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Al Aqsa Mosque compound storming by Israelis condemned

Ben Gvir vows to defeat Hamas in Gaza in video he filmed during his visit

Ben Gvir and some 2,250 other Israelis stormed the Al Aqsa compound in groups, singing Jewish hymns under the protection of Israeli police, an official from the Waqf, the Jordanian body that is custodian of the site, told AFP.

Who’s Bhole Baba, preacher at centre of India stampede?

250,000 people attended Tuesday’s prayer meeting he staged near Hathras

A view of the Hathras stampede site which left 121 people dead during a ‘Satsang’ (congregation), at Phulrai village in Hathras on Wednesday.

WHO, CDC tracking new Covid-19 variant

Potential impact of BA.2.86, with more than 30 spike gene mutations, unknown

File phto. Customers are seen inside a private COVID-19 testing clinic in a busy shopping area in London, Britain.

Timeline: Sri Lanka, a nation of 22m faces worst crisis

How a nation of 22 million plunged into its worst crisis in history

Sri Lanka: Timeline of a crisis as president flies out of the country

It's confirmed: Pacquiao is running for president

Boxing legend getting his political muscles ready for Philippines' top job

Pacman

Pakistan: Overseas workers overrun COVID-19 jab centre

Hundreds overwhelm staff, smash glass doors as they pressed to get in

People, including overseas Pakistani workers, who want to fly to the Middle East stand in a queue to register before receiving a dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre in Islamabad on June 28, 2021.

5 key things about the Europe's vaccine decision

German health minister says vaccines should be effective against new strains

A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a "Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine" sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken October 30, 2020.

China earthquake kills 12, injures 134

Rescuers pull bodies, survivors from wrecked buildings as 6.0-magnitude temblor strikes

Rescuers search for earthquake survivors in the rubble of a building in Yibin, in China's Sichuan province

70 Syrians 'gassed to death' in Douma

Update: Entire families killed after suspected gas attack on Syria's rebel town of Douma; rescuers allege toxic gases were used

Reuters

8 killed, at least 20 hurt in Lahore blast

Bomb hits upscale Lahore shopping district; second blast was a tyre blowout, says official

AFP

Libya troops overrun militia stronghold

Move comes as militia loyal to former prime minister Gweil have stepped up a campaign against the UN-backed authority

AFP

26 killed, several injured in Lahore blast

Bomber on a motorcycle struck near police guarding a demolition site at Kot Lakhpat's vegetable market

Wires

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