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Russia said Saturday that its forces had not been pushed out of Andriivka, a village near the key frontline town of Bakhmut, a day after Ukraine said it had “liberated” the site and inflicted heavy losses on enemy troops. Andriivka is…
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The White House has announced that Israel’s finance minister, who called for a flashpoint Palestinian town to be “erased,” will not meet officials from the Biden administration during his visit to the US next week, Israeli media reported.…
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Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday approved a new delay to the controversial demolition of a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank. The Khan Al-Ahmar community, which lies on a strategic highway east of Jerusalem, was slated for…
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Village life has always been tough for Afghans in the rugged mountains of the east, but compared to what they are enduring today it was paradise. A 5.9-magnitude earthquake rumbled through the area last Wednesday, killing more than 1,000…
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Residents of a village in India noticed unexplained power outages every evening for a week, so they decided to look into the matter, only to discover a surprise. The newspaper, "Tribune India", that the residents of the village of…
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The ruins of an Iraqi Kurdish village abandoned 36 years ago and submerged under the waters of a dam, have suddenly resurfaced thanks to sinking water levels in the drought-hit country. The construction of the dam, 2 km north of the town…
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Israel’s top court on Wednesday approved another delay to the demolition of a strategically located Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank that drew international concern. The government is locked in a legal battle with a right-wing…
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An Indian court has decided to release a man accused of trying to rape in exchange for ironing and washing the clothes of about 2,000 women in his village for six months. The Indian judiciary imposed a penalty on the 20-year-old Lalan…
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Israel on Wednesday demolished the Bedouin herding community of Khirbet Humsu in the occupied West Bank, the latest chapter in the military’s attempts to uproot the Palestinian village of makeshift homes. At least 65 people, including 35…
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The remains of an Italian village that were flooded in 1950 to boost hydroelectric production made their first appearance in 71 years. Authorities flooded Coron, a village in the Alps in the northeast of Italy's South Tyrol region, into…
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