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Police in the United Kingdom said on Thursday they were investigating a “hate-motivated criminal offense” after a model of a mosque was placed over a loyalist bonfire in Northern Ireland. The replica of the mosque, which was visible with the Arabic words “Islamic Fascism” above a pyre in the town of Moygashel, County Tyrone, has … Read more

Coming off the bench to play for Les Bleus, French midfielder Warren Zaire-Emery was overcome with emotion while talking to reporters after a commanding 2-0 victory over Morocco. The 20-year-old reflected on his stellar season, both at his club PSG and for the French national team, adding that the work was far from over. Source … Read more

At least 28 people died in a fire at a shoe factory in eastern China on Thursday. China’s emergency management ministry announced that about 200 firefighters and rescue workers were dispatched to a shoe factory in Fujian province on Thursday. President Xi Jinping has called for a swift investigation, a “thorough search and rescue effort” … Read more

Twelve people died in a wildfire near Almeria in southern Spain late on Thursday, regional authorities said, with some victims found inside vehicles. The deaths occurred in the hamlet of Bedar, the Andalusian regional government said in a statement, as firefighters continued efforts to contain the blaze. Source link

After scoring a goal for Les Bleus against Morocco on Thursday, French striker Ousmane Dembélé shifted focus to the next match, which would be his third consecutive FIFAWorldCup semi final. The 2025 Ballon d’Or winner also had some words of praise for his captain and fellow goalscorer Kylian Mbappé ▶️ Source link

Iran on Friday laid to rest its former supreme leader Ali Khamenei over four months after his killing in an airstrike, as two days of US and Iranian attacks raised fears of a return to all-out war. Khamenei’s flag-covered coffin was carried aloft into the shrine of Imam Reza in his home city of Mashhad … Read more

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on Thursday called on all parties to cease hostilities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Fighting between DRC armed forces and the M23 armed group, backed by the Rwandan military, in the border region of South Kivu has intensified over the past two weeks. It is … Read more

Syrian authorities said on Thursday they had arrested several suspects accused of carrying out a series of bombings in Damascus, including attacks during French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit this week. The Interior Ministry said security forces dismantled the entire cell, while an official blamed Islamic State, which has not claimed responsibility. Source link

“I always thought of my grandfather as a left-wing unionist and now he has appeared in the NSDAP database,” Hanno Dannenfelt told DW. It was always said in the family that his grandfather had clean hands. Now that the United States National Archives has published its collection of National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP) membership … Read more