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Rebels say they have taken DR Congo city as thousands flee
Videos shared online by residents appear to show M23 rebels patrolling the main streets of Goma.
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Lukashenko wins Belarus' stage-managed election as planned
In a presidential election dismissed as a farce and an affront to democracy, strongman Alexander Lukashenko has secured a seventh term in power to extend his 30 years of rule over Belarus. State media reported that 70-year-old Lukashenko, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, garnered 86.8% of the vote, according to preliminary results announced by the electoral commission. With opposition politicians either in exile or imprisoned, and the four alternative candidates seen as state-ap
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Israeli-German hostage to be released, mediators in Qatar announce
An Israeli woman, who also has German citizenship, being held in Gaza is set to be released in exchange for 30 Palestinians in Israeli prisons, according to Qatari officials mediating between Hamas and Israel. The woman is one of three hostages held in Gaza to be released by Friday, a spokesman for the foreign ministry in Doha announced on X. The German-Israeli woman is said to currently be in the hands of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) paramilitary group. The deputy PIJ secretary-general,
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My opponents choose jail and exile, Lukashenko tells BBC
On election day, the unchallenged Belarus leader exchanges arguments with the BBC Russia editor.
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NATO investigating damage to further undersea cable in Baltic Sea
NATO officials are investigating damage discovered on Sunday to another undersea cable running across the Baltic Sea, this time a telecommunications link between NATO member states Sweden and Latvia. The cause of the damage was still unclear, however it is believed it was made by an external party, Latvian officials announced in a press conference in Riga. The damage comes after a string of undersea cables have been apparently targeted in recent months, triggering scrutiny of this critical infra
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'Catastrophic' coral bleaching on Great Barrier Reef turning reefs to rubble, researchers say
Marine scientists tracked coral colonies in a remote area of the Great Barrier Reef and found that corals previously more resilient to bleaching suffered devastating and fatal bleaching during Australia’s 2024 summer, the fourth-ever global bleaching event.
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Talks under way to secure release of further Israeli hostage in Gaza
Talks are under way to arrange the release of an Israeli hostage who also has German citizenship in exchange for 30 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) paramilitary organization says. The woman is alive and the conditions of her release are being negotiated with Israel with the help of mediators, Mohammed Hindi, deputy secretary general of the PIJ, told dpa, without giving a time frame for her release. The Times of Israel newspaper reported that Israel has c
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