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Gaza protests in London have cost more than £32 million in policing

Commander Karen Findlay, who will oversee policing across London on Saturday, said people committing criminal offenses during protests would be dealt with “decisively and swiftly”.

Chief of Staff of the French Army says French land forces are ready for even “the toughest engagements"

Iran may attack US water supplies, warns Biden administration

Iran is poised to attack US drinking water supplies, the Biden administration has warned, amid rising tensions in the Middle East.

Russian Intelligence Says France Preparing to Deploy 2,000 Troops to Ukraine

The head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service said he has information that France is preparing a military contingent of 2,000 troops to be sent to Ukraine.

Kremlin says the only way to protect Russia is to create a buffer zone with Ukraine

The Kremlin said on Monday that the only way to protect Russian territory from Ukrainian attacks was to create a buffer zone that would put Russian regions beyond the range of Ukrainian fire. The Kremlin was commenting after President Vladimir Putin raised the possibility of setting up such a zone in a speech after winning re-election on Sunday.

Joe Manchin calls for U.S. to back Ukraine or face "worse atrocities in history"

Scientists say they can cut HIV out of cells

The gene-editing method used might ultimately offer a way to remove HIV, experts say.

Famine looms in Sudan as civil war survivors tell of killings and rapes

BBC teams report from the devastated capital and hear accounts of rapes and street executions from refugees.

Bloomberg reports that Ukraine's long-range drone attacks have managed to cut Russia's daily oil refining capacity by up to 900,000 barrels

Industry experts estimate that Ukraine’s campaign of long-range drone strikes on Russia’s energy industry has already succeeded in knocking out between 600,000 and 900,000 barrels of Russia’s daily oil-refining capacity, Bloomberg reports. Speaking at a conference in Houston on March 18, Gunvor Group CEO Torbjörn Törnqvist estimated the recent wave of Ukrainian drone attacks had […]

Netanyahu says ‘no way’ to eliminate Hamas without Rafah operation

The Israeli prime minister remained defiant, even as U.S. officials summoned an Israeli delegation to Washington to discuss an attack on Rafah.

Canada to halt arms sales to Israel after non-binding vote in house of commons

Parliamentary motion from New Democratic party passed with support of Liberals, Bloc Québécois and Green party

Russia will threaten Europe even after Putin's rule, says Latvian Foreign Minister

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Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh was an UNRWA teacher - former agency official

UNRWA’s schools have consistently been found to use material directly inciting students to terrorism and antisemitism.

The banking loopholes Russia has used to stay afloat are closing

Foreign banks in the UAE, Turkey, and Austria are cutting back on transactions with Russia as US sanctions clamp down.

Student persuaded by friend to amputate legs for $1.3M insurance scam

Zhang, 23, soaked his feet for more than 10 hours in dry ice so they'd get so badly frostbitten that he'd need a double amputation, prosecutors said.

Canada to stop arms sale to Israel, FM Joly says

Canada plans to halt arms sales to Israel, its Foreign Minister Melanie Joly told The Toronto Start after the Canadian Parliament passed a non-binding motion that called on the government to do so.

Manchin calls for U.S. to back Ukraine or face "worst atrocity in history"

Far-right Austrian nationalist banned from Germany after neo-Nazi meeting

Martin Sellner, leader of ethno-nationalist Identitarian Movement, had addressed controversial event in Potsdam in November

Around 300 terrorists apprehended in Al Shifa hospital, IDF reports