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GAZA/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israel battered Gaza from the air today, killing more people, while its soldiers fought Hamas militants on the ground in raids inside the besieged Palestinian enclave before a potential new stage to the conflict.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Nigeria today won its bid to overturn an $11 billion damages bill for a collapsed gas processing project it said was procured by a concerted campaign of bribery.

LISBON,  (Reuters) – Bobi, the world’s oldest dog, has died aged 31 in Portugal, Guinness World Records said today.

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Fears that the Israel-Hamas war could mushroom into a wider Middle East conflict rose on Sunday with Washington warning of a significant risk to U.S.

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentines flocked to the polls on Sunday to vote in a tense national election where a far-right libertarian radical has hogged the limelight amid the country’s worst economic crisis in two decades and rising anger with the traditional elite.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelans voted on Sunday in a primary to choose a unity opposition candidate to face President Nicolas Maduro in his probable re-election bid next year, amid pledges by the United States to roll back sanctions relief if the government fails to lift bans preventing some opposition figures from holding office.

(Reuters) – Russian forces aiming to contain a four-month-old Ukrainian counteroffensive maintained unrelenting pressure on Sunday on the shattered town of Avdiivka in the east and intensified shelling in the southern area of Kherson.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Argentina’s general election vote was being counted this evening, with early signals suggesting the under-fire Peronist ruling coalition was performing better than expected, while all eyes remained on far-right libertarian radical Javier Milei.

GAZA/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Fears over the risk of the Israel-Hamas war mushrooming into a wider Middle East conflict rose today with the U.S.

TIRANA,  (Reuters) – Albanian prosecutors have charged former Prime Minister Sali Berisha and his son-in-law on corruption charges over a land deal involving the grounds of a sports club, investigators said today.

BEIJING/MANILA,  (Reuters) – China and the Philippines traded accusations over a collision in disputed waters of the South China Sea as Chinese vessels blocked Philippine boats supplying forces there today, the latest in a series of maritime confrontations.

GAZA/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israel pounded southern Gaza with air strikes last night and said it would intensify its attacks in the enclave’s north, as the U.S.

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif kick-started his party’s campaign for next year’s election on Saturday after arriving home from four years of self-imposed exile in London, promising to tackle record inflation.

(Reuters) – Researchers in the United States have shown for the first time they can safely and effectively infect human volunteers with Zika virus, a step towards learning more about the disease and developing vaccines and treatments.

RIO GALLEGOS, Argentina,  (Reuters) – Alicia Kirchner, an elder of Argentina’s most powerful political dynasty, recalls with fondness helping build homes, schools and the first hospital in Rio Gallegos, a small city in the country’s windswept Patagonian south.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Six people have been killed and at least 14 injured in a Russian missile attack that hit a postal distribution centre in the war-devastated northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, Ukrainian officials said.

GAZA/JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Trucks carrying aid arrived into southern Gaza today, the first convoy of humanitarian supplies since Israel began a devastating siege 12 days ago and after further heavy Israeli bombardment overnight that killed dozens of Palestinians.

ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – Pakistan’s three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived home today from four years of self-imposed exile in London to kick-start his party’s campaign for an election early next year, targeting former premier Imran Khan as the biggest rival.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India today completed a key test in its ambitious crewed space mission Gaganyaan, hours after halting the planned lift-off, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said.

GAZA/JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to “fight until victory” in Gaza, signaling no pause in his military’s bombardment and expected invasion of the enclave after Hamas released two U.S.