12 years after combat operations ceased, U.S Senate debates ending Iraq War
Twenty years after the first bombs dropped on Baghdad, the U.S. Senate is set to repeal the war authorization for the 2003 Iraq war.
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Strikes continue in France as the public protests higher retirement age
Three days after France’s president Emmanuel Macron enacted reforms to the country’s pension system without the approval of parliament, nation-wide protests resumed.
Russia doping suspension lifted, but war ban keeps athletes out
The Russian Athletics Federation is still excluded from international competition due to a ban over the war in Ukraine.
Russian accused of smuggling military tech escapes house arrest in Italy | Italy
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Endangered hooded vulture escapes from Bay Area zoo
Officials were working Thursday to capture an endangered hooded vulture that escaped from a zoo aviary in the San Francisco Bay Area that was destroyed after a massive tree fell on it during a storm.
Israel’s Netanyahu vows to ‘end division’ as thousands protest against justice reforms
Israeli divisions over the government’s judicial reform programme widened Thursday as police fired water cannon at protesters blocking a highway in Tel Aviv and right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to restore unity.
‘We are shocked’: Russian suspect escapes from Italian house arrest, police say
Artem Uss is due to face charges in America for breaking sanctions in Venezuela and bank fraud, but the US also accuses him of smuggling military technology to Russia.
Views split on dark fleet tankers returning to mainstream trading
As the dark fleet grows, some wonder what happens when sanctions are lifted