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Mexico extradites alleged Sinaloa sicario to U.S.
Mexico has extradited one of the top leaders of the infamous Sinaloa Cartel who is believed to have been the chief of a group of enforcers tasked with eliminating or intimidating rivals of one of the cartel’s factions, the U.S. Department of Justice stated over the weekend.
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Turkish court acquits man suspected of murdering Russian feminist activist
A court in the eastern Turkish city of Erzurum has acquitted Syrian national Mohammad Nizar Arnabeh, who was accused of murdering Russian feminist activist Anastasia Emelyanova.
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Israel condemned as ‘barbaric’ strike on Rafah refugee camp kills at least 50
Israel fires missiles into Rafah tents after Hamas launched first rockets deep into Israel, including towards Tel Aviv, since January
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Noisy planes at Brussels Airport sparked Belgian political war
The Flemish regional government says locals are bothered by a new flight plan that sends aircraft roaring over their roofs.
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Ukraine gets €1B in arms and security pact with Spain
Kyiv is signing security deals with its allies while it waits to join NATO.
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‘Putin’s patience snapped’: Insiders marvel at Russia’s military purge
Under new defence minister Andrei Belousov, FSB is tackling corruption aggressively with serious implications for Ukraine
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Corruption allegations swirl over Polish opposition party
Prosecutors allege that €66 million in a special fund may have been misused under the former justice minister.
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Baby ‘beheaded’ and children ‘burnt alive’ in Israeli strikes on makeshift shelter
Newborns burnt alive, children beheaded and bodies of civilians scattered in tents housing displaced Palestinians – this is the aftermath of Israel’s war on Gaza.
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Knife attacker injures at least three in metro in Lyon, France
A 27-year-old Moroccan man attacked people with a knife in the metro in the French city of Lyon on Sunday, injuring at least three, authorities said.
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Hamas fires rockets towards Tel Aviv for first time in months
Hamas has fired a rocket towards the Tel Aviv area in Israel for the first time in months.
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The scenic garden that became China’s secretive seat of power
Above Beijing’s imperial center rises Jingshan, or Prospect Hill. From a pagoda at its modest peak, a panoramic view of the city presents itself.
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Seven newborn babies killed after fire rips through children’s hospital
A ferocious overnight fire at a neonatal unit left seven newborn babies dead and another five injured.
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Fire at amusement park in western India kills at least 20
A massive fire broke out Saturday in an amusement park in Gujarat state in western India, leaving at least 20 people dead, police said.
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Paranoid and ailing Putin is constantly attended by four doctors and protected by 111 security guards at his palace, according to leaked documents
Footage of Putin’s palace shows it having a giant 20ft wall around the perimeter
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Russia strikes hypermarket in Kharkiv
Russian forces bombed a hypermarket in Kharkiv in the middle of a day on Saturday, causing multiple casualties and igniting a fire, Ukrainian authorities said.
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A French court finds three Syrian officials guilty of crimes against humanity
Members of Assad regime sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment on Friday after landmark trial in Paris
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Three more Israeli hostages’ bodies found in Gaza
The bodies of three more Israeli hostages have been recovered from Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have said.
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Journalists jailed in Tunisia amid free speech crackdown
Tunisian courts convicted three media workers this week, amid what critics say is a wider crackdown on civil society by the government of President Kaïs Saïed.
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UN top court orders Israel to halt Rafah offensive
The International Court of Justice ruled Friday that Israel must immediately halt its offensive in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
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Four people killed and 21 injured after bar collapse in Majorca
At least four people have been killed and as many as 21 injured when a two-storey building crumbled on an island in Spain.
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China testing ability to ‘seize power’ in second day of military drills around Taiwan
PLA says exercises launched in response to president’s inauguration will test capacity to ‘seize power, launch joint attacks and occupy key areas’
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Two people killed and up to 10 feared trapped after popular Majorca bar collapses
Two people have died and up to ten people are feared trapped following a building collapse at a Majorcan beach resort.
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Kim Jong-un’s new draconian laws include phone police roaming streets and divorce banned
Kim Jong-un is trying to quash Western influence from his closed-off nation, with sources claiming two new draconian laws have been brought in to make lives more difficult
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Spain investigates Equatoguinean minister for bribery and money laundering
Spain is investigating the son of Equatorial Guinea’s ruler, Teodoro Obiang, for his alleged involvement in a money laundering and tax fraud network that has whitewashed millions of dollars from bribes paid by a Portuguese company to which he awarded a construction contract in the African country.
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Bosnia arrests Dutch-Iraqi suspected human trafficker
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s law enforcement have apprehended a Dutch citizen of Iraqi descent suspected of orchestrating a criminal network that smugged more than 1,500 Iraqi nationals to the EU accruing a substantial illicit financial profit in the process.