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What to know about the deal between Israel and Lebanon extending their shaky ceasefire

New Delhi, June 6 -- Israel and Lebanon have agreed to renew their shaky ceasefire, with an aim to continue talks later this month for a comprehensive peace deal. The U.S.-brokered agreement, announc... Read More


Former MI6 spy chief Alex Younger has died aged 62

New Delhi, June 6 -- Prince William and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer have paid tribute to former MI6 spy chief Alex Younger after his death at the age of 62. Younger led the U.K.'s foreign esp... Read More


Choose 'Trainspotting': Ewan McGregor and Danny Boyle reflect on the life-changing film

New Delhi, June 6 -- Ewan McGregor, for a fleeting moment after "Trainspotting" came out, felt like a rock star. It wasn't his first significant project; it wasn't even his first film with director D... Read More


Venice Biennale artists demand names removed from visitors' ballot and threaten lawsuit

New Delhi, June 6 -- Dozens of artists in this year's Venice Biennale contemporary art show are threatening legal action if their names are not removed from the ballot allowing visitors to vote for th... Read More


Marjane Satrapi, Iranian French cartoonist and filmmaker known for 'Persepolis,' dies at 56

New Delhi, June 5 -- Acclaimed Iranian French cartoonist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi, a prominent advocate for women's rights and author of "Persepolis," has died at 56, the French presidency said T... Read More


Apple TV's retelling of 'Cape Fear' brings a psycho killer into our homes in 'a nightmare for today'

New Delhi, June 5 -- If there's ever been a terrifying screen villain, it's got to be Max Cady. He's the sadistic, unhinged former inmate bent on getting revenge against the lawyer who put him away in... Read More


Chinese leader Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea next week in first visit since 2019

New Delhi, June 5 -- Chinese leader Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea next week, both countries announced Friday, in what will be his first visit in nearly seven years. His trip will the latest i... Read More


Spain's reckoning with clergy abuse enters a new chapter as Pope Leo visits

New Delhi, June 5 -- In the 1970s, in a devoutly Catholic Spain still ruled by dictator Francisco Franco, Paula Alonso-Pimentel was sent for catechism at age 8 to a religious school in the northern ci... Read More


Melinda French Gates donates $215 million to improve women's health worldwide

New Delhi, June 5 -- Philanthropist Melinda French Gates will expand her giving to improve women's health globally, pledging another $215 million to support contraceptive access and maternal care, as ... Read More


A Yazidi tells an Australian court she was enslaved and raped in an IS home in Syria

New Delhi, June 5 -- A Yazidi woman has alleged she shared a bedroom with a woman accused of enslaving her in Syria and was repeatedly raped and beaten by the woman's father, police told a court on Th... Read More