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Thousands displaced in northern Gaza fighting

Explosions, air strikes and gunfire rattled northern Gaza on Saturday, the third day of an Israeli military operation that has uprooted tens of thousands of Palestinians and compounded what the UN called
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(FILES) Former Peru's President (1990-2000) Alberto Fujimori sits between his children Kenji (L) and Keiko upon his release from the Barbadillo prison in the eastern outskirts of Lima, on December 6, 2023. - Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori, 85, is hospitalized in intensive care after suffering a hip fracture in a domestic accident, his family announced on June 26, 2024. (Photo by Renato PAJUELO / AFP)

Peru’s ex-president Fujimori breaks hip in fall

Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori, 85, is in intensive care after breaking his hip in a fall at home, his daughter Keiko said Wednesday. He is due to undergo surgery in the
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A supporter of Julian Assange holds a banner with an image of the WikiLeaks founder after he arrived in Canberra on June 26, 2024, following his guilty plea at a US court in Saipan to a single count of conspiracy to obtain and disseminate US national defence information. - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned home to Australia to start life as a free man June 26 after admitting he revealed US defence secrets in a deal that unlocked the door to his London prison cell. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)

Julian Assange ‘marvelling’ at freedom in Australia

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is “rediscovering” life as he tastes freedom in Australia after a five-year stretch in a London high-security prison, his wife said Thursday. The 52-year-old landed in Canberra the
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A soldier in an armored vehicle is deployed outside the Quemado Palace at Plaza Murillo in La Paz on June 26, 2024. Bolivian President Luis Arce on Wednesday denounced the unauthorized gathering of soldiers and tanks outside government buildings in the capital La Paz, saying "democracy must be respected." "We denounce irregular mobilizations by some units of the Bolivian Army," Arce wrote on the X social network. Former president Evo Morales wrote on the same medium that "a coup d'état is brewing." (Photo by AIZAR RALDES / AFP)

Coup in Bolivia as troops, tanks deploy outside presidency

Bolivian President Luis Arce on Wednesday called for democracy to be respected after soldiers and tanks deployed outside government buildings and tried to knock down a door of the presidential palace. AFP
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Kenya
A priest holds a banner while marching against the Finance Bill 2024 in downtown Nairobi on June 23, 2024. - Protesters organized an outside prayer march calling on the Church to support them against the Finance Bill 2024. Kenya has been experiencing nationwide protests against a controversial bill seeking to increase taxes. (Photo by Patrick Meinhardt / AFP)

Kenya withdraws controversial finance bill after protesters’ death

Kenyan President William Ruto said Wednesday that a bill containing contentious tax hikes would “be withdrawn”, dramatically reversing course after more than 20 people died and parliament was ransacked by protesters opposed
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