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Netanyahu under fire after Trump claim

TEL AVIV, June 2 (Reuters): Benjamin Netanyahu is under criticism at home after US President Donald Trump declared Israel would halt plans to attack Iran ally Hezbollah in Beirut, highlighting pressure the Israeli leader faces ahead of an election polls show him losing.Trump said on Monday that Israel and Hezbollah...

WHO sees sharp drop in Ebola cases from 906 to 116

GENEVA, June 2 (AFP): The WHO on Tuesday dramatically scaled back the number of suspected Ebola cases in central Africa to 116 from more than 900 previously, with 330 cases now confirmed.As of May 31, the World Health Organization said 116 suspected cases of the deadly virus had been registered...

Modi meets Myanmar's military-backed president as India says engagement will continue

NEW DELHI, June 2 (AP): India said it will continue engaging with Myanmar after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks Monday with the leader of the country's military-backed government, despite Western sanctions imposed after the military seized power in 2021.Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri told reporters in New Delhi that...

Gunman kills six family members, then himself, in eastern Iowa, police say

A gunman killed six members of his family, then took his own life, during a spate of shootings on Monday in the eastern Iowa city of Muscatine, a waterfront town situated across the Mississippi River from Illinois, police said, reports Reuters.A preliminary investigation into the gun violence indicated the shootings...

80pc chance of El Nino developing June-August: UN

GENEVA, June 2 (AFP): There is an 80-percent chance of the warming El Nino phenomenon developing between June and August, increasing the risk of extreme weather events, the World Meteorological Organization said Tuesday."Fuelled by unusually warm ocean waters in the tropical Pacific, El Nino conditions are developing and are set...

Pope Leo names EWTN executive as first woman to lead Vatican communications

VATICAN CITY, June 2 (Reuters): Pope Leo named an executive with US Catholic media conglomerate EWTN as the new head of the Vatican's communications department on Tuesday, in the first appointment of a woman to the senior Church role.Maria Montserrat Alvarado, originally from Mexico City, will lead the Vatican's Dicastery...