- Zelenskyy alleges Russia aids Iran in targeting US bases in the Middle East
- Conman imprisoned for building fake Roman amphitheatre and charging tourists
- Italy records magnitude 4.1 earthquake in Isernia province, no injuries reported
- Netanyahu’s government media reforms face criticism over risks to press freedom
- Search crews continue for missing 11-year-old Parker as Nose Hill Park closes
- Maine Democrats hold convention to select Senate nominee following Platner’s exit
- Six men arrested following fatal stabbing of 22-year-old in Clapham
- Over 220,000 people evacuated as wildfires spread in France and Spain
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A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck near Pizzone, Italy, just after midnight on Saturday, monitored by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology. The tremor, felt across Isernia and surrounding provinces, prompted public evacuations; however, no injuries or damage have been reported.
Tensions in the Middle East escalated as Iran-backed Houthi rebels launched missile attacks on Saudi Arabia, targeting a major refinery in Yanbu. Greek military sources reported that a deployed Patriot missile battery intercepted the attack, while Riyadh faced similar threats in Jizan, prompting civil protection warnings.
The International Criminal Court’s member states have voted to remove chief prosecutor Karim Khan, marking a historical first. This decision follows allegations of sexual misconduct, which Khan denies, and comes amid significant pressure from the US government regarding the court’s jurisdiction and ongoing investigations.
With just two days to go before the eagerly-awaited Netflix release of its adaptation of the famous manga ‘One Piece’, mega-fans in costume flock to see the first two episodes screened in Paris on Tuesday evening at the Grand Rex cinema
As Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was laid to rest after a fatal plane crash, videos purportedly showing graves of the group’s fighters being demolished went viral on social media channels. But despite claims to the contrary, this footage does not show a large-scale effort by the Russian state to erase all traces of the mercenary group.
In Northern Ireland, the generation born after the 1998 Good Friday Agreement is known as the “peace babies”. Yet, 25 years after the end of the conflict between nationalists, who want a united Ireland, and unionists, who want to remain part of the United Kingdom, the trauma of The Troubles still weighs on the younger generation.
The zones will offer passengers a ‘calm and relaxed flight’.
Society already has difficulty responding to one kind of natural disaster like drought, researchers say. Now we suddenly have floods too.
President Emmanuel Macron met leaders of all of France’s political parties Wednesday, including his most bitter opponents, outside Paris in a bid to break the deadlock of a hung parliament.
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