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Over 130 killed in two weeks as fighting intensifies in major Sudanese city, aid group says
Internally displaced women wait in a queue to collect aid from a group at a camp in Gadaref on May 12, 2024. (AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — At least 134 people have been killed [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: Netanyahu calls strike on Rafah that killed 50 a ‘tragic mishap’
Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: Dozens killed in IDF airstrike on Rafah, Gaza ministry says
Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by [Read More…]

Multiple people killed, dozens injured in Russian airstrike on Ukraine shopping center
Getty Image – STOCK (UKRAINE) — Russian forces struck a Ukrainian shopping center in Kharkiv on Saturday, leaving four people dead and 38 people wounded according to local officials. Sources in local law enforcement tell [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: UN court rules Israel must stop Rafah operation
Palestinians look at the rubble of a family house that was hit overnight in Israeli bombardment in the Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood of Rafah in southern Gaza on May 20, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between [Read More…]

Three US service members treated for injuries related to pier off Gaza: CENTCOM
U.S. Central Command via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Three U.S. service members have been treated for injuries related to the U.S.-built pier off Gaza known as JLOTS, or the Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore capability, according to [Read More…]

Winemaker discovers approximately 40,000-year-old mammoth bones in cellar
Yannik Merkl (GOBELSBURG, Austria) — While renovating his wine cellar, a man in Austria made a discovery far older than a vintage bottle of Merlot. Instead, he discovered a rare collection of mammoth bones, believed [Read More…]

Why British PM Rishi Sunak called snap election for July 4, according to expert
Henry Nicholls – WPA Pool/Getty Images (LONDON) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called for a snap general election in the United Kingdom on July 4, despite having until January of next year to [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: Israel expands operations into central Rafah: IDF
Palestinians look at the rubble of a family house that was hit overnight in Israeli bombardment in the Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood of Rafah in southern Gaza on May 20, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between [Read More…]

Kenyan mountaineer dies on Everest as he attempts to summit without supplemental oxygen
Tents of mountaineers are pictured at Everest base camp in the Mount Everest region of Solukhumbu district on April 18, 2024. (Purnima Shrestha/AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — Kenyan mountaineer Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui, who went [Read More…]

Ukrainian colonel presses for more US arms as his brigade battles Russian onslaught: Reporter’s notebook
ABC News (NEAR KHARKIV, Ukraine) — Ukraine’s 57th Motorized Brigade is one infantry unit among many battling the new Russian offensive North of Kharkiv, and it was also amongst the first to engage the Russians [Read More…]

UNRWA suspends aid to Rafah citing ‘insecurity, lack of supplies’ amid Israel-Hamas war
Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) announced Tuesday it has suspended aid deliveries in the southern border city [Read More…]

Twenty in ICUs after deadly turbulence on Singapore Airlines flight, Bangkok officials say
Officials enter the Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER airplane parked on the tarmac at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok on May 22, 2024. (Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP via Getty Images) (HONG KONG and LONDON) — Twenty passengers were [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: Three European countries to recognize Palestinian state
Palestinians look at the rubble of a family house that was hit overnight in Israeli bombardment in the Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood of Rafah in southern Gaza on May 20, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between [Read More…]

Pentagon: Russia likely launched counter space weapon into low Earth orbit last week
Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder holds a press conference at the Pentagon on Oct. 31, 2023 in Arlington, Virginia. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The United States has assessed that Russia [Read More…]

One dead, six critically injured amid ‘severe’ turbulence on Singapore Airlines flight, carrier says
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (LONDON) — One person died and dozens of others were left injured after a Singapore Airlines flight encountered “severe” turbulence, the airline said in a social media post. The Boeing 777-300ER departed [Read More…]

What to know about Turks and Caicos’ strict gun laws after US tourists charged with possessing ammunition
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The plight of multiple Americans charged with bringing ammunition to Turks and Caicos has drawn attention to the islands’ strict gun laws. Those convicted under the firearms ordinance of possessing [Read More…]

Andrew Tate, ‘King of Toxic Masculinity,’ faces 3 legal cases in 2 countries
DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — He claims to be the pinnacle of masculinity. Andrew Tate — “Top G.” The former kickboxer in the last four years has flooded social media, taking over newsfeeds, [Read More…]

1 dead, 7 critically injured amid ‘severe’ turbulence on Singapore Airlines flight, carrier says
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (LONDON) — One person is dead and dozens others injured after a Singapore Airlines flight encountered “severe” turbulence, the airline said in a social media post. The Boeing 777-300ER departed London’s Heathrow [Read More…]

‘Hit Job’: ICC prosecutor seeking arrest warrants for Israeli leaders is ‘absurd,’ Netanyahu says
ABC News (LONDON) — A plan by an International Criminal Court prosecutor to apply for arrest warrants for Israeli leaders is “absurd,” casting a “terrible stain” on the court, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. [Read More…]