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Security sources in Lebanon confirmed that four rockets had been launched towards Israel from Seddiqine.

Russia's Kliment Kolesnikov broke his own 50m backstroke world record at the European swimming championships on Tuesday as Britain's Olympic champion Adam Peaty took his fourth successive 100m breaststroke gold.

Following the release of a U.S. government list of allegedly corrupt Central American politicians, El Salvador's president on Tuesday played up his close ties with China, praising it for offering grants with no strings attached and COVID19 vaccines.

The government will also extend the interval between two-dose COVID-19 vaccines to six to eight weeks, from three to four weeks currently.

A spokesman for the U.N. General Assembly president said earlier on Monday that the body was due to vote on Tuesda

The costs to taxpayers from a racial profiling lawsuit stemming from former Sheriff Joe Arpaios immigration patrols in metro Phoenix a decade ago are expected to reach $202 million by summer 2022.

Sudan's Sovereign Council accepted the resignation of the public prosecutor and relieved the head of the judiciary from her position, a council statement said on Monday.

Italy's government on Monday approved a decree pushing back with immediate effect a nightly coronavirus curfew to 11 p.m. from 10 p.m. and easing other curbs in the regions where infections are low.

Paris St Germain clung on to their hopes of winning a fourth consecutive Ligue 1 title with a 40 home win against 10man Stade de Reims as Lille's lead was cut to a single point with one game remaining on Sunday.

Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian driver who crashed his car into a police roadblock, injuring six officers, in a flashpoint Jerusalem neighbourhood on Sunday, police said.

A salvage team on Saturday began assessing damage caused by a fire inside the remains of an overturned cargo ship that is being dismantled along the Georgia coast.

West Ham United's fading hopes of finishing in the Premier League's top four suffered another setback when they were held to a 11 draw at lowly Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday.

Greece has extended a lockdown on the island of Kalymnos for a week on Saturday as coronavirus infections there remained high, authorities said.

The building houses The Associated Press, Al-Jazeera and a number of offices and apartments.

Just after midnight Friday, the Israeli military put out an ominous statement to the media: IDF air and ground troops are currently attacking in the Gaza Strip.

A judge in Minneapolis on Thursday postponed the trial of three former policemen accused of taking part in the murder of George Floyd to March 2022, saying the federal case against the men should proceed first, local media reported.