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No ‘functional’ hospitals in northern Gaza, just nine left in south: WHO
A young Palestinian injured in Israeli airstrikes arrives to be treated at Nasser Medical Hospital, Dec. 20, 2023, in Khan Yunis, Gaza. (Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — There are no more functioning hospitals in [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: US hostage confirmed dead
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The temporary cease-fire between Hamas and Israel ended on Dec. 1, and Israel has resumed its bombardment of Gaza. The end of the cease-fire came after Hamas freed over 100 [Read More…]

Who is Yahya Sinwar, Israel’s most-wanted Hamas terrorist
Yahya Sinwar, head of the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip, waves his hand to the crowd during the celebration of International Quds Day in Gaza City. CREDIT: SOPA Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: IDF forces destroyed network of underground tunnels in Hamas’ ‘Elite Quarter’
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The temporary cease-fire between Hamas and Israel ended on Dec. 1, and Israel has resumed its bombardment of Gaza. The end of the cease-fire came after Hamas freed over 100 [Read More…]

Change in landscape for early hominids may have led to the development of speech, new study finds
Shizuka, a seven-year-old female Sumatran orangutan, seen in a cage before being transferred to Indonesia at Suvarnabhumi International Airport. CREDIT: SOPA Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Scientists have discovered what may have prompted early human [Read More…]

Iceland volcano eruption triggers toxic air warning
Molten lava is comming out from a fissure on the Reykjanes peninsula 3km north of the evacuate town of Grindavik, western Iceland on Dec. 19, 2023. (KRISTINN MAGNUSSON/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — A [Read More…]

Papal scholar reflects on Pope Francis allowing Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples
Pope Francis waves from the window of the apostolic palace overlooking St. Peter’s square during the weekly Angelus prayer, Oct. 29, 2023, in The Vatican. (Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Pope Francis [Read More…]

Xi told Biden at summit that China plans to reunify with Taiwan
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Chinese President Xi Jinping told President Joe Biden directly at their recent summit that China will reunify with Taiwan, sources confirmed to ABC News. NBC News was the [Read More…]

Fighting reaches Sudan’s Wad Madani, once considered a safe haven for displaced
Sudanese army soldiers patrol in Gedaref in eastern Sudan, on Dec. 18, 2023. (AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — Thousands of people have been forced to flee as fighting reached one of Sudan’s largest cities, [Read More…]

Ukrainian officials work to keep up troop mobilization as war’s second winter sets in
A Ukrainian soldier holds his position at the front line near the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Horlivka, Donetsk region, on Dec. 14, 2023. (Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images) (KYIV, Ukraine) — After 22 months of [Read More…]

Palestinians flee villages as settler violence surges in West Bank amid war
ABC News (KHIRBET ZANUTAH, West Bank) — A Palestinian village school had been ransacked and a dozen houses nearby were abandoned. In some, a few belongings remained: a mattress and children’s shoes. This was Khirbet [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: IDF finds 1,500 tunnel shafts, underground passages
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The temporary cease-fire between Hamas and Israel ended on Dec. 1, and Israel has resumed its bombardment of Gaza. The end of the cease-fire came after Hamas freed over 100 [Read More…]

US launches international task force to counter Houthi attacks
Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. is responding to the escalating crisis in the Red Sea by announcing Tuesday it has launched an international task force for maritime security, but so far only [Read More…]

Iceland volcano eruption, earthquakes weaken, but scientists warn of lurking danger
A view of lava after a volcano eruption located close to Sundhnukagigar, about 4 kilometers northeast of Grindavik town of Reykjanes peninsula, Iceland on Dec. 19, 2023. (ICELAND POLICE DEPARTMENT/Anadolu via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) [Read More…]

Kim Jong Un’s daughter tags along to missile launch, again raising questions about succession plans
TV news at Seoul’s Yongsan Railway Station shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C) and his daughter (2nd from L, front row), believed to be named Kim Ju Ae, posing for a photo with [Read More…]

Iceland volcano eruption in ‘state of equilibrium’ as scientists assess overnight activity
A view of lava after a volcano eruption located close to Sundhnukagigar, about 4 kilometers northeast of Grindavik town of Reykjanes peninsula, Iceland on Dec. 19, 2023. (ICELAND POLICE DEPARTMENT/Anadolu via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) [Read More…]

US announces international task force to protect ships in Red Sea from Houthi strikes
KeithBinns/Getty Images (AMMAN, Jordan) — The Pentagon on Monday announced the establishment of a multinational naval task force to protect commercial ships from Houthi missile and drone attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of [Read More…]

Girl, 12, killed at Gaza hospital weeks after she said, ‘I only want … the war to end’
Defense for Children International (NEW YORK) — A 12-year-old girl has died in an apparent strike at a Gaza hospital weeks after she said in an interview that she only wanted “the war to end.” [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: Hamas releases video of 3 elderly hostages
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The temporary cease-fire between Hamas and Israel ended on Dec. 1, and Israel has resumed its bombardment of Gaza. The end of the cease-fire came after Hamas freed over 100 [Read More…]

Pope Francis approves allowing Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples
Pope Francis leaves after an audience to the participants of the live nativity scene of Santa Maria Maggiore, on December 16, 2023 at Paul-VI hall in The Vatican. ANDREAS SOLARO/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Pope [Read More…]