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NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Popular Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev said today he made a mistake and apologised to a court for defying its orders to stop misleading advertisements that claim his traditional ayurvedic medicines can cure chronic diseases like diabetes.

JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Israelis awaited word on how Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would respond to Iran’s first-ever direct attack on their country as international pressure for restraint grew amid fears of an escalation of conflict in the Middle East.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – The judge in Donald Trump’s trial dismissed dozens of potential New York City jurors yesterday who said they could not fairly decide whether the 2024 Republican presidential candidate illegally covered up a hush money payment to a porn star.

PETROPAVLOVSK, Kazakhstan,  (Reuters) – Swathes of northern Kazakhstan and Russia’s Urals region were flooded yesterday as melt waters swelled the tributaries of the world’s seventh longest river system, forcing more than 125,000 people to flee their homes.

TBILISI,  (Reuters) – Thousands of Georgians protested yesterday and lawmakers came to blows as ruling party legislators gave the initial go-ahead for debate on a bill on “foreign agents” that has been criticised by Western and domestic critics as Russian-inspired.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The FBI said yesterday it opened a criminal probe into the collapse of a Baltimore bridge in March when a ship crashed into a bridge support, while local officials confirmed the recovery of a fourth body from the incident.

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – Tesla TSLA.O is laying off more than 10% of its global workforce, an internal memo seen by Reuters yesterday shows, as it grapples with falling sales and an intensifying price war for electric vehicles (EVs).

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – New York prosecutors asked a judge at the start of Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial today to fine him and remind him he could go to jail for violating a gag order that bars him from interfering with potential witnesses.

TBILISI, (Reuters) – Georgian lawmakers came to blows in parliament today as ruling party legislators looked set to advance a controversial bill on “foreign agents” that has been criticised by Western countries and sparked protests at home.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russian aluminium giant Rusal 0486.HKRUAL.MM said today that new sanctions on Russian metals introduced by the United States and Britain will have no impact on its ability to supply aluminium to world markets.

WASHINGTON, BAGHDAD, DUBAI (Reuters) – Turkish, Jordanian and Iraqi officials said on Sunday Iran gave wide notice days before Saturday’s drone and missile attack on Israel allowing mass casualties and rampant escalation to be averted, but a U.S.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Sunday will announce an additional $100 million in aid to respond to the conflict in Sudan, according to a statement seen by Reuters, as Washington seeks to spur international response ahead of Monday’s anniversary of the war.

DUBAI/RIYADH (Reuters) – Gulf states are pushing to stop a full-blown regional war after Iran’s unprecedented retaliatory strikes on Israel, sources in the region said, fearing new escalation could put them on front lines of a conflagration and ruin plans to reshape the region.

(Reuters) – Donald Trump once again attacked his former lawyer Michael Cohen on Saturday, potentially testing the limits of a gag order that bars him from making public statements about witnesses concerning their testimony in his upcoming criminal trial in New York.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Iran’s attack on Israel drew applause from many Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday as rare payback for the Israeli offensive on their enclave, although some said they suspected Tehran had staged the assault more for show than to inflict real damage.

JERUSALEM/DUBAI/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Iran warned Israel and the United States on Sunday of a much larger response if there is any retaliation for its mass drone and missile attack on Israeli territory overnight, as Israel said “the campaign is not over yet”.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – The first direct attack on Israel by arch foe Iran has shaken Israelis and left them fearful that a bigger war is looming.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) promised on Sunday to create jobs, boost infrastructure and expand welfare programmes if it wins a third term, seeking to address key voter concerns ahead of next week’s elections.

JERUSALEM/DUBAI, (Reuters) – Iran launched explosive drones and fired missiles at Israel late yesterday in its first direct attack on Israeli territory, a retaliatory strike that raised the threat of a wider regional conflict, as the U.S

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – The man who fatally stabbed six people in Sydney had mental health issues in the past and there was no indication ideology was a motive in the attack in one of the city’s busiest shopping centres, police said on Sunday.