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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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In this grab taken from a handout footage released by the administration of the head of Russia's Dagestan Republic on June 24, 2024, Dagestan region governor Sergei Melikov (3R) visits a burned out synagogue, which was attacked by gunmen a day before, in Derbent. - Attacks on churches and synagogues in Russia's Dagestan region killed 15 police officers and four civilians, officials said on June 24, 2024, stoking fears over Islamist violence in the historically restive North Caucasus. The attacks come just three months after Islamic State (IS) group fighters killed more than 140 in a Moscow concert hall, the deadliest attack on Russia for almost 20 years. (Photo by Handout / administration of the head of Russia's Dagestan Republic / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / ADMINISTRATION OF THE HEAD OF RUSSIA'S DAGESTAN REPUBLIC" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Gunmen kill 19 in Russia’s Dagestan region

Attacks on churches and synagogues in Russia’s Dagestan region killed 15 police officers and four civilians, officials said on Monday, stoking fears over Islamist violence in the historically restive North Caucasus. Sunday’s
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Pope Francis addresses the crowd from the window of the apostolic palace overlooking St Peter's square during the Angelus prayer in Vatican on June 23, 2024. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP)

Pope appoints Benedict XVI’s confidant as Baltic envoy

Pope Francis on Monday named a confidant of his predecessor who wrote a tell-all book detailing tensions between Francis and Benedict XVI as Vatican ambassador to the Baltic states. The nomination is
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French police forces take part in an operation to remove a makeshift roadblock set up by pro-independence supporters in the Vallee du Tir district in Noumea on the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia on June 24, 2024. - Clashes started after even independence activists linked to a group accused of orchestrating deadly riots last month in New Caledonia have been sent to mainland France for pre-trial detention. Riots, street barricades and looting broke out in New Caledonia in May over an electoral reform that would have allowed long-term residents to participate in local polls. (Photo by Delphine MAYEUR / AFP)

Buildings torched in fresh unrest in New Caledonia

Several buildings, including a police station and a town hall, were set on fire in New Caledonia overnight, authorities said Monday, as the French Pacific territory was hit by a fresh surge
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This handout photograph taken and released on June 21, 2024 by Turkish news agency DHA (Demiroren News Agency) shows a burnt field after a wildfitre swept overnight through two areas between the districts of Diyarbakir and Mardin in southeastern Turkey. - Five people died and dozens were hurt as a huge wildfire swept through several villages in the Kurdish southeastern Turkey overnight, the health minister said on June 21. (Photo by Handout / DHA (Demiroren News Agency) / AFP) / - Turkey OUT / - TURKEY OUT / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO /HO/DHA (DEMIROREN NEWS AGENCY) " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Turkey wildfire toll hits 15 as experts flag faulty wires

The death toll from a massive wildfire that ripped through Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast last week has risen to 15, hospital sources said on Monday as experts pointed to faulty wiring as
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Kym Parsons pleaded guilty to carrying out bank robberies in small South Australian towns between 2004 and 2014.(ABC News: Brant Cumming)

Australia’s ‘bicycle bandit’ gets 35 years

An Australian bank robber known as the “bicycle bandit” got a 35-year jail sentence Monday — though he reportedly has advanced cancer and is seeking an imminent voluntary assisted death. Kym Allen
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Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a lithium battery factory in Hwaseong on June 24, 2024. - A major fire broke out at a South Korean lithium battery factory on June 24, authorities said, with one person confirmed dead and 21 others unaccounted for as the blaze continued to rage. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP) / - South Korea OUT / NO USE AFTER JULY 23, 2024 04:44:40 GMT - - SOUTH KOREA OUT / NO ARCHIVES - RESTRICTED TO SUBSCRIPTION USE

Firefighters find ’20 bodies’ at S Korea battery fire site: Yonhap

Around 20 bodies have been found at a South Korean lithium battery factory after a massive blaze on Monday, the Yonhap news agency said, with firefighters saying they were still searching the
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(FILES) A relative weeps next to the dead body of a victim who died after consuming toxic illegal alcohol in Kallakurichi district of India's Tamil Nadu state on June 20, 2024. - Drinking liquor was acceptable in a south Indian village until at least 47 people died from a fatal poisoning earlier this week after they consumed arrack, a distilled alcoholic drink. (Photo by R. Satish BABU / AFP)

Deaths from Indian toxic alcohol hit 50

The death toll from a batch of toxic illegal alcohol in India has risen to 53, media reported Sunday, as more victims in hospitals succumbed to the poisonous brew. Tamil Nadu state
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