World
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International
3/26/2024 7:18:14 PM
More than a decade ago, the death of 600 migrants and refugees in two Mediterranean shipwrecks near Italian shores shocked the world and prompted the UN migration agency to start recording the number of people who died or went missing as they fled conflict, persecution or poverty to other countries.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
3/26/2024 5:50:58 PM
Hamas on Tuesday urged foreign nations to stop parachuting aid into war-torn Gaza after officials and humanitarians said 18 people died trying to reach food packages in the starving north.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
3/6/2024 7:38:00 PM
An attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels on a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden killed some of its crew and forced survivors to abandon the vessel on Wednesday, authorities said, the first fatal strike in a campaign of assaults by the group over Israel's war on the Gaza Strip.
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World
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International
3/6/2024 3:38:59 PM
At least 8,565 people died on migration routes worldwide in 2023, making it the deadliest year since records began a decade ago, the UN's International Organization for Migration said Wednesday.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/21/2024 1:52:58 PM
An Israeli strike on a residential area of Damascus killed at least two people Wednesday, Syrian state media reported, the latest deaths from an escalating Israeli air campaign since the Gaza war erupted in October.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/13/2024 11:12:00 PM
On the 130th day of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, Tel Aviv faces growing international pressure to agree to a ceasefire in Gaza, as the Israeli army kills tens of Palestinian civilians in Rafah overnight and in dawn airstrikes amid its plans for a ground invasion that spells more deaths for 1.4 million Palestinian displaced in and around the city in the southmost of the strip.
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World
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Region
2/13/2024 8:10:11 PM
More than 1,300 irregular migrants died at sea or went missing trying to reach Europe from Tunisia last year, a Tunisian rights group said on Tuesday.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/13/2024 5:12:17 PM
Freezing funds to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees risk "aiding" the deaths of civilians in Gaza, the head of Saudi Arabia's humanitarian agency told AFP on Tuesday.
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World
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Region
2/2/2024 7:11:42 PM
Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf on Thursday said the US had been exerting its utmost efforts to prevent the regional escalation of the Gaza war but blamed Iran and vowed reprisal for the recent deaths of US soldiers.
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Life & Style
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Health
2/1/2024 11:46:40 AM
The World Health Organization (WHO) said that nearly half the world's population was now covered by solid rules limiting trans fat in foods and urged lagging countries to catch up, saying that Egypt is among seven countries that implemented best practice policies in 2023.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
1/29/2024 10:47:48 AM
A drone attack on a base in Jordan killed three American troops, with President Joe Biden blaming Iran-backed militants for the first US military deaths in the region since the Israeli war on Gaza began.
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AFCON 2023
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News
1/22/2024 3:14:26 PM
The Guinea soccer team has appealed to fans to “celebrate carefully” after several supporters were killed in traffic accidents back home following the team’s win over Gambia at the Africa Cup of Nations.
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Life & Style
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Health
1/8/2024 11:19:27 AM
A new study offers the first direct evidence of a seizure link to toddlers' sudden death.
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World
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Region
1/4/2024 1:39:51 PM
A "US strike" in Baghdad on Thursday killed a military commander of the Hashed al-Shaabi, the militia officials said, with an Iraq security official reporting two deaths in a drone attack.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
12/31/2023 11:04:00 PM
On the 86th day of the Israeli war, the Palestinian health ministry reported numerous deaths in overnight strikes on central Gaza's Zawayda and the nearby Al-Moghazi refugee camp, while the World Health Organization (WHO) warned of the growing threat of infectious diseases and the UN says Gaza is "just weeks away" from famine.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
12/30/2023 12:18:48 PM
Israeli warplanes struck two urban refugee camps in central Gaza on Saturday, as the Biden administration approved a new emergency weapons sale to Israel despite persistent international cease-fire calls over mounting civilian deaths, hunger, and mass displacement in the Palestinian territory.
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World
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Region
12/22/2023 3:28:58 PM
The UN mission in Libya called Thursday for an investigation into the deaths of former defence minister Al-Mahdi al-Barghathi and six other people in the custody of rival authorities in the east.
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Life & Style
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Health
12/21/2023 12:24:24 PM
A French appeals court on Wednesday ordered pharmaceutical firm Servier to pay more than $460 million in damages over a scandal involving a diabetes drug linked to hundreds of deaths.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
12/20/2023 11:50:49 PM
Amnesty International on Wednesday called for an urgent probe into Israel's "enforced disappearance" of Palestinian detainees from Gaza, following reports of deaths in military detention centres.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
12/18/2023 6:09:24 PM
Israel's military is showing "an appalling lack of distinction" in its targeting in Gaza, the EU's top diplomat said Monday, highlighting the deaths of Israeli hostages, worshippers and other Palestinian civilians.
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