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KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s military ordered the evacuation Saturday of a crowded part of Gaza designated as a humanitarian zone, saying it is planning an operation against Hamas militants in Khan Younis, including parts of Muwasi, a makeshift tent camp where thousands are seeking refuge. The order comes in response to rocket fire that Israel says originates from the area. It’s the second evacuation issued in a […]

SEOUL (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday a recently announced guideline on the operation of U.S. nuclear assets on the Korean peninsula is certain to add security concern in the region, South Korean and Russian news agencies reported. Speaking at a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Laos, Lavrov said he had not been briefed on the details of the plan but said […]

PARIS (Reuters) – The men’s street skateboarding competition at the Paris Olympics was postponed on Saturday, organisers said in a statement. The day’s competition has been rescheduled to July 29. Organisers did not immediately give a reason for the rescheduling, which was likely due to persistent rain overnight and on Saturday morning, making conditions unsafe for skateboarders. (Reporting by Simon Jennings in Paris; Editing by Peter Rutherford) Brought to you […]

By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian courts convicted 125 Boko Haram Islamist militants and financiers of a series of terrorism-related offences in a mass trial this week, the attorney-general’s office said. A Boko Haram insurgency has killed thousands of people and displaced millions since it began in 2009, creating a humanitarian crisis in northeastern Nigeria and putting pressure on the government to bring the conflict to an end. Kamarudeen […]

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Israeli military told Palestinians to temporarily evacuate southern neighborhoods of Gaza’s Khan Younis region so it could “forcefully operate” there, telling them to relocate to a humanitarian area in Al-Mawasi, a statement from the military said on Saturday. The fighting, more than nine months since the start of Israel’s invasion of Gaza following the Oct. 7 attack, underlined the difficulty the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) has […]

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Saturday it had thwarted a series of planned militant attacks in the southern region of Dagestan, state news agency RIA reported. The planned attacks were allegedly aimed at police forces and an Orthodox Christian church. FSB said it had arrested three Russian citizens in the city of Kaspiysk and identified them as members of an international terrorist organization, but did […]

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A new era is coming for Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel in the wake of the capture by U.S. authorities of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the last of the grand old Mexican drug traffickers. Experts believe his arrest will usher in a new wave of violence in Mexico even as Zambada could potentially provide loads of information for U.S. prosecutors. Zambada, who had eluded authorities for decades […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a fresh broadside against one of the world’s most popular technology companies, the Justice Department late Friday accused TikTok of harnessing the capability to gather bulk information on users based on views on divisive social issues like gun control, abortion and religion. Government lawyers wrote in a brief filed to the federal appeals court in Washington that TikTok and its Beijing-based parent company ByteDance used an […]

By Valentini Anagnostopoulou SANTORINI, Greece (Reuters) – Armed with selfie sticks and phones, the tourists flood into Santorini from everywhere – on dinghies from giant ocean liners, on coaches that zigzag up the steep hillsides, atop donkeys that clip-clop along the narrow cobbled streets. Some brave the afternoon heat to find a good spot among the white-washed houses and blue-domed churches where they then wait hours to watch the Greek […]

J.D. Martinez, Mark Vientos and Francisco Alvarez homered in the third inning Friday night for the host New York Mets, who continued their surge with an 8-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves in the second game of a four-game series. The Mets extended their winning streak to five games and improved to 15-7 this month as they moved ahead of the Braves in the race for the National League’s first […]