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Taiwan lawmakers exchange blows in bitter dispute over parliament reforms
Even before votes started to be cast, some lawmakers screamed at and shoved each other outside the legislative chamber, before the action moved onto the floor of parliament itself.In chaotic scenes, lawmakers surged around the speaker's seat, some leaping over tables and pulling colleagues to the fl...
'Israel must be stopped,' South Africa tells World Court
The hearings at the International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, come after South Africa last week asked for additional emergency measures to protect Rafah, a southern Gaza city where more than a million Palestinians have been sheltering.
Prince Harry and Meghan watch street-style dances in Lagos
Dressed in a Caroline Herrera button-down shirt and a Nigerian skirt gifted to her, Meghan said she had first heard of Giants of Africa while in Toronto, where she lived for seven years while making the hit TV legal drama Suits.
Former US Marine pilot arrested in Australia worked with Chinese hacker, lawyer says
Daniel Duggan, 55, a naturalised Australian citizen, feared requests by Western intelligence agencies for sensitive information were putting his family at risk, the lawyer said in a legal filing seen by Reuters.
Hundreds protest in Tunisia to demand a date for fair presidential elections
The protest comes amid an economic and political crisis and a wave of arrests targeting journalists, lawyers, activists and opponents.
Israeli authorities raid Al Jazeera after shutdown order
Video circulated online showed plainclothes officers dismantling camera equipment in a hotel room, which the Al Jazeera source said was in East Jerusalem.
China launches historic mission to retrieve samples from far side of the moon
The Long March-5, China's largest rocket, blasted off at 5:27 p.m. Beijing time (0927 GMT) from Wenchang Space Launch Center on the southern island of Hainan with the more than 8 metric ton Chang'e-6 probe.
Elon Musk visits China as Tesla seeks self-driving technology rollout
Chinese state media reported that he met Premier Li Qiang in Beijing, during which Li told Musk that Tesla's development in China could be regarded as a successful example of U.S.-China economic and trade cooperation.
Police fire tear gas to disperse Benin wage protest
Armed police blocked access to the labour council in the commercial capital Cotonou, surrounding the area where the demonstration was meant to take place and turning away journalists.
Israel gears up for Rafah civilian evacuation ahead of promised assault
Abutting the Egyptian border, Rafah's population has been swollen by more than a million Palestinians who fled the half-year-old Israeli offensive through the rest of Gaza.Their fate worries Western powers as well as Cairo, which has ruled out any influx of refugees into the Egyptian Sinai....