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(Reuters) – Twenty-seven people were killed and 25 injured when Ukrainian forces shelled the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, Denis Pushilin, the Russian-appointed head of the Donetsk region, said on Sunday.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected conditions presented by Hamas to end the war and release hostages that would include Israel’s complete withdrawal and leaving Hamas in power in Gaza.

FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets across towns and cities in Germany this weekend as the country enters a second week of nationwide protests against the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.

DUBLIN (Reuters) – British journalist Ian Bailey, chief suspect in the 1996 murder of a French film producer in Ireland that triggered an extradition battle between the countries, died on Sunday of a suspected heart attack, his solicitor said.

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt will not allow any threat to Somalia, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Sunday after Ethiopia said it would consider recognising an independence claim by Somaliland in a deal that would give it access to a sea port.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Ron DeSantis, once viewed as Republicans’ best shot at moving past Donald Trump, ended his White House bid today two days before the New Hampshire primary,leaving Nikki Haley as the former U.S.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Egypt’s president said on Sunday it will not allow any threat to Somalia, after Ethiopia said it would consider recognising an independence claim by Somaliland in a deal that would give it access to a sea port.

KAMPALA,  (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today denounced Israel for the “heartbreaking” deaths of Palestinian civilians in Gaza and called it unacceptable to resist statehood for the Palestinian people.

(Reuters) – A fire broke out at a Baltic Sea terminal belonging to Novatek NVTK.MM,

AYODHYA, India,  (Reuters) – A grand temple to Hindu god Lord Ram opens tomorrow on a site in India millions believe is his birthplace, in a religious spectacle led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi months before he seeks a rare third term in elections.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – South Korean prosecutors have indicted the head of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency​, charging him with contributing through negligence to the Halloween crowd crush in Seoul in 2022​ that killed nearly 160 people, according to the Seoul Western District Prosecutors Office.

GAZA/DOHA/TEL AVIV,  (Reuters) – The Palestinian Red Crescent accused Israel of firing yesterday at a hospital in Khan Younis, as a major advance in the main city in the southern  Gaza Strip threatened the few healthcare facilities still open.

(Reuters) – A U.S. court yesterday approved claims by 17 Venezuela-linked creditors, including ConocoPhillips, Rusoro Mining and Koch Industries, to get proceeds from a coming auction of shares in the parent of Venezuela-owned oil refiner Citgo Petroleum to satisfy claims for expropriations and debt defaults.

(Reuters) – A large blaze at a garbage dump outside Panama City blew a toxic smoke in the country’s capital yesterday, forcing evacuations as firefighters battled to put out the flames that authorities said were likely caused by arson the night before.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – Japan yesterday became the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon, but solar power issues threatened to cut short the nation’s mission to prove a “precision” landing technology and revitalise a space programme that has suffered setbacks.

ACCRA, (Reuters) – The  International Monetary Fund’s board approved a first review of Ghana’s loan programme on Friday, allowing for the immediate disbursement of about $600 million under its $3 billion bailout programme, it said on Friday.

(Reuters) – The S&P 500 .SPX  posted a record high close on Friday for the first time in two years, fueled by a rally in chipmakers and other heavyweight technology stocks on optimism around artificial intelligence.

KAMPALA, (Reuters) – Leaders of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) countries today denounced Israel’s military campaign in Gaza and demanded an immediate ceasefire there, during the annual summit of the 120-member bloc.

GAZA, (Reuters) – Palestinian doctor Hani Bseiso faced an agonising decision when his teenage niece was wounded by Israeli shelling of her Gaza City home: amputate her leg or risk her bleeding to death.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – There is “no way” to solve Israel’s long-term security challenges in the region and the short-term challenges of rebuilding Gaza without the establishment of a Palestinian state, U.S.