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Palestinian children walk amid the destruction in a heavly damaged residential district of the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Yunis on July 5, 2024, amid continuing battles between Hamas and Israel in the besieged territory. - Witnesses reported on July 5 Israeli artillery fire and bombardment in the Rafah and Khan Yunis areas, four days after the Israeli army issued a new evacuation order for parts of the southern Gaza cities. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)

Deadly strikes hit Gaza as war enters tenth month

Israel carried out deadly air strikes in the Gaza Strip as the war entered its tenth month on Sunday, with fighting raging across the Palestinian territory and fresh diplomatic efforts under way
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A festivalgoer (L) gives her proxy for the second round of France's legislative elections at a dedicated counter to assist festival-goers establish a voting proxy at a national gendarmerie office set up at the festival campsite during the 34rd edition of the Eurockeennes de Belfort rock music festival in Sermamagny, eastern France on July 5, 2024. (Photo by Jean-Christophe VERHAEGEN / AFP)

France braces for crunch election

France on Saturday prepared for its most consequential legislative election of recent times, with residents of overseas territories opening voting for a poll expected to give the far right its biggest-ever presence
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Political transition in Senegal

U.S style of democracy in Senegal

In the democratic capital of West Africa, Dakar, a roundtable on democratic values in Senegal took place between July 1 and 2, 2024. Representatives from civil society and civic associations funded by
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(FILES) Ambassador to the Vatican Carlo Maria Vigano (L) listens to Pope Francis speaking at Independence Hall in Philadelphia on September 26, 2015. - The Vatican has excommunicated Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, a virulent critic of Pope Francis, after finding him guilty of splitting the Church, the dicastery in charge of doctrine said on July 5, 2024. (Photo by Vincenzo PINTO / AFP)

Vatican excommunicates major pope critic for ‘schism’

The Vatican has excommunicated Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, one of Pope Francis’s most virulent critics, after judging him guilty of splitting the Church, the dicastery in charge of doctrine said Friday. The
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Jair Bolsonaro

Bolsonaro faces possible charges in Saudi jewel scandal

Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro is facing possible money laundering and other charges related to undeclared diamond jewelry gifted by Saudi Arabia, local media reported Thursday. Federal police accused Bolsonaro, who led
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A Palestinian man cycles past open sewage and buildings destroyed in past Israeli bombardment, in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, north of Gaza City on July 3, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant Hamas group. - Israel's military said on July 3, it was conducting raids backed by air strikes in northern Gaza, killing "dozens" of militants in an area where it had declared the command structure of Hamas dismantled months ago. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

Gaza: Fuel shortages ‘catastrophic’ for devastated health services- WHO

The World Health Organization chief has warned that a dire lack of fuel in the Gaza Strip could have a “catastrophic” impact on already devastated health services in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory.
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A woman looks at a beach littered with trash at Bull Bay, Jamaica, in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl on July 4, 2024. - Beryl powered towards Mexico and the Cayman Islands early on July 4, threatening strong winds and a storm surge after battering Jamaica's southern coast. Beryl weakened to a Category 3 storm overnight, sustaining winds of 125 miles (200kms) an hour, but is forecast to be "at or near major hurricane intensity" while it passes by the Caymans, according to the US National Hurricane Center (NHC). (Photo by Ricardo Makyn / AFP)

Beryl foreshadows future hurricanes, says UN weather agency

The World Meteorological Organization, which is tracking Hurricane Beryl’s deadly course through the Caribbean, told AFP that more storms with its hallmarks could be expected in the future. The WMO, the United
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The logo of Reporter Without Borders (RSF) organisation displayed on a screen before the start of a video conference call online for the launch of the 2020 Press Freedom Index, in Paris, France, 21 April 2020. EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON

Reporters Without Borders says targeted by Vivendi

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Thursday accused a PR firm with links to French billionaire conservative Vincent Bollore of orchestrating a “vast disinformation campaign” against it. The Paris-based NGO, known for its
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View of a campaign banner of Venezuela's presidential candidate Luis Eduardo of the Democratic Action party in Caracas on June 30, 2024. - Venezuela will hold general eletion next July 28. (Photo by Juan BARRETO / AFP)

Venezuelan election campaign opens amid persecution claims

Campaigning for July 28 presidential elections officially opened in Venezuela amid great uncertainty Thursday, with incumbent Nicolas Maduro accused of political persecution. Maduro and opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia have both called
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A newborn baby's feet. Photo: DIDIER PALLAGES/ Contributor/Getty Images

120,000 ‘stolen’ babies: Georgia’s trafficking scandal

Georgian student Elene Deisadze was browsing TikTok in 2022 when she stumbled across the profile of a girl, Anna Panchulidze, who looked exactly like her. Months later, after chatting and becoming friends,
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