Israel strikes Lebanon and Gaza after major rocket attack

Israel's military says it has struck targets linked to Palestinian militant group Hamas inside Lebanon and across the Gaza Strip.

Israeli president urges immediate halt to judicial reform

Israeli President Isaac Herzog urged the government to immediately halt the judicial reform on Monday.

Brazil celebrates its return to full-scale Carnival festivities

 

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The samba was playing, revellers were dancing and throughout the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, parties and pageantry filled the streets.

Russia’s UN mission castigates Ukrainian attack on LPR hospital as war crime by Kiev, West - VIDEO

 

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The Fire Dance: The mysterious dance of the Pa Then people, Vietnam - VIDEO

 The Pa Then people are perhaps one of Vietnam’s smallest ethnic minorities but their mysterious ritual fire dance resonates far beyond their communities in the northeastern provinces of Ha Giang and Tuyen Quang.

VIDEO: Russian Snowkiting Championship takes place in Tolyatti: Snow, wind and parachute

 

About 100 athletes from all over Russia came to Tolyatti to take part in the national snow-kiting championship.

Germany has 'more than hundreds' of pieces of evidence of war crimes in Ukraine, prosecutor claims

 

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80th anniversary: Putin lays wreath in memory of Stalingrad defenders - video

 

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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday visited the memorial complex on Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd as part of the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Battle of Stalingrad.

Death toll of suicide bombing in Pakistan’s Peshawar grows to 100, many people were injured

 

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UPDATE 31.01.2023: The death toll from a suicide bombing at a mosque in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar has risen to 100, a medical official says, as the South Asian country faces a mounting security challenge from armed groups.

“So far, 100 bodies have been brought to Lady Reading Hospital,” the spokesman for the largest medical facility in the city, Mohammad Asim, said in a statement on Tuesday. 

Nine Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in Jenin

Nine Palestinians have been killed during an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank - the deadliest in years - Palestinian officials say.

Wests Decision To Increase Arms Supplies To Kiev Will Lead To More Casualties - Moscow

 

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More heavy weapons for Ukraine ‘in the near future’: NATO chief

 

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 Ukraine can expect more deliveries of heavy weapons from Western countries soon, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in an interview with German media on Sunday.

Θεοφάνεια Κωνσταντινούπολη 2023: Αγιασμός των Υδάτων και η Ρίψη, Βάφτιση του Τιμίου Σταυρού (video)

 

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Serbs in Kosovo agree to remove barricades, detention of former Serb police officer to house arrest

 

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EU gives Serbia ‘contradictory’ demands, Ukraine’s territorial integrity, Serbia being asked to violate its own – PM

The EU is making “contradictory” demands on Serbia when it comes to values and principles, Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said on Friday. While Belgrade is committed to joining the bloc, it’s difficult to square the insistence of Brussels on Ukraine’s territorial integrity while expecting Serbia to violate its own.

Poland missile strike reveals Nato divisions, countries responded to the incident before the facts were known - BBC News

 

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Brotherhood between Colombia and Venezuela reestablished: Venezuela welcomes 1st Colombian flight after restoration of ties

Venezuela welcomed Wednesday the first Colombian flight from Satena Airline, after the reestablishment of diplomatic and commercial relations between the two nations in August.

Wagah border: 75th Independence Day at heavily guarded Pakistan-India border

 

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Vessels with grain from Ukraine bypass the starving countries of Africa

 

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India's Snake Festival: Playing with Scorpions is Form of worship for devotees

 

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1. Villagers in India’s Karnataka state played with scorpions as part of the festivities at an annual snake worship festival on August 3, 2022.