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Palestinians inspect damage following an Israeli airstrike that hit a home in the north of Gaza City on Thursday. Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu via Getty Images TEL AVIV, Israel — “The shelling isn’t far from us at all,” says Fatma Daama. “The shelling is on our … Read more
A file photo from April 30, 2014, shows then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel attending the parliamentary election campaign program for Hesse State, at the Frankfurt’s Kap European Congress Center in Frankfurt, Germany. Mehmet Kaman/Anadolu hide caption toggle caption Mehmet Kaman/Anadolu There are few world leaders who can claim to have worked closely with four U.S. presidents. … Read more
Jad Deeb, a volunteer of the Lebanese Popular Relief Association, prepares school clothes for displaced Lebanese children with one of his colleagues in their office in Beirut, Lebanon. Ali Khara for NPR hide caption toggle caption Ali Khara for NPR BEIRUT — It is Jad Deeb’s job to run toward the screams. Ever since Israel … Read more
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani addresses the “Italy Ukraine business forum” in Rome, Nov. 20, 2024. Andrew Medichini/AP hide caption toggle caption Andrew Medichini/AP ROME (AP) — Foreign ministers from the world’s leading industrialized nations are meeting Monday, with the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East entering decisive phases and a certain pressure to … Read more
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
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
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
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
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
The flag of the International Atomic Energy Agency flies in front of its headquarters during an IAEA Board of Governors meeting in Vienna, Austria. Heinz-Peter Bader/AP hide caption toggle caption Heinz-Peter Bader/AP VIENNA — The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board on Thursday condemned Iran for failing to cooperate fully with the agency, the second time it … Read more