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Israeli troops have captured a strategic mountain topped with a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon in their deepest incursion into the country in more than a quarter of a century. The capture of Beaufort castle near the city of Nabatiyeh came after days of intense fighting and airstrikes in nearby villages where Israeli troops fought…
Police have detained 780 people involved in violent clashes in Paris and other French cities that erupted after Paris Saint-Germain won the Champions League title. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said 57 officers were wounded, with most suffering minor injuries, as football fans set off fires and vandalised shops on Saturday night (Sunday morning AEST). One…
Rescue workers in Laos said Saturday they have safely evacuated four villagers trapped in a flooded cave for 10 days, the day after another one was successfully extracted. Lao and Thai rescue groups posted about the successful operation on social media, along with photos of the men lying on stretchers, wearing oxygen masks and being…
An elderly New Zealand man with advanced dementia was subjected to what his son later admitted was “torture” inside a locked, blacked-out room while family members systematically stole his life savings. Norman Lee, a 90-year-old retired mechanical engineer, died at Christchurch Hospital on July 9, 2020, following a regular pattern of severe elder neglect and…
The man suspected of killing his billionaire fashion magnate father has stepped down from the family’s fast fashion giant and pledged to prove his innocence. Jonathan Andic, 45, was arrested in Barcelona last week, 17 months after his father, Mango founder Isak Andic, fell more than 100 meters to his death on a hike in…
Arson attacks on Ebola treatment centers in eastern Congo underscore the serious challenges authorities face – including a backlash in local communities – as they try to stem an outbreak of the infectious disease that has been declared a global health emergency. Overnight, Congolese authorities said suspected cases have now passed 900 in the east…
Authorities in Southern California are racing to figure out how to prevent the explosion of a storage tank that has been leaking a hazardous chemical used to make plastic parts, as some 40,000 people are under evacuation orders in the area. A storage tank holding between 22,700 and 26,500 liters of methyl methacrylate overheated on…
An Australian police officer has died during a hike of the Inca Trail in Machu Picchu, Peru. Victoria Police sergeant Matt Paton, 52, fell to his death while trekking the popular tourist trail around 2pm local time on Wednesday. Paton is believed to have plunged 400 to 500 meters into an embankment during a difficult…
Australia is one of nearly 100 countries set to be impacted by new visa rules when traveling to Thailand after the Asian nation said it would remove a key visa exemption. Thailand’s government announced it would be removing a policy that allowed tourists from 93 different countries to travel throughout Thailand for up to 60…
Police in north-eastern Spain have arrested the son of Isak Andic, the billionaire founder of the Spanish fashion brand Mango, for allegedly having played a role in his death. Andic, 71, was hiking with his son in the mountains near Barcelona when he fell about 150 metres down a cliff and died in December 2024….
