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Israel-Gaza live updates: Hamas to send a delegation to Cairo for hostage and cease-fire negotiations
People walk in a camp for displaced people in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip by the border with Egypt on April 28, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group [Read More…]

Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with President Xi of China
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) meets with China’s President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 26, 2024. (MARK SCHIEFELBEIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — U.S. Secretary [Read More…]

US military starts building pier off of Gaza to deliver aid
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. military has begun to build the long-awaited port and causeway off the coast of Gaza that will establish a maritime corridor to bring humanitarian aid into Gaza, the Pentagon [Read More…]

Power of cork key to climate change fight, scientists say
ABC (PORTUGAL) — One of the planet’s most natural defenses against climate change and a key element in sustainable products is found in wine bottles around the world. Scientists and engineers say cork has been [Read More…]

Searching for the dead as mass graves exhumed in Gaza: ‘We are all mothers here searching for our children’
Medics walk in front of the emergency ward at Nasser Hospital where bodies were discovered, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on April 23, 2024. (AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON and GAZA) — [Read More…]

US secretly sent long-range missiles to Ukraine to use against Russian invaders: Officials
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon confirmed Wednesday the U.S. had secretly provided Ukraine with a long-range Army Tactical Missile System that can reach deep into Russian-occupied areas — or even strike more deeply into [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: New video claims to show American hostage in Gaza
Palestinian medics rush to the site of an Israeli strike on al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip on April 22, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (AFP via Getty [Read More…]

Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi sentenced to death for songs critical of regime
Robert Deyrail/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images (LONDON) — An Iranian court sentenced outspoken rapper Toomaj Salehi to death after his arrest over songs that criticized the government, his lawyer said Wednesday. “The primary court sentenced Toomaj [Read More…]

Security plan for Gaza aid workers still unclear with military pier to open soon
YOAV LEMMER/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration’s plan to begin operating a pier next month off the Gaza coast to enable millions of humanitarian aid packages a day still faces several unresolved [Read More…]

US to withdraw troops from Niger after military deal revoked
FotografiaBasica/Getty Images (LONDON) — The United States and Niger are discussing plans to withdraw American troops from the West African nation, ending more than a decade of U.S. military presence in the country. Pentagon press [Read More…]

Loose horses, one soaked in blood, wreak havoc in central London
Two horses on the loose bolt through the streets of London near Aldwych. Picture date: Wednesday April 24, 2024. (Jordan Pettitt/PA Images via Getty Images) (LONDON) — As many as five horses — and at [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: IDF denies mass grave claims
Palestinian medics rush to the site of an Israeli strike on al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip on April 22, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (AFP via Getty [Read More…]

Two Malaysia Navy helicopters collide mid-air killing all 10 crew members on board
Emergency personnel work at the site of helicopter crash in Lumut, Perak, Malaysia on April 23, 2024. (Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images) (LONDON) — Two Malaysian navy helicopters have [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: Israeli intelligence chief resigns over Oct. 7
Palestinian medics rush to the site of an Israeli strike on al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip on April 22, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (AFP via Getty [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza updates: Israelis fired three missiles in limited strike
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Israel, early Friday morning local time, launched a retaliatory strike against Iran, a senior U.S. official told ABC News. The strike follow Iran’s attack last Saturday, where the country sent [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: Israelis fired 3 missiles in limited strike
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Israel, early Friday morning local time, launched a retaliatory strike against Iran, a senior U.S. official told ABC News. The strike follow Iran’s attack last Saturday, where the country sent [Read More…]

For second time in a week, Russian strike in Ukraine kills and wounds dozens of civilians
Getty Images – STOCK (LONDON) — For the second time this week, Russian strikes have caused significant civilian casualties in a key Ukrainian city as Russian missiles hit areas around the southeastern city of Dnipro [Read More…]

How the UN Plastics Treaty aims to tackle the pollution crisis
Scavengers collect plastic waste to sell to a recycling centre at a landfill in Medan, North Sumatra, March 27, 2024. (Kartik Byma/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — As Earth Day 2024 puts a spotlight [Read More…]

Injured in a Russian strike, a 13-year-old Ukrainian girl runs to raise money for other victims
Unbroken Ukraine (KYIV, Ukraine) — A Russian missile strike on April 8, 2022, changed Yana Stepanenko’s life forever. She was at a railway station in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, with her mom, Natalia, and brother, Yaroslav, [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: Israel retaliates against Iran, US official says
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Israel, early Friday morning local time, launched a retaliatory strike against Iran, a senior U.S. official told ABC News. The strike follow Iran’s attack last Saturday, where the country sent [Read More…]