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Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: IDF fires on ‘suspects’ in south Lebanon
Mahmoud Zayyat via Getty Images (LONDON) — A ceasefire went into effect at 4 a.m. local time Wednesday morning after Israel’s Cabinet approved the U.S.-backed proposal to end the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah after [Read More…]
Plane carrying Americans wrongfully jailed in China lands on US soil
Bring Our Families Home (NEW YORK) — Three Americans who the State Department said were wrongfully detained in China for years are back on U.S. soil as part of a prisoner swap, a senior U.S. [Read More…]
Three Americans wrongfully jailed in China are en route to US, State Department says
Bring Our Families Home (NEW YORK) — Three Americans who the State Department said were wrongfully detained in China for years are on their way back to the U.S. as part of a prisoner swap, [Read More…]
Climate and environment updates: Drought in US improves slightly but still a problem
SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it’s happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes intensified by a warming planet and drought-fueled wildfires are destroying [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: IDF issues south Lebanon warning after ceasefire
Mahmoud Zayyat via Getty Images (LONDON) — A ceasefire went into effect at 4 a.m. local time Wednesday morning after Israel’s Cabinet approved the U.S.-backed proposal to end the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah after [Read More…]
Ukraine drones attack Crimea, Moscow says, as Zelenskyy urges strikes inside Russia
DONETSK OBLAST, UKRAINE – NOVEMBER 24: Ukrainian soldiers repair drones in a laboratory at an undetermined location in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on November 24, 2024. (Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images) (LONDON) — [Read More…]
Israeli cabinet approves ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah
(LONDON) — Israel’s cabinet has approved the U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal between Israel and Hezbollah after prolonged negotiations. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had submitted the proposal to the cabinet for approval Tuesday evening local time. [Read More…]
Ukrainian children who fled Russia’s invasion transform Ukrainian school in Canada
Yuriy Zaliznyak VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Matviy, a 6-year-old boy, has been attending a school named Ridne Slovo, which means “native word” in Ukrainian, for two years and primarily focusing on reading and writing in [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: 15 dead, dozens injured in central Beirut strikes
Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — The Israel Defense Forces continued its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza — particularly in the north of the strip — and in Lebanon, with Israeli attacks [Read More…]
Russia to continue testing, start mass producing new ‘Oreshnik’ missile: Putin
State Emergency Service of Ukraine/AFP via Getty Images (MOSCOW) — Russia will continue testing and start mass producing the new “Oreshnik” missile, an intermediate-range ballistic missile that was used to target Dnipro, Ukraine, this week, [Read More…]
‘Suspicious package’ found outside US embassy in London
U.S. Embassy in London, United Kingdom (L. Toshio Kishiyama/Getty Images) (LONDON) — A suspicious package was discovered outside the United States Embassy in London on Friday morning, police said. The London Metropolitan Police immediately closed [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant
Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — The Israel Defense Forces continued its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza — particularly in the north of the strip — and in Lebanon, with Israeli attacks [Read More…]
Icelandic volcano previously dormant for 800 years erupting again
ICELAND POLICE DEPARTMENT/Anadolu via Getty Image (NEW YORK) — A once long-dormant volcano in Iceland is erupting again and impacting activity in a populated region nearby. The volcano, on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwestern Iceland, [Read More…]
Ukraine says Russia hit it with ICBM, Zelenskyy says Putin is ‘terrified’
Ukraine State Emergency Service/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON and KYIV) — Russia on Thursday launched what officials in Kyiv said was an intercontinental ballistic missile toward southeastern Ukraine, but a U.S. official told ABC News [Read More…]
In Pakistan, Afghan journalists face deportation and yearslong waits for humanitarian visas
Asad Zaidi/Bloomberg via Getty Images (LONDON )– As Jahanzeb Wesa fled toward the Pakistani border in the middle of the night, he wondered if his career defending human rights would help protect him now that he [Read More…]
Climate and environment updates: Dangerous hurricanes made worse by climate change
SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it’s happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes intensified by a warming planet and drought-fueled wildfires are destroying [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: US vetos UN cease-fire resolution
Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — The Israel Defense Forces continued its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza — particularly in the north of the strip — and in Lebanon, with Israeli attacks [Read More…]
Russia claims it shot down US-made ATACMS missiles and issues nuclear threat
Russian President Valdimir Putin; Photo credit: Sefa Karacan/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — The Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that it defeated a Ukrainian ATACMS attack in the western Bryansk region, shortly before the Kremlin [Read More…]
Investigation into possible sabotage underway after 2 underwater cables cut in Baltic Sea
Stefan Sauer/picture alliance via Getty Images (LONDON) — An initial investigation into possible sabotage has been launched by four NATO countries — Finland, Germany, Sweden and Lithuania — after two underwater telecommunications cables connecting Germany [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: Israel kills 5 in central Beirut, officials say
Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — The Israel Defense Forces continued its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza — particularly in the north of the strip — and in Lebanon, with Israeli attacks [Read More…]