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Two people were rescued on Sunday after orcas damaged their boat near the Strait of Gibraltar, where the animals have caused havoc in recent years.

Scientists used tree rings to compare last year’s extreme heat with temperatures over the past two millenniums.

The East African country is preparing to send hundreds of police officers as the first wave of a multinational force aimed at stabilizing the chaos-ridden Caribbean nation.

Mohammad Rasoulof, known for the award-winning “There Is No Evil,” had been barred from leaving Iran after his work criticized Iran’s authoritarian rule.

Charlotte Lewis, who says the director raped her in the 1980s, brought the lawsuit against him over an interview in which he called the accusations an “odious lie.”

Also, Vladimir Putin’s new defense minister.

Netiporn Sanesangkhom, 28, supported abolishing the law that prohibits criticizing royalty and wanted to push the authorities to stop jailing political activists.

The unrest was set off by a plan to let more French citizens vote in the territory, which independence activists say would water down their movement.

It was the first time an international U.N. employee had been killed in Gaza since the war began last October.

When Russian soldiers suddenly showed up in the small town of Ocheretyne in the east, it was clear that something had gone wrong.