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The world’s leading association of genocide scholars has declared that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. A resolution passed by the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) states that Israel’s conduct meets the legal definition as laid out in the UN convention on genocide. Across a three-page resolution, the IAGS presents a litany of actions…

Watch: Aerial footage shows buildings destroyed to rubble after Afghanistan earthquake A 6.0 magnitude earthquake has struck Afghanistan’s mountainous eastern region, with authorities saying hundreds of people have been killed. The quake hit at 23:47 local time on Sunday (19:17 GMT) with its epicentre 27km (17 miles) away from Jalalabad, the country’s fifth-largest city, in…

Security forces in Guyana say a boat carrying election officials and ballot boxes was shot at “from the Venezuelan shore” in the contested Essequibo region. Police and the Guyana defence force said in a joint statement that the incident occurred on Sunday, ahead of the South American nation’s general election on Monday. The patrol that…

Helicopters have been deployed to try and rescue people trapped in difficult to access regions following a deadly earthquake in Afghanistan. At least 800 people have been killed after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan, according to the UN’s humanitarian agency. The BBC’s South Asia and Afghanistan correspondent Yogita Limaye reports. Source link

The man who was caught on camera snatching a hat off a young boy at the US Open has said he made a “huge mistake” after footage of the incident went viral. Piotr Szczerek, a Polish chief executive of a paving firm, said he was “convinced” tennis star Kamil Majchrzak had been “passing his hat…

The navigation system of a plane carrying Ursula von der Leyen was disrupted due to suspected Russian interference, the European Commission said. A spokesperson said the “GPS jamming” happened while the Commission president was about to arrive in Bulgaria on Sunday, but she still landed safely. They added: “We have received information from the Bulgarian…

A murder investigation has been launched at the Burning Man festival in the US state of Nevada after a man was found “lying in a pool of blood” on Saturday night, police say. A festival-goer stopped a police officer at around 21:14 (04:14 GMT) to alert him about the incident and the man was found…

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he reached “understandings” with US President Donald Trump over the end of the Ukraine war, at their meeting in Alaska last month. But he did not say whether he would agree to peace talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky brokered by Trump, who had apparently given Monday as a deadline…

Cherylann MollanBBC News, Mumbai Getty Images Sergio Gor shares a close relationship with US President Donald Trump and his family He’s published books authored by Donald Trump, raised millions for his 2024 campaign, and helped him staff Washington with loyalists during the US president’s second term. Now Sergio Gor is set to become Trump’s man…

A fugitive who allegedly murdered two officers in a small rural town in Australia’s Victoria is being helped by some members of the community, police have said. Dezi Freeman has been on the run since last Tuesday, when police arrived at his Porepunkah property to execute a search warrant, reportedly relating to a sex crimes…