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The Hamas-run health ministry has claimed at least 50 people have been killed in an Israeli attack on a school in northern Gaza. The...

A French senator is being investigated over allegations he drugged an MP with the intention of sexually abusing her. Joel Guerriau is a member...

Australian says divers were injured after the Chinese navy used sonar while they were in the water clearing fishing nets. Australia’s defence minister Richard...

Biting the hand of friendship took on a literal meaning during an official visit by Austria’s president to Moldova when the country’s “first dog”...

Fears over the safety of Palestinian civilians are growing as Israel suggests its bombardment of Gaza will shift to southern areas, having destroyed swathes...

At the end of a sixth week of war, a day of burials and death but also signs the conflict is deepening. In the...

Israeli troops are continuing their operation at Gaza’s biggest hospital, al Shifa, which has been a primary target of the ground assault. The Israel...

The murderer of Irish teacher Ashling Murphy “should never see the light of day again”, her mother has said as he was sentenced to...

Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel is doing all it can to minimise civilian casualties in Gaza but had “not been successful”. The Israeli prime...

To see the column of people up close was quite something. Several hundred Palestinians, young and elderly, in a thin line facing south on...

When French President Emmanuel Macron called for a ceasefire last Friday, he said he was hoping the US and UK would follow suit. So...

Iceland is on high alert for a volcanic eruption, with a state of emergency declared and almost 4,000 residents evacuated from their homes. There...

Friends stars Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer have paid tribute to their late co-star Matthew Perry. Aniston, who played Rachel Green in the show,...

For over three weeks, Aladdin, Olfat and their 20-year-old daughter were surrounded by an endless barrage of bombs in Gaza. After being trapped there,...

A plane was forced to return to an airport shortly after taking off when a horse got loose on board. Around half an hour...

The puteketeke, a bird that vomits, grunts, growls and has bizarre mating rituals, won New Zealand’s bird of the century competition after comedian John Oliver...

Israel has launched an overnight raid on Gaza’s largest medical facility – al Shifa hospital – hours after the US backed claims it was...

There is a place in Lebanon called Alma al Shaab which clings to the sunburnt hills that rise up from the Mediterranean. The community...

The earthquake swarm in southwest Iceland has eased – but the threat of an eruption remains high. Most of the tremors in the last...