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Israel launches strikes across Gaza as U.S. envoy meets Netanyahu
Sullivan was expected to press for Israel to go after Hamas militants in a targeted way, not with a full-scale assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, the White House said before the discussions.
Hundreds of Tunisian president's supporters protest against 'foreign interference'
The European Union, France and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed concern at the arrests and at a police raid on the headquarters of the bar association this month in which two lawyers critical of the president were detained.
US to complete withdrawal from Niger by Sept. 15
Niger's ruling junta last month told the U.S. to withdraw its nearly 1,000 military personnel from the country. Until a coup last year Niger had been a key partner in Washington's fight against insurgents in the Sahel region of Africa, who have killed thousands of people and disp...
DR Congo army says it stopped attempted coup
"An attempted coup d'etat has been put down by the defence and security forces. The attempt involved foreigners and Congolese. These foreigners and Congolese have been put out of action, including their leader," spokesman Sylvain Ekenge said.
Uganda captures bomb expert of Islamic State-allied rebel group
The insurgent, Anywari Al Iraq, a Ugandan, was captured in the jungles of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where the rebel group Allied Democratic Forces is based, the military, Uganda People's Defence Forces, said in a statement.
Bodies go unclaimed as costs put funerals out of reach in Canada
The phenomenon has prompted at least one province to build a new storage facility.
Peru protesters slam new insurance law that deems transgender people mentally ill
Around 500 demonstrators peacefully walked the streets of downtown Lima, hoisting banners with slogans that read "No more stigmas" and "My identity is not a disease."
Dozens killed and wounded as Israeli forces thrust deeper in Gaza's Jabalia and Rafah
Israel's forces also took over some ground in Rafah, a southern city next to the Egyptian border that is packed with displaced people and where the launch this month of a long-threatened incursion to crush Hamas hold-outs has alarmed Cairo and Washington.
Vatican tightens procedures on supposed 'supernatural events'
In a document replacing rules drawn up in 1978, the Vatican's doctrinal office (DDF) said bishops could no longer act independently when faced by reports of such phenomena and had to consult it before investigating.
Bird flu found in western China as US combats cattle outbreak
Two counties in Qinghai province confirmed 275 cases of H5 influenza among dead Pallas's gull and other wild birds, China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said in a notice on its website.