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Why did Israel attack Syria — and what does it have to do with the Druze18.července Israeli leaders said they launched attacks on Syria this week to protect members of the Druze religious group in the country’s south, amid clashes in the area. Its U.S. funding cut, rights group flees Bukele’s El Salvador18.července Cristosal, wary of newly restrictive laws and the arrest of one of its staffers, follows dozens of journalists, lawyers and rights advocates into exile. Spurred by Bolsonaro’s son, Trump mulls sanctions on Brazilian judge18.července If implemented, the sanctions against supreme court justice Alexandre de Moraes would dramatically escalate a widening feud between the United States and Brazil. Turmoil gives Druze divided between Syria and Israel rare moment of contact18.července Hundreds of Druze from Israel pushed across the border in solidarity with their Syrian cousins they feared were under attack. Many then met relatives they had never seen before. Iraq mall fire kills at least 61 people, officials say17.července Iraqi officials said the Corniche Hypermarket in Kut, where the deadly fire broke out, had a poor safety record. An investigation has been opened. The church in Gaza the pope used to call nightly hit by Israeli strike17.července The Rev. Gabriel Romanelli of the Church of the Holy Family used to speak every night with Pope Francis before the pontiff’s death. New Russian law criminalizes online searches for controversial content17.července Russia previously criminalized sharing such content, but with officials saying censorship during wartime is justified, restrictive digital laws are being tightened. Flames engulf Tomorrowland’s main stage 2 days before festival starts17.července Tomorrowland, in the Belgium town of Boom, is considered the world’s largest electronic dance music festival. The stage was “severely damaged” by the fire, organizers said. Under a rain of bullets, Haitian police rescue thousands of artworks17.července The Centre d’Art in Port-au-Prince has nurtured generations of Haitian artists and exhibited the country’s most important works of art. Then came the gangs. Drugs, blood and terror: Inside a paramilitary massacre in Sudan17.července At least 31 people were massacred on April 27 in Salha, a neighborhood south of Khartoum, survivors said. The Post has reconstructed the events of that day. Ultra-Orthodox party quits Israeli coalition, weakening Netanyahu17.července The Shas party said it would resign over the government’s failure to enshrine into law the long-standing military exemption for the ultra-Orthodox community. Stampede at Gaza aid distribution site kills at least 21, Health Ministry says16.července The deaths were the latest in a series of incidents surrounding new aid distribution points that have been faulted for their procedures by aid experts. France’s premier wants to ax two holidays to boost growth. Non, people say.16.července Prime Minister François Bayrou is staking the political future of his government on a budget aimed at significantly reducing France’s national debt. Decades after a Nazi captain stole an erotic Roman mosaic, it returns to Pompeii16.července The travertine mosaic was plundered by an unknown German captain during World War II. The exact details of its provenance may never be known. Israel strikes Syria’s Defense Ministry, escalating conflict with Damascus16.července Syrian troops are trying to intervene in sectarian violence in the south between the Druze minority and Bedouins. |