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BEIRUT, March 29 (Reuters) – Israel carried out its deadliest strikes in months on northern Syria’s Aleppo province early on Friday and said it killed a senior Hezbollah commander in Lebanon, stepping up its campaign against Iran’s proxies in parallel … Read More

Afghan regime’s return to public stoning and flogging is because there is ‘no one to hold them accountable’ for abuses, say activists The Taliban’s announcement that it is resuming publicly stoning women to death has been enabled by the international … Read More

Brazilian authorities have confirmed 1,889,206 positive cases of dengue fever so far this year, thus surpassing 2015’s 1,688,688 and 2023’s 1,658,816, it was reported. In addition to 630 confirmed fatalities, another 1,009 deaths are under investigation since Jan. 1 to … Read More

LONDON, March 27 (Reuters) – More than 4,600 asylum seekers have arrived in Britain on small boats so far in 2024, a record total for the first three months of the year and giving Prime Minister Rishi Sunak a fresh … Read More

Brazil is building a submarine fleet with France’s help. SAO PAULO — France is beefing up its defense ties with Brazil — shored up by President Emmanuel Macron’s first state visit to the country. The cooperation between the two was … Read More

QUITO, ECUADOR — An Ecuadoran mayor was found shot to death Sunday, police said, as the South American country approaches its third month of a state of emergency decreed by the government to crack down on soaring gang violence. Brigitte Garcia, … Read More

NEW DELHI, March 27 (Reuters) – India plans to spend nearly $3.7 billion to fence its 1,610-km (1,000-mile) porous border with Myanmar within about a decade, said a source with direct knowledge of the matter, to prevent smuggling and other … Read More

Five Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver killed while en route from Islamabad to dam construction site Six people have been killed after a suicide bomber rammed a vehicle into a convoy of Chinese engineers working on a dam project … Read More

Nicaragua’s communist regime authorized the establishment of a Russian-made “Instruction Center” for the “reengineering” of the Nicaraguan police, authorities confirmed last week. Local media and experts have denounced the center as a possible “cover-up” for a prospective Russian spy agency … Read More

March 26 (UPI) — Authorities said six people were still unaccounted for after a cargo ship struck and collapsed the busy Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, early Tuesday morning. Maryland Transportation Secretary Paul Widefield confirmed during a press conference … Read More

The UN Security Council has called for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza, after the US did not veto the measure in a shift from its previous position. The resolution also demands the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages. The … Read More

Four suspects from Tajikistan appear in court as IS releases new footage corroborating its claim to be behind atrocity The Kremlin has declined to comment on growing evidence that the Afghan branch of Islamic State (IS), known as Islamic State … Read More

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) — A magnitude 6.9 earthquake has hit a remote part of western Papua New Guinea killing at least three people and causing extensive damage to around 1,000 homes, officials said. The quake rocked the … Read More

Greetings from Tyler, Having just written the monthly letter, the realization struck me that nothing had been said about the war in Ukraine.  We’re not hearing much.  I wonder why. The big peace deal to stop the war in Gaza … Read More

MOSCOW, March 22 (Reuters) – Russia has added what it calls the “LGBT movement” to a list of extremist and terrorist organisations, state media said on Friday. The move was in line with a ruling by Russia’s Supreme Court last … Read More