Israeli police bomb squad inspect the site after a missile fired from Lebanon hit the area in Petah Tikva, outskirts of Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday Nov. 24, 2024. Oded Balilty/AP/AP hide caption toggle caption Oded Balilty/AP/AP BEIRUT — An Israeli strike on a Lebanese army center on Sunday killed one soldier and wounded 18 others, … Read more
These were the key developments on the 1,004th day of the Russia-Ukraine war. Here is the situation on Sunday, November 24: Diplomacy US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Italy, before the G7 foreign ministers meeting on Monday, to discuss the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. Western allies should not put any … Read more
UN climate negotiations are in overtime in Azerbiajan as countries scramble to land a deal on how to finance the damages brought on by climate change. The impacts often are felt most by poor countries that have contributed the least to global warming. Source link
Thousands of people have taken to the streets across France to protest against sexual violence. The protests on Saturday come two days before the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. In the capital, Paris, large crowds of women and men marched waving purple placards that denounced gender-based violence and defended women’s reproductive … Read more
Rescue workers and people search for victims at the site of an Israeli airstrike that hit central Beirut, Lebanon, on Saturday. Hassan Ammar/AP hide caption toggle caption Hassan Ammar/AP BEIRUT, Lebanon — Israeli airstrikes Saturday in central Beirut killed at least 15 people, officials said, as the once-rare strikes in the heart of Lebanon’s capital … Read more
Renewed fighting between Sunni and Shia Muslim groups latest in a string of attacks to hit parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. At least 32 people have been killed and dozens wounded in renewed fighting between Sunni and Shia Muslim groups in northwestern Pakistan, officials say. The violence overnight on Saturday was the latest to rock … Read more
An artisanal miner, locally known as a zama-zama, mines for gold at a mining operation in Stormhill, west of Johannesburg, on Aug. 11, 2023. Shiraaz Mohamed/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Shiraaz Mohamed/AFP via Getty Images JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Sleeping next to decomposing corpses and surviving on a foul mixture of toothpaste … Read more
Gatwick Airport’s south terminal was evacuated after a suspicious item was found in a piece of luggage. Source link
Health officials come out of Nana Backpackers Hostel after checking documents in Vang Vieng, Laos, on Friday. Anupam Nath/AP hide caption toggle caption Anupam Nath/AP VANG VIENG, Laos — A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died in a hospital in Bangkok, her family said Friday, bringing … Read more
Israeli forces have bombarded southern Lebanon and the suburbs of Beirut, killing at least five medics and crumpling a multistorey building, as ground troops have clashed with Hezbollah fighters in the south. Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported Israeli warplanes launched strikes on Friday on two buildings just inside Beirut’s southern suburbs. A missile struck … Read more