More than 70 people have been killed in an Islamist attack in eastern Congo, police said on Tuesday. A police spokesman said that members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked a house in the village of Ntoyo, located in the province of North Kivu, where numerous people had gathered for a wake on Monday evening. The Islamists reportedly attacked the residents with guns, axes and machetes. So far, 71 bodies have been recovered, and dozens of survivors have been taken to hospital, the police spokesman said, citing information from the Red Cross. The ADF militia originally comes from neig...

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced a large-scale operation by its Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency aimed at "illegal aliens" in the city of Chicago. Operation Midway Blitz drew instant condemnation from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson. "This operation will target the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens in Chicago," DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin wrote on the DHS website on Monday. She accused Pritzker of releasing members of the Venezuela-based Tren de Aragua criminal gang onto the streets of the state's ...

Pig heads were discovered in front of several mosques in the Paris area early on Tuesday, prompting an investigation, Paris police prefect Laurent Nuñez wrote on X. "Everything is being done to find the perpetrators of these despicable acts," Nuñez wrote. Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau offered support to mosque leaders and worshippers, condemning the attacks on places of worship as acts of "immeasurable cowardice." According to the Le Parisien newspaper, the pig heads were found in front of two mosques in the east of Paris and in the suburb of Montreuil. The broadcaster France Info reporte...

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Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar is willing to reach a ceasefire agreement on the war in Gaza on the basis of a new US proposal. Israel "seeks to bring the war to an end based on President Trump’s proposal and according to the principles set by Israel's Security Cabinet," Saar said during a visit to Croatia on Tuesday. The US government presented a proposal to pause the conflict last week. On Sunday, Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that the Israeli government has accepted the plans. According to the Israeli broadcaster Channel 12, the proposal provides for the handover of all livi...