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A belly dancer turns grief into joy after fatal attack on Berlin’s Pride festival
Haidar Darwish, a Syrian belly dancer and artist, took the stage at Berlin’s Museum Island wearing a flamboyant hoop skirt and red fez. He ... -
Displaced from wildfires share their stories of uncertainty and narrow escapes
Elvira Menéndez knows how lucky she is that her house is not a charred ruin like so many others in Spain and France devastated by ... -
Mediators see progress in diplomatic efforts to halt Iran war, two regional officials say
Mediators have achieved progress in efforts to get the United States and Iran back to negotiations and avert an all-out war in the Middle East, two ... -
France and Spain battle wildfires as more than 250,000 people are forced to flee homes
France sent a hulking military cargo plane to dump tons of flame retardants as it battled raging wildfires on Saturday and slashed the final stage of Tour ... -
UNESCO adds France’s D-Day landing beaches, Greece’s Mount Olympus to World Heritage List
World War II’s D-Day landing beaches in northern France and the iconic Mount Olympus in Greece were among the sites added to the World Heritage List on Sunday ... -
June 1 trial date set for Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro in his drug trafficking case
Former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife will go on trial on drug trafficking charges next June, a judge said Wednesday, as their ... -
A sailor dies after a Ukraine-bound tanker catches fire off Romania as officials probe war link
A sailor injured when a Ukraine-bound tanker ship caught fire off Romania’s Black Sea coast has died, Romanian media reported on Thursday, as authorities investigate ... -
Britain’s new Prime Minister must solve the old riddle of how to reinvigorate a slow-growing economy
U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s announcements during his first 24 hours on the job underscore the political and financial challenges he faces as he tries to ... -
Lawmakers approve a sweeping social media ban for children under 15
France banned children under 15 from using social media on Tuesday, becoming the first country in the European Union to pass a blanket ban on the ... -
Israel is building a miles-long earthen barrier inside Gaza, entrenching its division
The Israeli military is quietly but quickly building a giant earthen barrier separating the over 50% of the Gaza Strip it controls from the rest of ... -
Trump administration opens investigation into Harvard’s financial aid for international students
The Justice Department is investigating whether Harvard University is allowing Chinese donors to create scholarships that exclude American students, adding to the barrage of federal ... -
Iran war, Myanmar crisis and South China Sea rifts under the spotlight in ASEAN ministerial talks
Southeast Asia’s top diplomats expressed alarm over renewed hostilities in the Middle East as they gathered yesterday in the Philippine capital for talks with ... -
Andy Burnham becomes seventh British prime minister in a decade
It took Andy Burnham a long time to get to the top. He won’t have much time to prove he’s up to the job. A decade ago, Burnham ... -
Children pay the price for the Iran war as malnutrition and poverty surge
Maryam Aminu was hardly surprised when the last of her six children was diagnosed with malnutrition in April for a second time. She was ... -
Massive fire becomes Norway’s largest in modern times after destroying more than 100 homes
The largest residential fire in modern Norwegian history destroyed more than 100 homes and forced hundreds of people to evacuate, authorities said Saturday. The ... -
Protesters rally in Kyiv as Zelenskyy moves to oust defense minister
Protesters gathered in downtown Kyiv yesterday after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy moved to dismiss his defense minister, as parliament convened to appoint a new ... -
China and Xi are seen more favorably than the US and Trump in many nations, survey shows
The world has largely viewed the U.S. more favorably than China for years, but those opinions have flipped in Beijing’s favor this year, according ... -
National Assembly gives final approval to assisted-dying bill after years of debate
France’s National Assembly gave final approval Wednesday to a bill allowing adults with incurable illnesses to receive lethal medication, the culmination of years of debate over ... -
Face-to-face with ancient Rome: Exhibition brings forgotten faces to life
A blacksmith, a stable boy, a soldier, a slave: The faces and stories of these and other residents of an ancient Roman city in ... -
Gov’t unveils plans for voluntary overnight social media curfew for older teens
The British government announced plans yesterday for 16 and 17-year-olds to face a voluntary overnight social media curfew, its latest attempt to reduce online ... -
Kenyan court dismisses Rastafari case seeking to legalize marijuana
Kenya’s High Court yesterday dismissed a petition seeking to legalize the use of cannabis by Rastafarians for religious purposes. Justice Bahati Mwamuye said Kenya’s ... -
Two Spaniards gored as the San Fermin bull run festival concludes
Spain’s famed San Fermin festival concluded with two gorings during the eighth and final bull run held yesterday. An 18-year-old from Pamplona was gored in his ... -
EU targets Russian intelligence officers accused of running a yearslong cyber spying campaign
The European Union yesterday imposed sanctions on Russian military intelligence officers, hackers and private companies, denouncing what it called a yearslong cyber espionage campaign to undermine the bloc. ... -
US attacks Iran over ship being hit in Strait of Hormuz; Tehran lashes out again at Gulf Arab states
The United States attacked Iran early yesterday morning over an Iranian strike on a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz that set the container ship ... -
Fellow passengers pull back man partly sucked out of broken window on a flight from Greece
Fellow passengers pulled back a man who was partially sucked out of a dislodged airplane window on Friday, a few minutes after takeoff on ... -
An islandwide blackout strikes Cuba for the second time this week as its grid crumbles
An islandwide blackout struck Cuba on Friday for the second time this week as the nation of nearly 10 million people grapples with a crumbling power grid and ... -
US and Iran exchange intensifying fire across the Gulf, threatening the interim deal to end war
The United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early yesterday, and Tehran responded by targeting Gulf countries in an exchange of fire that threatened ... -
Peanut butter floor returns to Dutch museum as tribute to late artist
More than 800 pounds of peanut butter — enough for around 15,000 peanut butter sandwiches — have been spread across the floor of a ... -
Meta plans billions for first AI data center in Canada, largest outside the US
Facebook and Instagram parent Meta said yesterday (Macau time) it will invest more than US$9.1 billion to build its first artificial intelligence data center ... -
US launches new strikes on Iran, revokes oil sales permit after attacks on three ships
The U.S. military attacked Iran early yesterday after it said Tehran struck three ships in the Strait of Hormuz, part of an American effort that ... -
Some health workers in Ebola outbreak go on strike over pay issues as deaths near 600
The healthcare workers at the epicenter of Congo’s Ebola outbreak are walking off their jobs to protest delays in their payments, threatening efforts to slow the ... -
Oil prices jump more than 2% after US strikes on Iran, while world shares retreat
Shares fell yesterday in Europe and Asia and oil prices surged more than 2% after the U.S. launched strikes on Iran following attacks on three ships in ... -
NATO unveils billions in arms deals to prove its firepower to Trump
NATO yesterday showcased a series of military projects worth billions of dollars in an attempt to convince President Donald Trump that U.S. allies are converting fresh defense ... -
More than 300 children killed or injured in Sudan war in six months, UNICEF says
More than 300 children have been killed or injured in the last six months in the war in Sudan, mostly from drone strikes, the ... -
British military says cargo ship reports being under attack in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen
A cargo ship came under attack yesterday off the coast of Yemen in the Red Sea, the British military said, in the latest maritime ...
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