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Turkey’s Libya policy can succeed with wider regional support Being engaged politically, militarily and economically in Libya, Turkey is trying to pursue a new strategy in the North African country, which has gone through various phases of turmoil, instability and power struggles among several actors. With Libya still fragile due to…

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will urge the Israeli government to agree to a series of brief cessations of military operations in Gaza to allow for hostages to be released safely and for humanitarian aid to be distributed, White House officials said on Thursday.The message comes as President Biden revealed on Wednesday that Prime Minister…

An over seven-meter-long spear inspired by the animation series "Neon Genesis Evangelion" has been installed in an industrial city in western Japan whose urban environment provided the backdrop for a film adaptation of the series. The replica of the "Spear of Longinus," the giant extraterrestrial weapon that plays a key role…

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The scars on Kathryn Linder’s neck and body will be a reminder of how a normal day changed her life. “It was just a normal Thursday afternoon at the office,” she said. “I was doing paper work and answering a few calls when she walked in and wanted to speak with one of our lawyers who wasn’t in.”…

An earthquake of at least magnitude 7.5 struck Mindanao in the southern Philippines, triggering evacuation orders.A powerful earthquake that shook the southern Philippines has killed at least one person, as thousands were ordered to evacuate, including in Japan, after tsunami warnings that were later lifted. The powerful magnitude 7.6 quake…

Thousands of people broke into aid warehouses in Gaza to take flour and basic hygiene products, a U.N. agency said Sunday, in a mark of growing desperation and the breakdown of public order three weeks into the war between Israel and Gaza's militant Hamas rulers.Robert Mardini, the director-general of the International Committee of the Red…

New applicants for US unemployment aid rose last week to the highest number of claims since November, hinting at a labour market cool-down.There were 262,000 initial jobless claims on a seasonally adjusted basis in the week to August 6, according to US labour department data released on Thursday. This was slightly below economists’ expectations…

Placeholder while article actions loadJust before 1 p.m. on Wednesday, residents of a neighborhood in Evansville, Ind., heard and felt an earth-shattering rumble.“It sounded like a sonic boom,” Dorthy Waters told WFIE. “I thought a bomb fell on us or like a tree fell through the house; it shook so hard it went through my chest, it shook my…

Defense officials said the purchase of National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems announced last week is expected to bolster Ukraine's defense against advanced aerial threats, including unmanned aerial vehicles, helicopters and cruise missiles. The Army awarded a not-to-exceed letter contract for $182 million…

CNN  —  The two occupants of a car that exploded Wednesday at the US-Canada Rainbow Bridge border crossing are dead, a law enforcement source told CNN. The incident occurred shortly…