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Libya’s largest oil refinery halts operations during fighting
08 May 2026News|Conflict Libya’s largest operational oil refinery at Zawiya has been shut down and an emergency declared follo...
More than a dozen reported killed in Israeli attacks on south Lebanon
08 May 2026Israeli air raids have killed at least 20 people in southern Lebanon, including a civil defence rescuer, according to Le...
Virginia Supreme Court strikes down Democrats’ redistricting plan in US
08 May 2026Virginia’s top court has thrown out a new electoral map that was crafted to flip four Republican-held US congressional...
‘Make up their own minds’: Pentagon releases first tranche of UFO files
08 May 2026The United States Department of Defense has released its first tranche of previously classified files on unidentified fl...
South Africa’s top court revives impeachment inquiry against president
08 May 2026News|Politics South Africa’s highest court has cleared the way for the revival of impeachment proceedings against Pres...
‘Leader of the pack’: What next as Reform makes huge election gains?
08 May 2026Glasgow, United Kingdom – Voters in England’s local council elections have delivered a damning verdict of Labour as...
UK identifies new suspected hantavirus case on remote island
08 May 2026Health authorities are monitoring a growing hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship, with a new suspected case ident...
US, Iran clash in Hormuz as war escalates: What happened, why it matters
08 May 2026The United States and Iran have exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz, prompting fears that the already fragile ceasefi...
FBI’s lack of progress on Israeli killing of journalist ‘troubling’: CPJ
08 May 2026The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has demanded a “public progress update” from United States authorities on...
Rubio meets Pope Leo: Can they heal White House-Vatican rift?
08 May 2026Pope Leo XIV and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met on Thursday during the latter’s trip to Rome, with hopes of imp...
