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Tens of thousands protest in Berlin as far right’s influence grows
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated against the growing influence of Germany's far right at a rally in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Saturday evening.The protesters...
Colombia offers $700,000 reward for information on ELN rebel leaders
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government on Saturday announced a roughly $700,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of four leaders of a rebel group, whose...
200 Palestinian prisoners released to jubilant scenes in West Bank
A total of 200 Palestinian prisoners have been released to jubilant scenes in the West Bank after Israel freed them in exchange for four female hostages held by Hamas...
Opus Dei cardinal acknowledges Vatican sanctioned him after abuse allegation but denies wrongdoing
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The once-powerful archbishop of Lima, Peru and the first-ever cardinal of Opus Dei acknowledged Saturday that the Vatican had imposed sanctions on him in 2019...
Four Israeli hostages released by Hamas in carefully staged handover
Four female Israeli soldiers taken hostage by Hamas on 7 October 2023 were released on Saturday as part of a swap which will also see 200 Palestinian prisoners freed.Karina...
Wanted Dutch drug-smuggler ‘is in Sierra Leone’
Dutch authorities say one of Europe's most-wanted fugitives has been living in Sierra Leone for about six months.Jos Leijdekkers, 33, was sentenced in absentia to 24 years in prison...
New Nigerian jihadist group declared terrorists
Nigeria's authorities have officially declared the Lakurawa armed group - which flogs people for listening to music - a terrorist organisation and banned it across the country.Lakurawa is a...
German Jewish leader decries anti-Semitism on Berlin’s campuses
The president of Germany's Central Council of Jews, Josef Schuster, has said that, while he would study in Germany again nowadays, he might not choose Berlin due to reports...
Nigerian soldiers killed 79 militants and suspected kidnappers in the past week, army says
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian soldiers killed 79 militants and suspected kidnappers over the past week, the army said Friday, in an operation targeting a decades-long insurgency by Islamic...
Tens of thousands rally in Slovakia against PM’s Russia policies
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