Palestinians mark 76 years of dispossession as even larger catastrophe unfolds in Gaza
Palestinians on Wednesday will mark the 76th year of their mass expulsion from what is now Israel, an event that is at the core of their national struggle. But in many ways, that experience pales in comparison to the calamity now unfolding in Gaza. Palestinians refer to it as the “Nakba,”...
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Indonesian rescuers search through rubble after floods kill 50
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Ex-Indian Army officer with UN killed in Gaza
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More United States parents than ever have paid leave this Mother’s Day
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Floods in Af sweep away livelihoods
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SL Freedom Party elects Rajapakshe as chairman after Sirisena resigns
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Apartment block collapses in Russian border city
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37 die as flash floods, cold lava flow ravage Sumatra island
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Seven security personnel killed in twin attacks in North Waziristan
At least seven security personnel have been killed and two injured in two separate militant attacks on security forces in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, authorities said on Sunday. Local officials said five security personnel were killed and two injured during the first attack that took place in the Hassan Khel area...
Cop killed, over 100 injured in clashes during PoK protest
One police officer was killed and more than 100 people, mostly policemen, injured in violent clashes between security forces and protesters agitating against high prices of wheat flour and electricity in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, media reports said on Sunday. The disputed region witnessed clashes on Saturday between the police and activists of...
IMF mission to meet Pak authorities next week
An IMF mission will meet authorities of cash-strapped Pakistan next week to hold discussions for laying the foundation for “better governance” and “stronger economic growth”, an official said on Sunday. Last month Pakistan completed a short-term USD 3 billion programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which bailed the country...
Thousands flee NE Ukraine as Russia renews border assault
Thousands more civilians have fled Russia’s renewed ground offensive in Ukraine’s northeast that has targeted towns and villages with a barrage of artillery and mortar fire, officials said on Sunday. The intense battles have forced at least one Ukrainian unit to withdraw in the Kharkiv region, capitulating more land to Russian...
Duchess of Sussex, speaks with women about her Nigerian roots
Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, says it’s been “humbling” to find out through a genealogy test that she is partly Nigerian as she met with women in the West African nation on Saturday. On her second day in Nigeria, where she is visiting for the first time with Prince Harry...
Rise in UK knife attacks stokes public anxiety
A familiar horror reached Pooja Kanda first on social media: There had been a sword attack in London. And then Kanda, who was home alone at the time, saw a detail she dreaded and knew all too well. A man with a sword had killed a 14-year-old boy who was walking...
Crews prepare for demolition to remove Key bridge structure
Crews are preparing to use controlled explosives to demolish a large piece of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge atop the cargo vessel Dali that has been stranded since March in Baltimore with its crew of 20 Indians and one Sri Lankan onboard after it collided against the bridge. The...
