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Tensions between Israel and France reached a diplomatic crisis on Tuesday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused French President Emmanuel Macron of encouraging antisemitism by announcing plans to formally recognise a Palestinian state next month. In a strongly worded letter seen by AFP, Netanyahu charged that Macron’s recognition plan had caused a “surge” in antisemitism in France, writing: “Your ...

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he hoped Russia’s Vladimir Putin would move forward on ending the war in Ukraine but conceded that the Kremlin leader may not want to make a deal at all, adding this would create a “rough situation” for Putin, reports Reuters. In an interview with the Fox News “Fox & Friends” programme, Trump said ...

Three people were killed and eight others injured in a mass shooting at a nightclub in Brooklyn, New York, early Sunday, according to NBC News, citing police sources. The incident took place at the “Taste Of The City Lounge” in the Crown Heights neighborhood just before 3:30 a.m. local time, New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said during a ...

European leaders will join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his visit to Washington on Monday seeking an end to Moscow’s invasion, after President Donald Trump dropped his push for a ceasefire following his Alaska summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, reports AFP. Securing a ceasefire in Ukraine, more than three years after the Kremlin ordered the invasion, had been one ...

US President Donald Trump failed to secure a Ukraine war ceasefire at a high-stakes summit with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin but insisted on Saturday that he would now target a full peace agreement to end the conflict. Three hours of talks between the White House and Kremlin leaders at an Alaska air base produced no breakthrough but Trump and European ...

At least 60 people have died and more than 100 are missing, a day after sudden, heavy rain caused floods and landslides in Indian Kashmir, authorities and local media said on Friday, the second such disaster in the Himalayas in a little over a week, reports Reuters. Gushing mudslides and floodwaters inundated the village of Chasoti in Indian Kashmir on ...

Southern Europe is grappling with dozens of wildfires as a relentless heatwave fuels dangerous conditions across the region, prompting mass evacuations and straining emergency services. Greece In Greece, firefighters supported by the army are battling at least a dozen major blazes, including one threatening Patras, the country’s third-largest city. “The situation remains difficult,” said fire service spokesman Vassilis Vathrakogiannis, citing ...

A scorching heatwave is fuelling dozens of wildfires across parts of southern Europe, forcing thousands of people from their homes and pushing temperatures above 40C (104F). Red heat alerts have been issued in parts of Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and the Balkans, warning of significant risks to health. Spain’s weather service Aemet said temperatures could reach 44C (111.2F) in Seville ...

Kuwait has revoked the citizenship of nearly 50,000 individuals in a sweeping nationwide campaign targeting illegal naturalisation, First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Yousuf Saud Al-Sabah confirmed on Monday. In an interview with the Kuwaiti daily Al-Qabas, Sheikh Fahad revealed that the government, in coordination with several foreign governments, has identified thousands of cases in which citizenship ...

A 6.1-magnitude quake struck Sindirgi in western Turkey on Sunday, the Turkish disaster management agency (AFAD) said, killing at least one person and injuring dozens more. The quake was felt across several cities in the west of the country, including Istanbul and the tourist hotspot of Izmir. “An 81-year-old person died soon after having been rescued from under the rubble,” ...