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Amnesty International has accused Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians during its war against Hamas in Gaza. The human rights group said Israel sought to deliberately destroy Palestinians by launching deadly attacks, demolishing vital infrastructure and preventing the delivery of food, medicine and other aid. It said such actions met the legal threshold for the

Georgia’s prime minister had vowed to punish those participating in the anti-government protests that have engulfed the capital Tbilisi. On Wednesday, it seems, the crackdown began. Police launched multiple raids on opposition party offices, with one leader reportedly detained and beaten unconscious. In footage shared by the Coalition for Change party, its leader Nika Gvaramia

A gunman has tried to assassinate a prominent Indian politician at the Golden Temple in the Indian city of Amritsar, The assailant fired at Sukhbir Singh Badal, the former deputy chief minister of Punjab, at one of the holiest shrines in the Sikh religion on Wednesday. No injuries were reported. The suspect, later identified as

Russian President Vladimir Putin is using Ukraine as a “testing ground for experimental missiles” and is “not interested in peace”, NATO’s secretary general has warned. Mark Rutte made the remarks as foreign ministers from the alliance’s 32 members gathered in Brussels for a two-day meeting where there will be several discussions on Ukraine. In a

Three climbers are missing after failing to return from a planned ascent of New Zealand’s highest peak, authorities say. Two Americans and a Canadian flew to a hut part way up the Aoraki mountain on Saturday to begin their climb, but failed to meet their prearranged transport on Monday after their trek. Both Kurt Blair,

Fianna Fail is the largest party in Ireland on 48 seats out of 174 in parliament, with Sinn Fein on 39 and Fine Gael on 38. Fianna Fail also secured the most first preference votes in Friday’s vote, taking 21.9% to Fine Gael’s 20.8%. Sinn Fein came in third on 19%. The result, after three

Two people have died and more than 30 others have been injured after their coach crashed on a mountainous road in the Pyrenees in southern France. A total of 47 people including the driver were on board when the collision happened on Sunday at 5pm near the ski resort of Porte-Puymorens, the regional administration said.

Violence has broken out in Georgia for a fourth night in a row – with fireworks fired at police who hit back with tear gas and water cannon. The unrest – over the freezing of talks to join the EU – also appears to be spreading beyond the capital Tbilisi. People turned out again on

Donald Trump promised retribution on the campaign trail and his nomination of ultra-loyalist Kash Patel to FBI director is a sure-fire sign that he plans to deliver on it. That bodes ill for a huge cast of characters, across the US’s top law enforcement agency and the Department of Justice, who have sought to investigate

The crowds came, weeping in the dark, to a bombsite and a shrine.  The crater was huge, with twisted rods of steel and mounds of earth and rubble on its side. This is where Hassan Nasrallah, the former leader of Hezbollah was killed, in a massive Israeli airstrike, on 27 September. Those dirt mounds were

It had appeared to be a conflict frozen in time, but the operation launched with blistering speed by Syrian opposition fighters has turned all of that upside down. It is also a potent reminder of the complexity of the Syrian conflict. What was a stalemate has revealed that the regime of President Bashar al Assad

Violence has broken out again in Georgia’s capital after protesters took to the streets near parliament over the suspension of EU membership talks. Police used water cannon and pepper spray as thousands gathered in Tbilisi to demand the government change its stance. Some protesters hurled fireworks at police and pushed a burning industrial bin towards

As the world-famous Notre-Dame cathedral burned in a devastating 2019 fire, Parisians watched on in tears. Now, after more than five years of frenetic reconstruction work, the world has been given a first glimpse inside the revived 12th-century landmark. Today, President Emmanuel Macron is visiting the site to see the restored interiors for himself before

At least 15 people have died and more than 100 are missing after landslides buried homes in several villages in eastern Uganda. Some 15 people have been rescued and taken to hospital, police said. At least 40 households were completely buried, the Uganda Red Cross Society said. It added that 13 bodies had been recovered.

Israel’s military has said it has fired on “suspects” in southern Lebanon who were allegedly violating its ceasefire with Hezbollah. Israeli tank fire hit six areas within two kilometres of a strip of land demarcating the border between Lebanon and Israel, according to state media and Lebanese security sources. It comes after Israel and the

NASA scientists have rediscovered a long-lost “city” buried under 100ft of ice, 58 years after it was abandoned as a US base during the Cold War. Camp Century, built in 1959 in northwest Greenland, was a never-completed secret launch site for ballistic missiles to reach the Soviet Union. As ice began to crush the site,