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Comment on this story Comment JERUSALEM — Israel said it deported a Palestinian lawyer and activist to France early Sunday, claiming he has ties to a banned militant group, despite objections from the French government. The expulsion of Salah Hammouri underscored the fragile status of Palestinians in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, where most hold revocable residency […]

Comment on this story Comment One woman has died and two others were in critical condition following a crowd crush at a concert last week in London, police said Saturday. The woman, Rebecca Ikumelo, a 33-year-old London resident, died at a hospital on Saturday after she was critically injured in the incident, London’s Metropolitan Police […]

North Korea launched two ballistic missiles Sunday off its east coast, South Korea said. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the two launches were conducted Sunday into the East Sea sometime between 11:13 a.m. and 12:05 p.m. local time.  The launches came three days after North Korea said it tested a “high-thrust solid-fuel motor” […]

North Korea launched a ballistic missile Sunday off its east coast, South Korea said. South Korea’s Joint Chief of Staff said the launch was made on Sunday morning but gave no further details. The launch came three days after North Korea said it tested a “high-thrust solid-fuel motor” for a new strategic weapon, a development […]

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea launched a ballistic missile Sunday off its east coast, South Korea said. South Korea’s Joint Chief of Staff said the launch was made on Sunday morning but gave no further details. The launch came three days after North Korea said it tested a “high-thrust solid-fuel motor” for a new […]

Iranian authorities arrested one of the country’s most renowned actresses Saturday on charges of spreading falsehoods about nationwide protests that grip the country, state media said. The report by IRNA said Taraneh Alidoosti, star of the Oscar-winning movie “The Salesman,” was detained a week after she made a post on Instagram expressing solidarity with a […]

Roughly a million people could die from COVID-19 in China by next year as a result of the country’s rapid abandonment of pandemic restrictions, a new study suggests. Researchers worry that ill-prepared healthcare systems, low rates of vaccination among the elderly and ineffective vaccines will contribute to a massive and deadly COVID-19 surge that has […]

Comment on this story Comment CAIRO — Around midnight in mid-November, Libyan militiamen in two Toyota pick-up trucks arrived at a residential building in a neighborhood of the capital of Tripoli. They stormed the house, bringing out a blindfolded man in his 70s. Their target was former Libyan intelligence agent Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir […]

Comment on this story Comment LIMA, Peru — The political crisis roiling Peru deepened Saturday, as President Dina Boluarte’s new government edged toward collapse and protesters across the country refused to back down despite the military enforcing a state of emergency. A total of 20 demonstrators are reported to have been killed in clashes with […]

German authorities said Saturday that they have recovered a significant part of the 18th-century treasures stolen from Dresden’s Green Vault museum in a spectacular break-in more than three years ago. Prosecutors and police said in a statement that they secured 31 items in Berlin overnight, including “several pieces that appear to be complete.” They were […]