Palestinians report Israeli strike on school ahead of diplomatic talks
Palestinians reported a deadly Israeli strike on a Gaza City area school serving as a shelter on Saturday, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due to hear ...
Hezbollah says wider Mideast war possible if Gaza assault continues (Update)
The leader of Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group warned the United States on Friday that if Israel did not stop its assault on Gaza then the conflict could widen into ...
Ukrainian troops battle exhaustion as war drags into second winter
Istoryk, a 26-year-old soldier in eastern Ukraine, finally managed to fall asleep one morning, exhausted from the relentless battles against Russian forces in the pinewood forests near Kreminna.
His rest ...
Putin ally warns ‘enemy’ Poland: you risk losing your statehood
A top ally of President Vladimir Putin warned Poland on Thursday that the NATO member state was now considered a “dangerous enemy” by Russia and could end up losing its ...
Blinken seeks pauses in Gaza war as Israeli troops claim advances
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was meeting Israeli leaders on Friday to push for humanitarian pauses in the Gaza war as Israeli troops surrounded the Palestinian enclave’s biggest ...
The Beatles release AI-powered new song with Lennon’s voice
The last Beatles song featuring the voice of late member John Lennon and developed using artificial intelligence was released on Thursday alongside the band’s first track, record label Universal ...
Kremlin: Ukraine’s Zaluzhnyi is wrong about stalemate; Russia will win
The Kremlin said on Thursday that Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander Valery Zaluzhnyi was wrong to talk of the conflict in Ukraine moving towards a new stage of static fighting as ...
Hamas fighters use tunnels to fight Israeli army advance on Gaza City
Israeli tanks and troops pressed towards Gaza City on Thursday but met resistance from Hamas militants using mortars and hit-and-run attacks from tunnels as the Palestinian death toll from nearly ...
Israel says it kills second Hamas commander in refugee camp, first evacuees leave Gaza
Israeli forces killed another Hamas commander on Wednesday in their second strike on Gaza’s largest refugee camp in two days, the military said, as the first group of civilian ...
Medvedev mocks Carlsberg after brewer says its business was stolen
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev sneered at the Danish brewer Carlsberg CARLb.CO on Wednesday for having thought it could quit Russia without penalty after the West sanctioned Moscow for ...
King Charles’ regrets for colonial abuses in Kenya not enough for some victims
Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla began the second day of a state visit to Kenya on Wednesday as survivors of colonial-era abuses criticised his failure to issue a ...
Israel says it attacked Hamas gunmen inside Gaza tunnels
Israel said its forces fought Hamas gunmen inside the militants’ vast tunnel network beneath Gaza as a hospital director said more than 50 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli air strike ...
Euro zone inflation drops to lowest in over two years
Euro zone inflation dropped to its lowest level in over two years in October, as energy prices fell and the high interest rates set by the European Central Bank dampened ...
Russians struggle to keep alive memory of Stalin’s victims
Russians came in dribs and drabs to lay flowers on Monday to the victims of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin’s purges, on an official day of remembrance largely shunned by ...
Friends creators say Matthew Perry’s death ‘seems impossible’
Family, friends and fellow celebrities on Sunday mourned the loss of Matthew Perry, the wise-cracking co-star of the 1990s hit television sitcom “Friends,” a day after the actor was found ...
Fierce clashes in Gaza as Israeli forces expand ground offensive
Israeli troops and tanks attacked Gaza’s main northern city from both sides on Monday, three days after they began a major ground offensive in the Palestinian enclave that has ...
Belarus’ Lukashenko says Ukraine-Russia war at stalemate, urges talks
Russia and Ukraine are locked in a stalemate on the frontlines of their war and the two sides need to sit down and negotiate an end to the conflict, Alexander ...
Impeding relief aid to Gaza may be a crime under ICC jurisdiction -ICC prosecutor
Impeding relief supplies to Gaza‘s population may constitute a crime under the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) jurisdiction, the court’s top prosecutor told a news conference in Egypt ...
‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry dies of possible drowning at 54
Actor Matthew Perry, beloved star of the top-rated 1990s U.S. television sitcom “Friends” as the wise-cracking Chandler Bing, died on Saturday after apparently drowning in a hot tub. He ...
Medical team and aid trucks enter Gaza via Rafah crossing
A medical team and 10 aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip on Friday via the Rafah crossing with Egypt, carrying water, food and medicine, a Palestinian border official told Reuters.
“This ...
Putin urges measures to stem illegal flow of weapons into Russia
President Vladimir Putin called on Friday for measures to curb the illegal circulation of weapons and ammunition in Russia, including from Ukraine.
“We need to think about how weapons and ...
Greece opens Maria Callas museum for a glimpse into opera diva’s life
From a sample of her hair to a blue velvet dress she wore after the memorable 1955 performance of Verdi’s La Traviata in Milan’s La Scala, visitors to Athens ...
Israel mounts new sortie into Gaza, hints there may be several ‘invasions’ (Update)
Israeli ground forces carried out a big raid into Gaza overnight against Hamas targets amid growing anger in the Arab world over Israel’s relentless bombardment of the besieged Palestinian ...
UK’s Heathrow hikes passenger forecast as losses shrink
Britain’s Heathrow Airport raised its 2023 passenger forecast on Thursday and reported a big fall in losses for the first nine months of the year following strong summer demand for ...