London police have arrested an 84-year-old priest, Sue Parfitt, for expressing support at a rally for Palestine Action.
Parfitt, a retired Anglican priest and former nun from Henbury, was arrested by London police on Sunday.
Police arrested…
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‘April Fools’ joke’: Belgium blasts FIFA decision to clear US striker to play despite red card
Belgium’s football federation has expressed outrage over FIFA’s decision to permit United States striker Folarin Balogun to feature in Monday’s World Cup Round of 16 match against Belgium, despite the forward…
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Donald Trump: Folarin Balogun suspension would have left ‘big stain’ on World Cup
President Donald Trump has confirmed he asked Fifa to review United States striker Folarin Balogun’s one-match suspension at the World Cup.
Trump says football’s world governing body “made the right decision” to suspend Balogun’s ban, adding it…
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Sri Lanka prison riots leave 26 dead and more than 100 injured
Riots at a prison in western Sri Lanka have killed 26 people, seven of them guards, and injured more than 100.
The two days of violence at Negombo Prison, in a coastal town north of Colombo, began with clashes between two groups of inmates.
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Pezeshkian to attend martyred Leader’s funeral in Iraq
Prior to this, some local Iranian media reported that Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and the martyred Leader’s eldest son Mostapha Khamenei will also accompany the president on the trip to Iraq. The farewell ceremony for the martyred…
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Ayatollah Khamenei’s commitment to Palestine unmatched in history: Hamas official
A senior Hamas official says martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei had such a deep commitment to the Palestinian cause that was almost unrivaled in history.
Osama Hamdan said in remarks published on Monday that…
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Wildfire in southern France forces evacuation of 10,000 people
A wildfire has forced the evacuation of thousands of people in southern France as the country grapples with the impacts of an early summer heatwave that scorched much of Europe.
More than 10,000 people have been ordered to leave more than a dozen…
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Ukraine: Russian attack leaves gaping hole in Kyiv building
The Ukrainian Air Force says a shortage of interceptor missiles meant none of the 23 ballistic missiles fired by Russia at Kyiv on Sunday night were shot down.
At the scene of a blast in Ukraine’s capital – that left a large hole in a residential…
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Turkish police arrest over 100 protesters as anti-NATO rallies held across country
Turkish police have arrested a hundred activists taking part in a protest in the capital, as anti-NATO rallies are held across the country.
The Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) organized the anti-NATO protests on Sunday…
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Polish authorities supplying weapons to followers of those who ‘massacred their ancestors’: Russia
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has censured Polish authorities for supplying weapons to the followers of those who massacred “their own ancestors.”
Recently declassified documents related to…
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