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Inmates at the overcrowded Makala prison had sought to escape their suffocating cells after water and power went out. At least 129 were killed, some two dozen of them shot dead, the government said.

In its first two days, the campaign to vaccinate 640,000 Gazan children has been more successful than expected, a W.H.O. official said.

Diplomat Karen Pierce has built alliances with Trump officials and the Biden-Harris administration. But with her term set to end next year, the U.K. government has a dilemma over her replacement.

The head of Ukrenergo was reportedly blamed for failing to fortify energy infrastructure, which has come under steady Russian bombardment, leading to blackouts.

Ukrainian officials expressed outrage over the Russian leader’s visit, warning they would seek to “ensure that this has consequences” for Mongolia.

Hamas leaders spent years developing an underground warfare plan. Records from the battlefield show the group’s preparations, including blast doors to protect against Israeli bombs and soldiers.

The country has been hit by a wave of sexually explicit videos and pictures that have spread online, prompting the authorities to launch a sweeping investigation.

Moscow appears to have stepped up the tempo of its attacks, resulting in a wave of death and destruction in Ukraine.

Born into New York wealth and married to a Scottish earl, she was the only American-born lady-in-waiting to the queen, serving for nearly 50 years.

The attack, the third large-scale bombardment in a week, coincided with intense fighting in eastern Ukraine and Russia.