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Polish farmers blocked a major highway into Germany on Monday, carrying their protest against EU regulations and "uncontrolled" Ukrainian grain imports into its second day. The farmers began their blockade on Sunday, parking their tractors on the A2 motorway near Slubice in western Poland, close to the border with Germany.

The League of Arab States on Monday called Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories an "affront to international justice", saying failure to end it amounted to "genocide". The International Court of Justice entered its last day of week-long hearings after a request from the United Nations, with an unprecedented 52 countries giving their views on Israel's occupation.

The "wine trader" wooed her online for months with his flirtatious smile and emoji-sprinkled texts. Then he went for the kill, defrauding the Philadelphia-based tech professional out of $450,000 in a cryptocurrency romance scam.

A member of the US Air Force set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington on Sunday, reportedly in protest against the war in Gaza.

Fire crews on Friday picked through a still-smouldering 14-storey apartment block in Valencia, eastern Spain, a day after a blaze ripped through the building killing four people and leaving at least 14 missing. Experts said the building was covered with highly flammable cladding, which could account for the rapid spread of the blaze after it broke out on the fourth floor at around 5:30 pm (1630 GMT) on Thursday.

A massive data leak from Chinese cybersecurity firm I-Soon has offered a rare glimpse into the inner workings of Beijing-linked hackers. I-Soon is yet to confirm the leak is genuine and has not responded to a request for comment from AFP.

The United States plans to impose sanctions on more than 500 targets involved in Russia's war in Ukraine.

Palestinians with relatives in Israeli prisons have been deprived of visiting rights during the Israel-Hamas war, opting instead to send messages to loved ones on a radio programme. "Hello, this message is for my brother Islam. How are you, my brother?" said one greeting sent via a Palestinian radio show called Messages for t

China has long deployed the fluffy envoys to various countries as "panda diplomacy", often to further its foreign policy aims. But after a meeting last year with US President Joe Biden, Chinese leader Xi Jinping said that China could send new pandas as "envoys of friendship between the Chinese and American people."