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Rwandan-backed rebels enter Congo's Goma in major escalation

Rwandan-backed rebels marched into eastern Congo’s largest city Goma on Monday, and the U.N. said they were supported by at least some regular Rwandan troops, in the worst escalation of a long-running conflict for more than a decade.

January 28, 2025 3:22 pm

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Trump administration fires justice department lawyers who investigated him

US President Donald Trump’s administration has fired more than a dozen justice department lawyers who worked on two criminal cases against him.

January 28, 2025 2:01 pm

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What is DeepSeek and why did it cause tech stocks to drop?

January 28, 2025 1:52 pm

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Trump to Target DEI, COVID Military Expulsions, Hegseth Says

U.S. President Donald Trump will soon sign executive orders removing diversity, equity and inclusion from the military, reinstating thousands of troops who were kicked out for refusing COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic, and building an air defense system for the United States, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.

January 28, 2025 12:32 pm

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Transgender inmate sues over Trump's order curtailing LGBT rights

A transgender woman serving in a federal prison has filed a lawsuit.

January 28, 2025 10:20 am

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Gaza residents stream home to the north after hostage breakthrough

Tens of thousands of Palestinians streamed along the main roads leading north in Gaza.

January 28, 2025 9:37 am

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Gaza’s ceasefire reveals a health nightmare

Hospitals and clinics destroyed. Millions of tons of debris contaminated with toxic substances, unexploded ordnance and human remains. Tens of thousands of people with injuries that will require a lifetime of care.

January 28, 2025 9:05 am

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Rwandan-backed rebels enter Congo's Goma in major escalation

Rwandan-backed rebels marched into east Congo’s largest city Goma and Congolese troops exchanged fire with the Rwandan military across the border, in the worst escalation of a long-running conflict for more than a decade.

January 28, 2025 8:14 am

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South Sudan lifts nationwide curfew imposed

South Sudan has lifted a nationwide curfew imposed more than 10 days ago.

January 28, 2025 7:00 am

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EU ministers agree to revive Rafah border mission

The European Union will restart a civilian mission to monitor the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt at Rafah, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday.

January 28, 2025 6:21 am

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Survivors return as world remembers Auschwitz 80 years after liberation

About 50 survivors of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau will return to the site on Monday to remember the day it was finally liberated on 27 January 1945.

January 27, 2025 5:52 pm

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Six hostages to be freed and Gazans to be allowed north - Israel

Hamas will release six hostages this week and Israel will allow Gazans to return to homes in the north from Monday, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says.

January 27, 2025 4:05 pm