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LONDON, (Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was given permission today to appeal against extradition to the United States after arguing at London’s High Court that he might not be able to rely on his right to free speech in a U.S.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain near the Azerbaijan border, officials and state media said today.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma is barred from running for parliament in this month’s election, the country’s top court ruled today, a judgment that could influence the outcome and trigger unrest from Zuma’s supporters.

SYDNEY/PARIS,  (Reuters) – A thousand police arrived in New Caledonia from France and streets were relatively calm after a week of unrest, the French High Commission said today, but roads were blocked by protesters and the airport remained shut, stranding tourists.

(Reuters) – A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed on Sunday as it was crossing mountain terrain in heavy fog, an Iranian official told Reuters, and rescuers were struggling to reach the site of the incident.

CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli planes and tanks pounded areas across the Gaza Strip, residents said, as White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday amid U.S.

ATLANTA (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden urged Morehouse College graduates not to give up on democracy in a somber commencement address on Sunday, acknowledging their anger over the war in Gaza while warning about risk to American freedoms.

KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russia struck a busy lakeside resort on the edge of Ukraine’s second largest city on Sunday and also attacked villages in the surrounding region, killing at least 11 people and wounding scores.

(Reuters) – Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs posted an apology to social media on Sunday, two days after the release of hotel surveillance video that appeared to show him attacking his ex-girlfriend.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed today as it was crossing mountain terrain in heavy fog, an Iranian official told Reuters, and rescuers were struggling to reach the site of the incident.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia said today  that Ukraine launched a major 62-drone attack on Russian regions forcing one oil refinery in southern Russia to halt operations, and that Kyiv’s forces had fired U.S.,

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) –  Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz demanded yesterday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commit to an agreed vision for the Gaza conflict that would include stipulating who might rule the territory after the war with Hamas.

HANOI, (Reuters) – Vietnam’s Communist Party has named police minister To Lam as the state president, the government said yesterday, and also nominated a new head of the parliament in a major leadership reshuffle.

TUNIS, (Reuters) – Freedoms in Tunisia are being threatened under the rule of President Kais Saied and the authorities are using the judiciary and police to punish their opponents, 10 local rights groups said at a joint conference yesterday.

JAKARTA,  (Reuters) – A volcano on the remote Indonesian island of Halmahera has spectacularly erupted, spewing a grey ash cloud into the sky, and people from seven nearby villages have been evacuated, authorities said last night.

TBILISI, (Reuters) – Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili has announced that she has vetoed a draft law on foreign agents, Russia’s state-run TASS news agency reported on Saturday.

(Reuters) – Two top Biden administration officials held indirect talks with Iranian counterparts this week in an effort to avoid escalating regional attacks, Axios reported on Friday.

TUNIS, (Reuters) – Freedoms in Tunisia are being threatened under the rule of President Kais Saied and the authorities are using the judiciary and police to punish their opponents, 10 local rights groups said at a joint conference today.

TORONTO,  (Reuters) – Some Canadian provinces have logged a jump in unclaimed dead bodies in recent years, with next of kin citing funeral costs as a growing reason for not collecting loved ones’ remains.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Israeli forces battled Hamas fighters in the narrow alleyways of Jabalia in northern Gaza yesterday in some of the fiercest engagements since they returned to the area a week ago, while in the south militants attacked tanks massing around Rafah.