Israelis wear dog tags in solidarity with hostages and each other
By Estelle Shirbon
On Israeli city streets and on television, in shops and in cafes, one symbol of solidarity with hostages held in Gaza has become ubiquitous in the 100 days ...
North Korea fires missile, minister to visit Russia as tensions rise
By Ju-min Park
North Korea fired an apparent intermediate-range missile off its east coast on Sunday, South Korea said, as tensions run high after Pyongyang’s recent launches of an ...
Relatives recount Gaza deaths as protesters in Washington demand ceasefire
By Michael Martina and Ismail Shakil
Family members of Palestinians killed in Israel’s military campaign in Gaza shared grief-ridden stories with thousands of protesters who gathered in downtown Washington ...
Death toll rises to 23 after mudslide in northwest Colombia
A mudslide brought on by heavy rains in northwest Colombia killed at least 23 people and injured dozens on a busy highway, authorities said on Saturday.
The mudslide, which happened Friday ...
US delivered private message to Iran about Houthi attacks
President Joe Biden said on Saturday the United States had delivered a private message to Iran about Iran-backed Houthis responsible for attacking commercial shipping in the Red Sea.
“We delivered ...
Protest in Georgian capital amid anger over defacement of Stalin icon
A large protest was held in Tbilisi on Saturday to demand harsh punishment for a woman accused of defacing a religious icon depicting Josef Stalin which was recently-installed in the ...
Israel presses on with Gaza offensive approaching 100 days of war
Israel kept up bombardments in the Gaza Strip on Saturday as its deadly war on the enclave’s Hamas rulers approached 100 days with no end in sight.
In the southern ...
Russia designates one of its most popular writers a ‘foreign agent’
Russia’s Ministry of Justice late on Friday designated one of the country’s most popular fiction writers a “foreign agent” because of his opposition to Moscow’s war in ...
Republican rivals make final push in Iowa ahead of first test against Trump
Republicans vying to beat a dominant Donald Trump to be the party’s nominee in the 2024 U.S. presidential election will crisscross a frozen Iowa this weekend in the final ...
Ukraine suffers mass Russian missile attack-officials (Updated)
Ukraine suffered a large Russian missile attack in the early hours of Saturday, while its air defences were able to down a far lower proportion of them than usual.
According ...
China coal mine accident kills at least 10, prompts safety checks
At least 10 people have died and six are missing after a coal mine accident in the city of Pingdingshan, in central China, the local emergency management agency said on Saturday, ...
US FAA extends Boeing grounding for new safety checks
By David Shepardson and Allison Lampert
The US aviation regulator on Friday extended the grounding of Boeing 737 MAX 9 airplanes indefinitely for new safety checks and announced it will tighten oversight ...
Winter storm strikes US Midwest, leave thousands without power
A massive winter storm moving across the US Midwest knocked out power to more than 250,000 customers in Michigan and Wisconsin on Friday ahead of a brutal freeze expected to blanket ...
New Zealand ex-Prime Minster Jacinda Ardern weds longtime partner
New Zealand’s former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern married her longtime partner Clarke Gayford in a private ceremony on Saturday, finally tying the knot after cancelling ceremonies during strict Covid-19 ...
US carries out new strike in Yemen after Biden vows to keep pressure on
The United States carried out an additional strike against Yemen’s Houthi forces on Friday, after President Joe Biden’s administration vowed to protect shipping in the Red Sea.
The ...
Nearly 20,000 Ukrainians have taken refuge in Cyprus
Cyprus has one of the largest proportion of refugees from Ukraine who have been granted temporary protection status since the Russian invasion, with 20.7 people per thousand population, according to data ...
Iran says US-UK attack on Houthis will fuel instability in region
Iran on Friday condemned the U.S.-British attack on Houthis in Yemen, warning that it will fuel “insecurity and instability” in the region, Iranian state media reported.
“We strongly ...
Israel makes deal with Qatar to get medicine to hostages in Gaza -Israeli PM’s office
Israel has made an arrangement with Qatar that will allow the delivery of medicines to hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza, the Israeli prime minister’s office said on ...
Russia’s Medvedev: UK troop deployment to Ukraine would be war declaration
A senior ally of President Vladimir Putin warned on Friday that Moscow would regard any move by Britain to deploy a military contingent to Ukraine as a declaration of war ...
Erdogan: US, Britain trying to turn Red Sea into ‘sea of blood’
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday slammed the U.S. and British strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen as a disproportionate use of force and accused the two countries of ...
WHO: incredibly low Covid, flu vaccination rates as cases surge
Low vaccination rates against the latest versions of COVID-19 and influenza are putting pressure on healthcare systems this winter, leading public health officials told Reuters.In the United States, several ...
US, Britain carry out Yemen strikes in retaliation for Houthi attacks (Update)
U.S. and British warplanes, ships and submarines launched dozens of air strikes across Yemen overnight in retaliation against Houthi forces for months of attacks on Red Sea shipping that ...
Moscow calls US plan to confiscate Russian assets ’21st century piracy’
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday called a U.S. plan to confiscate up to $300 billion in frozen Russian assets to help rebuild Ukraine “21st century piracy” and said Moscow ...
Greek students protest government plan for private universities
Thousands of Greek students rallied in Athens and other cities on Thursday to protest against planned education reforms that would allow the introduction of private universities in the country.
The ...