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Thousands of volunteers have turned up outside an abandoned South African gold mine to help rescue thousands of miners feared to be trapped deep underground. Supplies of food and medicine were cut off by the authorities months ago, then the…

The blasts in Beirut began shortly after Israel’s Prime Minister wrapped up his speech at the United Nations General Assembly. Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah would continue – declaring “we are winning”. But there weren’t many delegations…

BEIRUT, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) — Israel launched an airstrike on a residential building in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Tuesday, local TV channel Al-Jadeed reported. TV footage showed smoke rising from the targeted, densely populated area. ■

BEIRUT, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) — Lebanon’s Hezbollah on Friday night mourned the acting commander of its Elite Radwan Force, Ibrahim Akil, who was killed earlier in the day by an Israeli airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs. ■

ADEN, Yemen, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — A Panama-flagged commercial vessel was struck by an explosive-laden drone boat off the coast of Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Thursday, a Yemeni naval official told Xinhua. The official said on…