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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel had almost completed a key goal of the war in Gaza – eliminating all those responsible for orchestrating the October 7 attack.
His remarks followed the Israeli military’s announcement that Ezzedine al-Haddad, commander of Hamas’ armed wing, had been killed in an air strike in Gaza on Friday.
In the aftermath of the October 7 assault, Netanyahu pledged to target and eliminate the masterminds behind the attacks, which, according to an…

AdvertisementAnimalsWorldEuropeGerman police kill escaped tiger, animal handler seriously injuredPolice said the injured man, a volunteer, was inside the tiger enclosure when the animal broke free from a private facility near Leipzig
2-MIN READ2-MIN ListendpaPublished: 1:19am, 18 May 2026German police shot dead a tiger that escaped from a private facility near the eastern city of Leipzig, with a 73-year-old man seriously injured in the incident, authorities said on Sunday.
Police said the man was inside the enclosure when the animal broke free in Schkeuditz, on the outskirts of Leipzig.
He was described as a volunteer authorised to be on the premises and was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
Advertisement“The tiger left its enclosure. It was then found by police officers near a garden area,” a police spokeswoman said. The animal was then shot dead at the scene to eliminate any danger to the public.
A large police operation was launched at the scene, with some officers carrying h..

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At least eight people were injured on Saturday after a car drove into pedestrians in the centre of the northern Italian city of Modena. According to police, the driver was arrested shortly after the incident and authorities said there was no further danger to the public.Modena mayor Massimo Mezzetti said four people were seriously injured, with two victims reported to be in critical condition, Reuters reported. The driver, described as a man in his thirties and an Italian national of North African origin from the Bergamo area, allegedly drove deliberately onto the sidewalk before crashing into a shop window.”It seems the driver deliberately drove onto the sidewalk, hitting several people and crashing into a shop window. He then got out of his car and brandished a knife,” Mezzetti said.A man who attempted to stop the driver suffered minor injuries during the incident. Witnesses told local media they heard people falling and saw the car speeding toward pedestrians, with o..

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There are some quotes that immediately sound powerful because they are dramatic. Then others work differently. They feel quiet at first. Simple. Almost ordinary. Then, after reading them a second time, they begin to settle in your mind a little more.This quote from Queen Elizabeth II feels very much like that.At first glance, the words seem gentle. Almost like advice somebody older in the family might give after observing people for decades. But then you realise something interesting. Queen Elizabeth was not speaking after a few years of experience. She spent more than seventy years on the throne, met thousands of people across different countries, cultures, backgrounds and professions, and watched several generations grow and change.That gives the quote a slightly different weight.Because these are not words based on one moment or one emotional reaction. They sound more like an observation gathered slowly over a lifetime.And perhaps that is partly why people still ..

AdvertisementItalyWorldEurope8 injured as man rams car into pedestrians in Italy’s ModenaThe driver is said to have got out of the vehicle and brandished a knife before being arrested
1-MIN READ1-MIN ListenReutersPublished: 2:03am, 17 May 2026Eight ⁠people were ⁠injured on Saturday when ⁠a car drove into pedestrians in the centre of the northern Italian city of Modena, police and the city’s mayor said.
Police said they ‌arrested the driver, a man in his thirties, and there was no further danger.
Among the injured, four people are in a serious condition, the city mayor, Massimo Mezzetti, told broadcaster RaiNews24.
AdvertisementThe driver ⁠is an Italian national born in Bergamo, of North African ‌origin, and a resident of the Modena area, the mayor added.
“It seems [the driver] deliberately ‌drove onto the sidewalk, hitting several people and ⁠crashing into ⁠a shop window. He then got out of his car and ‌brandished a knife,” Mezzetti said.
Law enforcement and emergency personnel work at..