Members of the LGBTQ community and allies participate in the Bangkok Pride Parade in Thailand on June 1, 2024. Thailand looks set to become the first Southeast Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage. Credit – Lauren DeCicca – Getty Images TDozens of people poured into the streets of Thailand’s capital Bangkok on Saturday to mark […]
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BEIRUT (AP) — The militant Hezbollah group said it shot down an Israeli drone over southern Lebanon and fired missiles at an Israeli military base on Saturday, hours after Israeli drone strikes killed at least one person and wounded several others. Hezbollah said in a statement that its fighters attacked the Hermes 900 Kochav drone
A police officer seriously injured after being stabbed during an anti-Islamic event in Mannheim, Germany, has been placed in an induced coma, officials said on Saturday as the suspected perpetrator was charged with attempted murder. “He is still in critical condition,” said a police spokesman in the western German state of Baden-Württemberg. The attack took
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Hackers have carried out a major attack on Germany’s center-right Christian Democratic Union, the Interior Ministry confirmed on Saturday. The ministry did not provide any further information on the scale or nature of the attack, which is being investigated by Germany’s domestic security agency, the Office for the Protection of the Constitution. “However, the nature
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India’s mammoth parliamentary elections came to an end on Saturday after more than six weeks of voting across the country. The last polls in the world’s most populous democracy closed at 6pm (1230 GMT), with results not expected until June 4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is favored for a third five-year term, with his nationalist
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The UN is currently observing 218 international days (and more)! The tradition began long before the founding of the UN in 1945, but it wasn’t long before the Organization and its growing membership embraced designated days as a powerful tool for advocacy. Watch this classic video from 2017 celebrating the International Day of Happinesscelebrated on
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Egyptian, US and Israeli officials will meet in Cairo on Sunday to discuss the reopening of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip, almost a month after its closure, an Egyptian TV station said. Citing a high-level source, state-affiliated al-Qahera News TV reported on Saturday that Egypt is pushing for Israel’s full withdrawal from
A 24-year-old man has been charged over a pitch protest ahead of Scotland’s Women’s Euro 2025 qualifier against Israel at Glasgow’s Hampden Stadium. A protester was led away by police on Thursday evening after appearing to chain himself to the goalposts. The match was played behind closed doors as several hundred demonstrators gathered outside the
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North Korea is sending more balloons containing trash and feces over its heavily fortified border into South Korea, the South Korean military said. It comes just days after North Korea appeared to send at least 200 balloons containing waste across the border in retaliation for propaganda leaflets sent from the South. South Korean Defense Minister
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Drones targeted Russian soldiers crossing the Dnipro River on a jet ski, Ukraine said. The video, released by Ukraine’s 79th Border Guard, appears to show the attack. Russia uses an eclectic mix of vehicles, including motorcycles and golf cart-style buggies. Footage shared by Ukraine’s Defense Ministry appears to show Russian soldiers crossing the Dnipro River
