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Israeli and Jordanian forces on Sunday intercepted an Iranian missile aimed at the Jordanian city of Aqaba,  the Israeli military said. Reporting from Israel, FRANCE 24’s Noga Tarnopolsky explains that Israel was hit by sharpnel from the interception. While no one was injured, there was a “sense in Israel that the war is escalating”.

Twenty-three runners from seven countries took part in races at the Arctic’s geographic North Pole, organisers have said, in an event they dubbed as the “world’s coolest marathon”. The races took place on drifting sea ice at the geographic North Pole in the Arctic, with competitors arriving from Norway aboard the French polar vessel Le…

Air quality in the Midwestern city of Detroit is currently the worst in the world, Swiss air quality tracker IQAir said, followed by Minneapolis, Chicago and Toronto. Republican lawmakers in the state of Michigan have penned an open letter, external to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney asking for better management of the country’s wildfires, expressing…

Jurassic Park and Peaky Blinders star Sam Neill has died aged 78.

US House Democrats were divided into a near-even split by a vote this week over whether to cut military aid to Israel, which was defeated through almost total opposition from the Republican party. Ahead of November’s midterm elections, the vote reflects a sharp erosion in support for Israel among left-leaning voters after years of war in…

Ukraine’s Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announced his resignation on Wednesday as part of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s cabinet reshuffle, stepping down after overseeing a rapid expansion of drone warfare capabilities and military reforms during Russia’s full-scale invasion.