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Italian police seize German rescue ship, say migrants to disembark
Italian police on Monday seized a German migrant rescue ship that had been stranded at sea for a week with more than 100 migrants...
Japan exhibition defends pulling ‘comfort woman’ statue, opponents decry censorship
Organisers of a Japanese art exhibition who withdrew a statue symbolising "comfort women" defended their decision on Monday as justified given a crisis in...
Hezbollah and Israel: a new war or restraint?
Lebanon's Hezbollah movement and Israel traded cross-border fire on Sunday, in a spat that came after a week of heightened tensions between the two...
Amazon fires: Almost 4,000 new blazes started across Brazil in 48 hours after ban...
Almost 4,000 new forest fires were started in Brazil in the two days after the government banned deliberate burning of the Amazon, officials have...
Lebanon-Israel border quiet after Hezbollah clash
MAROUN AL-RAS, Lebanon (Reuters) - The Lebanon-Israel border area was quiet on Monday, after Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group and the Israeli army exchanged cross-border...
Australian man makes ‘amazing’ solo landing during first flying lesson
An Australian man venturing into the skies for a first flying lesson has been forced to make an "amazing" solo landing after his instructor...
The CAR Murders: A Critical Cold Case in the New Cold War Points to...
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/GettyST. PETERSBURG, Russia–It’s been more than a year now since someone murdered three Russian journalists on a dark road...
Hurricane Dorian has killed at least 30 people in the Bahamas, including an 8-year-old...
Hurricane Dorian pummeled the Bahamas this past weekend as a Category 5 storm, destroying houses and creating a storm surge of up to 23...
Indian moon mission’s landing module separates from orbiter
The landing module of India's unmanned moon mission separated from the orbiter on Monday ahead of its planned touchdown on the moon's south polar...
