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TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli authorities launched a Jordanian lawmaker to his residence nation on Sunday, Israel’s home safety company mentioned, after he allegedly tried smuggling dozens of rifles and handguns by means of an Israeli-controlled border crossing. Legislator Imad Al-Adwan’s arrest threatened to...

BAGHDAD — An Iraqi police officer was convicted and sentenced to loss of life Sunday within the killing of a outstanding safety analyst and frequent critic of highly effective militias. The ruling got here almost three years after the analyst was gunned down exterior his Baghdad residence following militia threats. ...

BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia’s schooling minister submitted his resignation Sunday following two mass shootings, one in every of them at a main faculty, left 17 folks useless, whereas the European nation’s authorities urged residents to show in all unregistered weapons or run the chance of a jail sentence. Ed...

At least 27 folks have died following a hearth in a gold mine in Peru - the deadliest mining accident within the nation for many years. The fireplace broke out on Saturday and pictures on social media confirmed darkish plumes of smoke pouring out of the mine. The native authorities stated a brief circuit sparked the fireplace within the early hours of Saturday within the southern area of Arequipa.The mine is operated by Yanaquihua, a small-scale agency. The firm didn't instantly reply to a request for remark."It's been confirmed by the Yanaquihua police station, there are 27 dead," native prosecutor Giovanni Matos advised native tv on Sunday. The Arequipa authorities stated it was advised the proprietor of the mine had gone to ask for assist after the fireplace broke out.Medi...

KYIV, Ukraine — The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog is expressing rising anxiousness concerning the security of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, after the governor of the Russia-occupied space ordered the evacuation of a city the place most plant workers stay amid ongoing assaults within the space. ...

Thousands of individuals have been compelled to evacuate their properties as unprecedented wildfires ravage western Canada.Alberta has declared a provincial state of emergency after 45 new fires broke out in just below 24 hours. By Saturday night, greater than 24,000 folks in Alberta had been below evacuation orders as 110 lively wildfires burned - 36 of them uncontrolled.Additional firefighters have been despatched in from Quebec and Ontario, but it surely has been an "extremely challenging" day for these battling the blaze. "We were battling very strong winds, hot weather, and those winds produced extreme wildfire activity," mentioned Christie Tucker, an info unit supervisor for the Alberta Wildfire provincial authorities service. The sizzling, dry...

SEOUL, South Korea — The leaders of Japan and South Korea met for a summit Sunday in Seoul, extending the amity established in a gathering final month and boosting U.S. hopes of larger safety cooperation with two important allies within the area in opposition to threats from North Korea and China. Japanese...

The Arab League has voted to readmit Syria greater than a decade after it was suspended following a bloody crackdown on road protests that led to civil conflict.The lifting of the suspension consolidates a regional push to normalise ties with Syria's President Bashar al Assad. The resolution was taken at a closed assembly of Arab authorities representatives on the league's headquarters within the Egyptian capital Cairo, stated Gamal Roshdy, spokesman for the alliance's secretary normal.The Arab League was based in 1945 and is a free alliance of practically two dozen Arab international locations which have pledged to cooperate on issues together with financial and navy affairs.Syria's membership of the league was suspended in 2011 as a civil conflict broke out which has led to...

CAIRO — Arab authorities representatives in Cairo voted Sunday to return Syria to the Arab League after a 12-year suspension, based on the group. The vote within the Egyptian capital got here days after regional high diplomats met in Jordan to debate a roadmap to return Syria to the Arab fold because the b...

Two oil tankers seized by Iran have been noticed off the coast of one of many nation's key port cities on the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Satellite photos present the Advantage Sweet and Niovi tankers anchored close to a naval base south of town of Bandar Abbas in Iran's Hormozgan province. It is the newest ship seizure performed by Iran amid tensions with the West over its quickly advancing nuclear programme, although it seems the 2 ships could have been taken for various causes.Iran seized the Marshall Islands-flagged Advantage Sweet, staffed by 23 Indians and one Russian, on 27 April because it travelled within the Gulf of Oman. Image: The seized oil tanker Advantage Sweet off the coast of Bandar Abbas Tehran claimed ...