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A number of people were killed in Israeli airstrikes around the Syrian city of Aleppo, Syrian state media reported early Monday citing a military source. The air attacks occurred around 12:20 a.m. local time (2320 CET), reports said. The SANA news agency did not specify a death toll and said that the strikes were around the southeastern edge of Aleppo. “The aggression led to a number of martyrs and some material losses,” the state-run agency said. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that missiles had struck the positions of a pro-Iranian militia in the Hayan area north of…

Claudia Sheinbaum has won Mexico’s election and is set to become the country’s first woman president, according to an official quick count.The ruling party candidate had between 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote – an unassailable lead, a statistical sample showed, according to the National Electoral Institute. Opposition candidate Xochitl Galvez, a female rival, received 26.6%-28.6% and Jorge Alvarez Maynez picked up 9.9%-10.8%.Speaking outside a hotel in the capital Mexico City, Morena candidate Ms Sheinbaum said: “I will become the first woman president of Mexico.”She said her two competitors had called her and conceded she had won. The 61-year-old scientist…

Mexicans have voted for a new president in an election that marks a major milestone. For the first time in the country’s history, the race came down to two female candidates: Claudia Sheinbaum (above), of the ruling Morena party, and Xochitl Galvez, of the opposition alliance.Xochitl Galvez is currently polling second though her campaign rallies, like the above, draw many fansImage: Carlo Echegoyen/AFP/Getty Images Claudia Sheinbaum: The favorite Claudia Sheinbaum, candidate of the left-wing populist Morena party, emerged as the clear favorite after early exit polls were released. The granddaughter of Jewish immigrants from Lithuania, Sheinbaum is an experienced politician, having served as mayor…

Russia’s Vladimir Putin does not want a direct war with NATO and he does not want a nuclear war, the head of the UK armed forces has said.Admiral Sir Tony Radakin also signaled that Moscow and Beijing lack the military proficiency” to defeat the kind of barrage of drones and missiles that the United States and its allies destroyed in April when Iran attempted to attack Israel. In an interview to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings of the Second World War, the Chief of the Defence Staff sought to strike a reassuring tone that a third global…

A police officer was reportedly among those injured during a stabbing attack in the German city of Mannheim on Friday around midday. Police said that a “firearm was used against the attacker,” injuring the suspect. They added there was no further danger to the public. “First responders, emergency services and a rescue helicopter have been deployed,” they said. The attack took place during a right-wing demonstration on one of Mannheim’s central squares. Videos from the scene show civilians trying to subdue the attacker and him stabbing a police officer. A different policeman eventually shoots the assailant while he is grappling with another man.At least one officer sustained injuries…

Manisha has been waiting for hours in the scorching heat for the water tanker. Hundreds of residents like her from the Vivekanand camp have lined up their empty container along the sidewalk with hose pipes. While the tanker is rolling into this narrow lane young boys and girls climb atop the moving vehicle. A dozen are there even before the tanker stops.They insert the pipes and the process to draw out every precious drop begins. There is chaos as women try and fill up every empty container before the water runs out.”We wait for hours standing in line hungry and…

This week, British newspaper The Guardian revealed allegations that the former chief of the Israeli intelligence service Mossad, Yossi Cohen, pressured former chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Fatou Bensouda to stop investigating in the Palestinian territories.  Fatou Bensouda opened preliminary investigations into the situation in the Palestinian territories in 2015. In March 2021, the former chief prosecutor launched a formal investigation. In June 2021, the current chief prosecutor Karim Khan took over the baton from Fatou Bensouda. Two weeks ago, these investigations culminated in a request by Khan for arrest warrants to be issued against Israeli and Hamas leaders. On May 20, Khan…

Germany’s head coach Julian Nagelsmann on Sunday described a survey that asked participants if they would like more white players to represent the national team “racist.” The poll, which appeared during a WDR documentary, saw 21% vote yes. Joshua Kimmich condemned the survey and Nagelsmann agreed with the versatile Bayern Munich and Germany player. ‘I agree that it is racist’ — Nagelsmann on survey “Josh responded really well, with a very clear and thought-out statement,” Nagelsmann said. “I agree that it is racist. I have the feeling that we need to wake up. Many people in Europe had to flee… searching for a safe country.”On Saturday, Kimmich…

Tens of thousands of protesters have rallied in Tel Aviv to call for the resignation of Benjamin Netanyahu and the immediate release of hostages.An estimated 120,000 people took to the streets of the Israeli city to call on the far-right governing coalition to accept a ceasefire deal outlined by Joe Biden on Friday, according to local media. The deal would see the staggered release of hostages captured on 7 October – the day of Hamas’s unprecedented attack on southern Israel, which killed 1,200 people – in return for a gradual withdrawal of Israeli troops from the besieged enclave of Gaza.Skirmishes…

At the height of the tension between Albania and Greece surrounding the conviction in April of Fredi Beleri, a mayor-elect from Albania’s Greek minority, the party of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis nominated Beleri as a candidate for the EU elections, which are due to take place June 6–9. News of the nomination, which put Beleri 25th on the party’s list of 42 candidates, placed a strain on relations between the two neighboring countries and sparked intense debate on both sides of the border. Beleri, who also holds Greek citizenship, was the candidate of the Albanian opposition party in the…