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A 60-year-old municipal worker, who was cutting grass near a throughfare, was killed in Russian shelling early morning. (Jul 31)

At least 5 people have been killed and 7 wounded during clashes in Ein el-Hilweh, Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp

A door at the French Embassy was set ablaze as thousands pro-coup protesters marched through the streets of Niger's capital

Russian authorities said Sunday that Ukrainian drones damaged two office buildings a few miles from the Kremlin and a pig

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket successfully launched the JUPITER 3 broadband communications satellite into orbit on Friday. (Jul 31) AP

Chad's military leader and transitional president Mahamat Idriss Deby arrived in Niger for talks with the leaders of a coup

South Korea commemorated the 70th anniversary of the Korean War armistice on Thursday as President Yoon Suk Yeol pledged to

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday that new data show that July 2023 is set to be the hottest

North Koreans on Thursday marked the 70th anniversary of the end of fighting in the Korean War. (Jul 27) AP

The heatwave hitting the globe and severe drought, now in its fourth year, has dramatically worsened water scarcity in Afghanistan