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Israeli forces kill 51 Palestinians waiting for flour at Gaza aid site, witnesses and rescuers say

Israeli forces kill 51 Palestinians waiting for flour at Gaza aid site, witnesses and rescuers say

Israeli forces have killed more than 51 Palestinians and wounded many more after opening fire near an aid distribution site in southern Gaza, witnesses and rescuers say. The Hamas-run civil defence agency said Israeli troops fired on crowds near the aid site in Khan Younis. More than 200 people were reportedly injured. The Israeli military

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Belgian prosecutor seeks to try ex-diplomat over Congolese hero’s killing

Belgian prosecutor seeks to try ex-diplomat over Congolese hero’s killing

Belgian prosecutors say they are seeking to put on trial a 92-year-old former diplomat over his alleged role in the 1961 killing of Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba. Etienne Davignon is accused of involvement in the “unlawful detention and transfer” of Lumumba at the time he was taken prisoner and his “humiliating and degrading treatment”,

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