How much aid Gaza needs to survive: A visual guide
Less than a week into the Israel-Hamas war, the United Nations appealed to the world asking for nearly $300 million in aid to assist Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, including…
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Netanyahu touts ‘initiative’ to free hostages in Gaza as pressure mounts
Israel has offered a two-month ceasefire to Hamas as part of a prospective hostage deal, Axios reported Monday, citing two unnamed Israeli officials. The proposal comes after Israeli Prime Minister…
Medical facilities battered amid Israeli assault in Khan Younis, say Palestinian officials in Gaza, as death toll rises
Medical facilities in Khan Younis in southern Gaza have been battered amid an Israeli assault in the area Monday, Palestinian health officials said, as the number of people killed in Israel’s siege on…
Seoul police chief indicted for negligence over Itaewon Halloween crush
Seoul’s police chief has been indicted for negligence over the 2022 crowd crush that killed more than 150 people during Halloween festivities in the popular Itaewon neighborhood that left the nation…
Moscow blames Ukraine for strikes that killed at least 28 in Russian-controlled Donetsk. Kyiv denies attack
Shelling killed at least 28 people and injured 30, including two children, near a market in the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, according to Russian officials.…
At least 8 dead after landslide buries dozens in southwest China in freezing winter temperatures
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of eight people as the race to reach at least 47 others buried in a landslide in southwestern China on Monday continues, according to state media.…
Modi hails a new ‘divine India’ as he inaugurates controversial Hindu temple ahead of nationwide elections
Millions tuned in across India to watch the opening of a vast Hindu temple on Monday, in a ceremony considered to be the crowning moment for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu…
Ian Bailey, suspect in notorious Irish murder case, dead at 66
A British man long suspected of killing the wife of a famous French film producer in Ireland has died at age 66, according to his lawyer. Back in 2019, the…
Mass protests against Germany’s far-right AfD over deportation ‘master plan’
Huge crowds of protesters have descended on cities in Germany as calls for a ban on the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) gain momentum. Tens of thousands had already braved…
Four survive charter jet crash in Afghanistan but condition of two others unclear, Russia says
Russia’s aviation watchdog said on Sunday four people survived the crash of a charter plane bound for Moscow in northern Afghanistan, citing the Russian embassy there, and it said the…