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Aref Shamtan, 73, chose to erect a tent near his decimated home in northwest Syria instead of remaining in a displacement camp following the overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad. “I feel good here, even among the rubble,” Shamtan said, sipping tea at the tent near his field. Upon returning with his son after al-Assad … Read more
Joel Le Scouarnec tells court he committed ‘despicable act’ in another mass rape case that shocks France. A French court has sentenced a retired surgeon to 20 years in prison for raping or sexually abusing nearly 300 victims, many of them children under anaesthesia, over 25 years of his career in another case of years-long … Read more
The high court has declined to hear a bid to block a project that Indigenous groups say would destroy a site of religious significance. The United States Supreme Court has declined to weigh a bid from a Native American advocacy group to block the construction of a large copper mine on land that many Apache … Read more
US President Donald Trump condemned Vladimir Putin on Sunday over Russia’s deadly strikes on Ukrainian cities. Source link
Joseph Neumeyer, who is also a German citizen, approached the building on May 19 with Molotov cocktails, officials say. A dual United States and German citizen has been arrested on charges that he travelled to Israel and attempted to firebomb the branch office of the US Embassy in Tel Aviv, federal prosecutors in New York … Read more
On the surface, it was a routine closed-door meeting between Bangladesh’s interim leader and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and the chiefs of the country’s three armed forces, to discuss law and order. But the May 20 meeting came amid what multiple officials familiar with the internal workings of the government described to Al Jazeera as … Read more
Israel has carried out multiple bombings across southern Lebanon, including blowing up a multi-story apartment building. Source link
US president says system will shield country from missile threats, including from space. US President Donald Trump announces his latest defence plan: The Golden Dome. Estimated at a cost of $175bn, it is designed to shoot down advanced missiles headed towards the United States. Using both ground and space to detect incoming projectiles, it will … Read more
Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay died peacefully in his sleep. Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, who inherited the National Football League team from his father in 1997 to become the NFL’s youngest club owner, died on Wednesday. During his long-time association with the team, Irsay also became the youngest general manager in Colts franchise history … Read more
Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada pledges to continue ‘relentless fight against insecurity’. Two top aides to the mayor of Mexico City have been shot dead in the latest attack against public officials in the Latin American country. Private secretary Ximena Guzman and adviser Jose Munoz were shot dead on Tuesday in an early morning ambush in … Read more