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The funeral of former Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic has taken place in the Serbian capital Belgrade, as thousands of people gathered in front of the church to pay their respects.
The government insisted the funeral was a private affair, even as government ministers attended and state-controlled news media lavished praise on the convicted war criminal.
NYTimes – World The funeral of former Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic has taken place in the Serbian capital Belgrade, as thousands of people gathered in front of the church to pay their respects.
Ratko Mladić, the former Bosnian Serb commander convicted of genocide for the Srebrenica massacre, died in prison in The Hague while serving a life sentence, and his funeral has since taken place in Belgrade, where thousands gathered and government ministers attended despite official insistence it was a private affair.
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Ratko Mladić's funeral has been held in Belgrade, drawing thousands of mourners and government ministers.
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Sky News – World The funeral of former Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic has taken place in the Serbian capital Belgrade, as thousands of people gathered in front of the church to pay their respects.
NYTimes – World Pope Leo has appeared in public to a lead a prayer in Vatican City, a day after being discharged from hospital following lung cancer surgery.
BBC News – World Masked Israeli settlers attacked European diplomats, a French mayor and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, and broke a European diplomatic vehicle's window, witnesses said. Belgium condemned the assault, which occurred amid a surge in settler violence during the olive harvest. A US journalist was also injured in a related West Bank harvest attack two days earlier, the BBC reported.
NYTimes – World Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has pledged to support Saudi Arabia amid escalating Houthi attacks, calling on Egyptian lawmakers to authorize military assistance that he said would be defensive. Egypt's presidency said the country will provide 'necessary' support to defend Saudi security and resources.
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