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India election 2024: Which are the main political parties in the fray?
More about Modi's BJP, Rahul Gandhi's Congress and other parties that are central to world's largest electoral exercise.
Heavy rains kill 18 in Oman as flash floods lash UAE
Rescue teams search for two missing people in Oman as bad weather disrupts travel in the United Arab Emirates.
‘We share with rats’: Neglect, empty promises for S African hostel-dwellers
Built to house a male workforce under apartheid, hostels are now overcrowded, decaying and largely ignored by the state.
Is Ukraine’s Zaphorizhzhia nuclear plant at risk of an ‘accident’?
Global powers raise alarm after latest drone attack on Russian-held nuclear facility hits reactor confinement structure.
Ukraine warns it lacked missiles to protect power plant from Russian attack
The Trypilska thermal power station, a major electricity supplier to Kyiv region, was destroyed by missiles on April 11.
Mass grave discovered at Gaza hospital occupied by Israeli forces
A new mass grave was found at al-Shifa Hospital where a two-week siege by Israeli forces has turned it into a graveyard.
Paris 2024 torch lit in Olympics birthplace, relay under way
The torch relay for the Paris 2024 Olympics has begun at the birthplace of the games in Greece.
Israeli ‘diplomatic offensive’ urges sanctions against Iran
Push on partners to sanction Tehran comes as Israel mulls military retaliation for Iran's weekend attack.
Video captures shooting of Palestinian USAID veteran in Israel
Video captured the killing in Israel of Yaacub Touhi, a 50-year-old Palestinian who was a 20-year veteran of USAID.
‘Mama we’re dying’: Only able to hear her kids in Gaza in their final days
Hanan and Mazen were stuck in the West Bank. Their kids were in Gaza, where they were killed by Israeli bombs.