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Russian spacecraft is scheduled to land on the south pole of the moon on Monday to search for water and minerals.

The fire was at a scale that has never been seen before in the Canary Islands, officials say.

LONDON: A Palestinian man who was detained by Israeli forces in occupied East Jerusalem was allegedly violently beaten and had the Star of David branded on his cheek, Israeli media reported on Friday.  The man was arrested on Wednesday during a police raid of his home in the Shuafat refugee camp. His lawyer filed charges of police brutality to a Jerusalem district court on Thursday. None of the 16 officers involved in the arrest of the Palestinian man had their body cameras on, Ynet news website reported.

Soldiers who overthrew the democratically elected president in July have quickly entrenched themselves in power.

Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma, a leading figure in 2011 uprising, has been granted a presidential pardon, lawyers say.

CAIRO: Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma, a leading figure of the country’s 2011 uprising who has spent the last decade behind bars, has been granted a presidential pardon, lawyers said Saturday.Tarek Elawady, a member of the presidential pardons committee, said Douma had obtained “a presidential pardon,” while rights lawyer Khaled Ali said on social media he was waiting outside the prison for the activist’s release.

China's angry response to Taiwan official's stopovers in US show relations are at all-time low, but how did we get here?