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Facebook Inc said on Monday it has suspended a network of Instagram accounts operated from Russia that targeted Americans with divisive political messages ahead of next year’s U.S. presidential election, with operators posing as people within the United States. Facebook said

Israeli settlers on Wednesday attacked Palestinian villagers harvesting olives in the northern occupied West Bank. The attack took place in Burin village, near Nablus city, where settlers beat Palestinian villagers, according to Ghasan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors settlement

A Paris zoo showcased a mysterious new organism on Wednesday, dubbed the “blob”, a yellowish unicellular small living being which looks like a fungus but acts like an animal. This newest exhibit of the Paris Zoological Park, which goes on display

Amid a long-running diplomatic standoff over building and operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam that has heightened tensions, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi said Sunday he would meet Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Russia. He did not say, however, when

The PKK terror group is much worse than Daesh and probably constitutes a bigger terrorist threat, U.S. President Donald Trump said late Wednesday during a press conference with Italian Premier Sergio Matarello. “The PKK, which is a part of the Kurds,

Spain’s Supreme Court has sentenced nine Catalan separatist leaders to between nine and 13 years in prison for sedition over their role in an independence referendum in 2017. Three other defendants were found guilty of disobedience and fined, but will not

World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) is being celebrated with almost 700 events – including activities such as bird watching, lectures and cleanup actions – being held in 70 countries on Saturday. WMBD is a biannual awareness-raising event marked on the second

Global climate change is taking its toll on the Black Sea as well. It has been more than a month since a fishing ban was lifted but fishermen in the Black Sea are yet to return with big catches. Experts have