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The Israeli military has said an American activist killed in the West Bank last week was probably shot “indirectly and unintentionally” by soldiers firing upon participants in a demonstration against settlements that turned violent. The acknowledgement drew a strong rebuke…

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has delayed until next week the announcement of the jobs each EU country’s representative will hold in her top team, the European Parliament said on Tuesday. Von der Leyen, a German conservative, had…

The Russian military has launched massive naval and air drills spanning across both hemispheres and including China in joint manoeuvres. The Ocean-24 exercise spans the Pacific and Arctic Oceans, the Mediterranean, Caspian and Baltic Seas and involves over 400 warships,…

Two space rovers that could potentially help in the search for life on Mars have been put through their paces at a quarry in Bedfordshire. The prototypes, named Codi and Charlie, are being tested by European aerospace giant Airbus in…

Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba has resigned, following an announcement last week from President Volodymyr Zelensky that a cabinet reshuffle was imminent. Mr Kuleba’s resignation request will be discussed by lawmakers at the next plenary meeting, the speaker of parliament…

The UN children’s agency has said a polio vaccination campaign in Gaza reached 189,000 children, surpassing its target and providing a “rare bright spot” in nearly 11 months of war. Unicef said more than 500 teams deployed across central Gaza…

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was among six people who were detained in Denmark, police said, after a demonstration against the University of Copenhagen for co-operating with Israeli universities where demonstrators shouted pro-Palestinian slogans. The group was detained on Wednesday…

A fatal fire at a housing block in 2009 should have alerted the London Fire Brigade (LFB) to the “shortcomings” in its ability to fight blazes in high-rise buildings, the final report of the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster…

The devastating Grenfell Tower fire in London which killed 72 people was the result of “decades of failure” by the UK government and the construction industry to act on the dangers of flammable materials on high-rise buildings, a long-awaited report…

A campaign to inoculate children in Gaza against polio and prevent the spread of the virus began on Saturday, as Palestinians in both the Hamas-governed coastal enclave and in the occupied West Bank reeled from Israel’s ongoing campaigns in both…