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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Arafat Barbakh CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -Fierce Israeli tank fire and aerial bombing struck Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip on Friday night, residents said, after nearly 200 people were reported killed in 24 hours in Israel’s campaign against Hamas militants. Planes also carried out a series of …

A Russian court has sentenced Ksenia Fadeyeva, who led jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s now-banned organisation in the Siberian city of Tomsk, to almost a decade in prison, her supporters said.This is the latest in a string of heavy sentences against Russia’s opposition, with the Kremlin doubling down on the …

PARIS — A British woman and her 22-year-old son have been killed in an avalanche while skiing in France. The mother, 54, and son, who have not been named, had been skiing off-piste in Saint-Gervais, near the Swiss border when they were buried by an avalanche at about 3:30pm local …

China abruptly ousted nine military figures from its national parliament without explanation, as a major purge of personnel in the upper echelons of the nation’s defense universe casts its net wider. The nation’s top legislative body revoked the lawmakers’ membership during a Friday meeting, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. …

The US state of Maine has blocked former president Donald Trump from its Republican presidential primary ballot, the second state to disqualify him over his role in the January 2021 assault on the US Capitol.Maine’s top election official, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, decided in favour of the citizens who …

BEIJING — China has named Dong Jun as its new defense minister, two months after his predecessor was officially sacked. Dong, a former navy commander, takes over from Li Shangfu — who was last seen in public in August. Dong’s appointment was announced by China’s top legislators at a Standing …

By Adam Easton BBC News, Warsaw 29 December 2023, 14:57 GMT Updated 21 minutes ago Image source, Getty Images Image caption, A missile believed to have been fired by Ukraine landed in Poland in November 2022, killing two people Poland’s armed forces chief believes a Russian missile entered Poland for …

In the kitchen of his Abidjan restaurant, Ivory Coast chef Charlie Koffi prepares his country’s staggering tropical bounty with the techniques of fine French cuisine. And he’s far from alone.A growing number of his fellow chefs in the West African nation are retouching local specialities with cooking skills picked up …

PARIS — L’Oréal heiress Françoise Bettencourt Meyers has become the first woman to amass a $100bn (£78.5bn; €90.1bn) fortune, according to a ranking of the richest people in the world. The French beauty empire founded by her grandfather is on track for its best stock market performance in decades. L’Oréal …

A party at a top Moscow nightclub has turned into something not very nice: public humiliation and the threat of arrest. An “almost naked” party at Mutabor, a popular Moscow nightclub, days before Christmas attracted top Russian celebrities, influencers and socialites, some of whom showed up in revealing clothes or …