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The UN envoy focusing on sexual violence in conflict says in a new report that there are “reasonable grounds” to believe Hamas and other armed groups committed rape, “sexualized torture,” and other cruel and inhumane treatment of women during its attack in Israel on Oct. 7. UN envoy says team …

U.S. presidential contender Nikki Haley won the Washington, D.C., Republican primary on Sunday, her first victory in the nominating process and a symbolic win for the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Edison Research said.  Haley, the only challenger to Trump, wins Washington, D.C., Republican primary. U.S. presidential contender …

Israel did not send a delegation to a Sunday ceasefire meeting with Hamas in Egypt due to lingering questions about hostages, an Israeli government official told The Associated Press.  Israeli official tells media Hamas has failed to give ‘clear answers’ about hostages’ welfare ahead of talks. Israel did not send …

Melbourne, Australia—Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Monday he would be “happy to reopen” the search for flight MH370 if “compelling” evidence emerged, opening the door to a renewed hunt a decade after the plane disappeared.  “If there is compelling evidence that it needs to be reopened, we will certainly …

There’s a call centre in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv where employees have one job: to steal the life savings of Canadians through a variety of investment scams, according to a whistleblower who used to work in the industry.  Whistleblower says lax law enforcement makes Canada a convenient target. Every …

A man holds a candle and a photo of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at a makeshift memorial as people demonstrate and pay their respect following his death in prison, in front of former Russian consulate in Frankfurt, western Germany on February 16, 2024. Russian opposition leader Navalny died on …

TOPSHOT – A Palestinian man holds a child as he mourns the death of twin babies Naeem and Wissam Abu Anza, killed in an overnight Israeli air strike, during their burial in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 3, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the …

People take photographs with the SpaceX Starship as it stands on the launchpad ahead of the SpaceX Starship flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas on April 16, 2023. SpaceX is counting down to the first test flight on Monday April 17 of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever …

IN PROTEST. Medical staff walk into an overpass to move to another building at a general hospital in Seoul on Feb. 29, 2024. A large doctors’ group plans to stage a demonstration in western Seoul on Sunday in protest against the government’s plan to add 2,000 more seats to the medical …

Graphic content / A woman mourns over the body of a loved one killed during overnight Israeli bombardment, at Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir El-Balah in central Gaza on March 2, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas./AFP  NAIROBI, Kenya — African Union chief Moussa Faki …