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Israeli airstrikes killed eight people in Gaza on Tuesday. The strikes hit a residential building in the Jabalia refugee camp. Medics reported the casualties. The incident occurred amid ongoing indirect talks regarding a US-backed post-war plan for Gaza. This plan aims to end over two years of conflict.
Iran's Fars news agency reported Washington offered no tangible The Fars news agency said Washington had presented a five-point list which included a demand for Iran to keep only one nuclear site in operation and transfer its stockpile of highly enriched uranium to the United States.
Ministers, mayors, and experts are meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan, to Ministers, mayors, international organisations, urban planners and experts are in Baku, Azerbaijan, to tackle one of the world’s fastest-growing challenges: the global housing crisis, which, affects nearly 2.8 billion people worldwide.
Mali's armed forces, aided by Russian mercenaries, conducted airstrikes against a coalition of Islamist extremists and Tuareg separatists. This offensive follows an advance by the rebel alliance. The junta is working to retain control amid the ongoing conflict in the west African nation.
The United Nations warned that nearly 20 million people in Sudan face acute hunger. Over 800,000 children risk severe malnutrition this year. Civil war, displacement, and collapsing systems are deepening the humanitarian crisis. Parts of the country are nearing famine conditions.
New schools are opening in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ten-year-old Shadrac Anyazaka does not hesitate when asked about his future. “After finishing my studies, I would like to become President of the Republic one day,” he tells visitors to his school in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
UN aid teams warned Somalia faces a real risk of famine. At least six million people in Somalia are going days without enough food, UN aid teams warned on Friday, highlighting that nearly two million of this number are young children “at high risk of illness or death”.
United Nations human rights experts publicly urged Equatorial Guinea to stop returning US deportees. The experts cited reports of political violence, torture, and death faced by individuals sent back to their home countries. Deportees described being held in prison-like conditions.
Police arrested 12 people in London on Saturday. The arrests followed clashes between a far-right march and counter-protesters. The operation involved thousands of officers. It managed a march by Tommy Robinson's group and a separate anti-fascism rally. The anti-fascism rally also marked Nakba Day. The force had mounted its biggest operation in years to manage both Robinson's "Unite the Kingdom" march and the anti-fascism rally organised by the Stand Up to Racism group combined with protests marking Nakba Day.
India and the Netherlands elevated their bilateral relationship to a strategic partnership. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte signed 17 Memoranda of Understanding. These agreements cover water management, renewable energy, and semiconductor manufacturing. TATA Electronics and ASML will collaborate on a semiconductor fabrication project.
Canadian officials confirmed a presumptive hantavirus case in British Columbia. The person was on board the MV Hondius, the center of the outbreak that has claimed three livesCanadian officials said on Saturday that one of the four Canadians currently quarantining in British Columbia after being exposed to the hantavirus while on board the cruise ship where the outbreak occurred has presumptively tested positive. Speaking at news conference, Dr Bonnie Henry, British Columbia’s.
United States President Donald Trump spoke with Chinese leader Xi Jinping about jailed Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai. Trump raised Lai's case during their talks. Xi Jinping described the situation as "a tough one." Lai's family had hoped for his release.
Taiwan President Lai responded to last week's Beijing summit between U Mr. Lai’s comments were his first direct response to the summit last week in Beijing between U. S. President Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping that raised concerns in democratically governed Taiwan about U.
North Korean women's football club Naegohyang FC arrived Naegohyang FC due to play Suwon FC in semi-final of Asian Women’s Champions League on WednesdayA North Korean women’s football club has arrived in South Korea for an AFC Women’s Champions League semi-final, marking the first visit by athletes from the isolated state to the South in eight years. The delegation of 27 players and 12 staff entered the country on Sunday before Wednesday’s match between.
Steve Cohen will not seek re-election to the U. S. House of Representatives. Tennessee's Republican-controlled legislature redrew his Memphis-based district. Cohen stated the new map was designed to defeat him. He has represented the ninth congressional district since 2007.
Donald Trump did not raise the case of jailed activist Jimmy Lai with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. Trump stated he would bring up Lai's case before his departure. He then compared it to asking if he would let former FBI Director James Comey out of jail.
Honduras recorded its all-time May maximum temperature twice this month. Record heat in North and Central America coincides with egg-sized hailstones in eastern ChinaExtreme weather across several parts of the world this week has brought record-breaking temperatures to Honduras, North America and Indonesia. Honduras smashed its all-time May maximum temperature record earlier this month – only for it to be broken again on 13 May in Choluteca, known as the furnace of Cent.
Despite US efforts under the Trump administration to pressure Nicolás Maduro, little Some feel optimistic change will come, but for many it’s business as usual for the movement Hugo Chávez startedWhen Ángel Linares heard a strange buzz followed by an explosion, his first thought was that neighbours were setting off fireworks to celebrate the new year. Then his windows shattered, the building’s walls shook and its facade was ripped off, sending him flying on to the ground of an apar.
A five-month investigation identified 13 previously unnamed victims of US All victims of US strikes in eastern Pacific and the Caribbean identified so far came from extremely poor communitiesSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailA five-month investigation has named 13 previously unidentified victims of US attacks on boats allegedly carrying narcotics in a campaign that has killed nearly 200 people in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific. It is unclear if the.
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