lives of hundreds of thousands of Gazans at risk and be a huge blow to the humanitarian operations of the entire…


Business  A man enjoys the seaside as a ferry sails through Golden Horn in Istanbul, Türkiye May 1, 2024. (Reuters)

Türkiye Says Israel Trade Halted until Permanent Gaza Ceasefire

Türkiye will not resume trade with Israel, worth around $7 billion a year, until a permanent ceasefire is secured in Gaza with unhindered humanitarian aid…

Arab World An Internal Security Forces patrol in Beirut (ISF Media).

Lebanon: TikTok Gang Bust Exposes Criminal Exploitation of Social Media

Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces arrested a gang of TikTokers who lure children and molest them, a criminal act shedding light on networks exploiting social…

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Spain Abolishes National Bullfighting Award in Cultural Shift

Culture Spanish bullfighter Juan Ortega fights the 528kg bull 'Vivaracho' bull during a bullfight in the Plaza Monumental of Aguascalientes, in Aguascalientes, Mexico, 28 April 2024.  EPA/Tadeo Alcina

Spain Abolishes National Bullfighting Award in Cultural Shift

Spain scrapped an annual bullfighting award on Friday, prompting a rebuke from conservatives over a backlash against a centuries-old tradition they see as an…

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Culture  A drone view shows a centuries-old sunken town that reemerged amid extreme heat in Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija, Philippines, May 2, 2024. (Reuters)

Parched Philippine Dam Reveals Centuries-Old Town, Luring Tourists

Ruins of a centuries-old town have emerged at a dam parched by drought in northern Philippines, giving residents a rare spectacle and an extra source of income…

Culture  Looted artifacts returned by British and American museums are displayed to the public for the first time at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi, Ghana, May 1, 2024. (Reuters)

Looted Gold, Royal Treasures Go on Show Back Home in Ghana

Gold neck discs, a sword, a royal chair and dozens of other treasures looted during British colonial rule went on show in Ghana this week for the first time…

Culture Senegalese tapestries adorn the walls of organizations the world over. JOHN WESSELS / AFP

Senegal Tapestry Production Finds New Lease of Life

After cutting away the loose woolen threads from his loom, 28-year-old Senegalese weaver Seydina Oumar Cisse turns the roll to watch the tapestry gradually…

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Culture US writer Paul Auster poses before a conference on literature at the Campus del Milán library, University of Oviedo, northern Spain October 19, 2006. (Reuters)

Paul Auster, US Author of The New York Trilogy, Dies Aged 77

US novelist and screenwriter Paul Auster died of complications from lung cancer at his home in Brooklyn on Tuesday evening aged 77, the New York Times reported…

City's Foden and Shaw Win FWA Footballer of the Year Awards

Sports Football - Premier League - Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester City - The American Express Community Stadium, Brighton, Britain - April 25, 2024 Manchester City's Phil Foden celebrates scoring their second goal. (Action Images via Reuters)

City's Foden and Shaw Win FWA Footballer of the Year Awards

Manchester City midfielder Phil Foden has been named the Football Writers' Association's men's player of the year, while City forward Khadija “Bunny” Shaw won…


Sports Football - Premier League - West Ham United v Liverpool - London Stadium, London, Britain - April 27, 2024 Liverpool's Mohamed Salah talks to manager Jurgen Klopp (Action Images via Reuters)

Klopp Says He Has ‘No Problem’ with Salah after Touchline Spat

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp insisted Friday his spat with Mohamed Salah has been “completely resolved,” saying his long history with the star forward…

Sports Iga Swiatek of Poland in action during her semifinal match against Madison Keys of USA at the Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, 02 May 2024. (EPA)

Swiatek Returns to Madrid Open Final by Beating Keys, Medvedev Retires with Injury

Iga Swiatek cruised to a straight-sets semifinal win over Madison Keys on Thursday to reach the Madrid Open final and a rematch against No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka. …

Sports A worker walks inside the Austerlitz wastewater and rainwater storage basin, which is intended, among other things, to make the Seine swimmable during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Paris, on May 2, 2024. (AFP)

Paris Inaugurates Giant Water Storage Basin to Clean up River Seine for Olympic Swimming

French officials inaugurated on Thursday a huge water storage basin meant to help clean up the River Seine, set to be the venue for marathon swimming at the…

Sports Manchester City's Jack Grealish celebrates with the trophy after winning the 2022 English Premier League title at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, Sunday, May 22, 2022. (AP)

Title, Relegation and European Spots in the Balance as Premier League Heads for Exciting Finale

The title race is down to two teams. The relegation tussle still involves three. And the contest for the remaining European qualification positions…


Face of Neanderthal Woman Buried in Iraq Cave Revealed

Varieties The recreated head of Neanderthal woman ‘Shanidar Z’ (Jamie Simonds)

Face of Neanderthal Woman Buried in Iraq Cave Revealed

Archaeologists have reconstructed the human-like face of a Neanderthal woman who lived 75,000 years ago in a cave in northern Iraq where the extinct species…

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Varieties A Long March 5 rocket, carrying the Chang'e-6 mission lunar probe, lifts off as it rains at the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China's Hainan Province on May 3, 2024. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

China Launches First Probe to Collect Samples from Far Side of Moon

China launched a probe on Friday to collect samples from the far side of the Moon, a world first as Beijing pushes ahead with an ambitious program that aims to…

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Varieties (FILES) Tents of mountaineers are pictured at the Everest base camp in the Mount Everest region of Solukhumbu district on May 3, 2021. (Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP)

Nepal Court Orders Limit on Everest Climbing Permits

Nepal's Supreme Court has ordered the government to limit the number of mountaineering permits issued for Everest and other peaks, a lawyer confirmed…

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Varieties A record-breaking heatwave is broiling parts of Asia, helping drive surging demand for cooling options, including air-conditioning. Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP

Heatwave Swells Asia's Appetite for Air-conditioning

A record-breaking heatwave is broiling parts of Asia, helping drive surging demand for cooling options, including air-conditioning. AC exhaust units are a…

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Varieties This photo provided by the Suaq foundation shows Rakus, a wild male Sumatran orangutan in Gunung Leuser National Park, Indonesia, on Aug. 25, 2022, after his facial wound was barely visible. (Safruddin/Suaq foundation via AP)

Orangutan’s Use of Medicinal Plant to Treat Wound Intrigues Scientists

In June 2022, a male Sumatran orangutan named Rakus sustained a facial wound below the right eye, apparently during a fight with another male orangutan at the…