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Jewish tourists replace Welsh landmark Christian cross with Star of David

Footage shows group arranging stones into 6-point Star of David, symbol of Jewish identity on Israeli flag.   A group of Jewish tourists provoked anger after footage appeared to show them dismantling a 60-foot Christian cross on a hillside in Wales and using the stones to form a Star of David, according to the Daily […]

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Devastating floods killed 437 in Pakistan since Aug. 14, authorities say

Devastating floods killed 437 in Pakistan since Aug. 14, authorities say.   43 new fatalities reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh provinces, northern Gilgit-Baltistan region. Ongoing heavy rains and flooding have claimed 43 more lives in Pakistan in just 24 hours, raising the death toll since Aug. 14 to 437, the national and provincial disaster management

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Pope calls for fasting and prayer for peace in Middle East and Ukraine as he returns to Vatican

Pope calls for fasting and prayer for peace in Middle East and Ukraine as he returns to Vatican. VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV asked people to fast on Friday to pray for peace and justice in the Middle East and Ukraine, issuing a special appeal as he returned to the Vatican from summer vacation.

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Iran Repeats Concerns Over U.S.-Armenia Corridor Deal

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian appeared to have failed to dispel neighboring Iran’s concerns about his decision to grant the United States exclusive rights to a transit corridor for Azerbaijan during talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian held in Yerevan on Tuesday. Pezeshkian repeated Tehran’s opposition to any “outsourcing of regional issues” to outside powers in

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Boeing plane diverts moments after take off as bright flashes spark in sky

Boeing plane diverts moments after take off as bright flashes spark in sky. A Boeing plane was forced to divert moments after take off as bright flash sparked in the sky. Flight DE3665, bound for Düsseldorf, took off from the island of Corfu before it was diverted to Brindisi, Italy, on 16 August. Footage shows

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Budapest threatens Kyiv with electricity cut after strikes on pipeline

Budapest threatens Kyiv with electricity cut after strikes on pipeline.   The tensions between the two countries escalated after Ukraine bombed the Drushba pipeline on Russian territory, effectively stopping oil deliveries to Slovakia and Hungary. Hungary on Monday made a thinly-veiled threat to cut off electricity supplies to Ukraine as the diplomatic row over damage

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Amnesty accuses Israel of deliberately starving Gaza’s Palestinians

Rights group Amnesty International on Monday accused Israel of enacting a “deliberate policy” of starvation in Gaza, as the United Nations and aid groups warn of famine in the Palestinian territory. Israel, while heavily restricting aid allowed into the Gaza Strip, has repeatedly rejected claims of deliberate starvation in the 22-month-old war. In a report

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Former Russian Miss Universe contestant, 30, dies after elk smashes through windshield

A model and former Miss Universe contestant from Russia died last week from injuries she suffered after an elk crashed through the windshield of her Porsche, according to a report. Kseniya Alexandrova, 30, died from severe brain injuries from the accident that occurred while she was driving with her husband in Tver Oblast, Russia, on July 5,

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British MPs urge government to expel Israeli ambassador, impose arms embargo

British MPs urge government to expel Israeli ambassador, impose arms embargo.   LONDON A group of British MPs issued a strongly worded letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, calling for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador and immediate action against Israel over its “acts of genocide” in Gaza. In the letter, signed by more than

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