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The horror for the communities of Gaza and the terror for communities in southern Israel is rightly the focus in this latest clash in the long struggle between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

The worst violence between Israel and Palestinian groups since 2014 has been seen in recent days, with the conflict escalating over the final Ramadan weekend.

With Israeli troops preparing for a possible ground invasion, Israeli air strikes pulverising new targets in the Gaza Strip and Hamas rockets still blasting towards Israeli cities, urgent diplomacy is the only way to prevent all-out war.

The mummified body of a cult leader has been found festooned with Christmas lights and glitter in a Colorado home.

Ryanair, often the butt of jokes about complaints and its attitude towards passengers, is to create a customer advisory panel to help the airline "continue to improve its guest services".

One of Britain's leading imams has urged Muslims not to "drop the ball" and observe COVID restrictions on mixing indoors and hugging as Eid celebrations begin.

Delaying the second dose of a COVID vaccine so more people can get a first dose could cut deaths by up to 20%, a study suggests.

On Monday morning in the harbour of Granville in Normandy, the anchors were up before dawn.

COVID-19 can infect tissue in the penis and potentially contribute to erectile dysfunction, researchers have found.

Radovan Karadzic - the Bosnian Serb political leader convicted over the Srebrenica genocide - is to be transferred to a UK prison to serve the remainder of his sentence.