For the past 12 months, the world has watched in horror as Israel has laid waste to Gaza in what Palestinians and many experts consider a genocidal Military campaign—one of the most lethal and destructive bombing campaigns in History—armed...
The Kremlin confirmed that former U.S. President Donald Trump while in office sent Russian President Vladimir Putin COVID-19 testing devices during the height of the pandemic, as recounted in a new book by journalist Bob Woodward.Kremlin...
The winner of the annual Nobel Peace Prize is set to be announced on Friday. The title has been bestowed upon U.S. presidents Barack Obama and Jimmy Carter, activists Wangari Maathai and Malala Yousafzai—who won in 2014 alongside...
When Mahrang Baloch accepted an invitation to attend an event in New York City this week in honor of her and 99 others recognized on this year’s TIME100 Next list, she anticipated that she might face some obstacles at the airport....
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel once told a reporter at a protest against the Vietnam War that he was there because he couldn’t pray: “Whenever I open the prayer book, I see before me images of children burning from napalm." This...
One year on from the appalling, unjustifiable Oct. 7 Hamas attacks and Israel’s ongoing, disproportionate Military assault and atrocities in Gaza, the whole Middle East is on the brink of a catastrophic regional war.The most urgent...
The 2024 Nobel Prize announcements began on Oct. 7, recognizing groundbreaking contributions to humanity. The first prize, in the category of physiology or medicine, went to a pair of American scientists on Monday for their work...
A year has passed since Hamas launched the attack on Israel that set the Middle East ablaze. That dreadful day, on which 1,200 people were killed, would come to mark the start of the bloodiest war in the History of the Israeli-Palestinian...
It was one year ago that Hamas militants breached the security barrier separating the Gaza Strip from Israel, initiating a rampage killing 1,200 people and kidnapping 250 in the bloodiest day in the History of the Jewish people since...
WASHINGTON — The United States has spent a record of at least $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel since the war in Gaza began and led to escalating conflict around the Middle East, according to a report for Brown University's...
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Vigils, commemorations and acts of remembrance were planned across the world on Monday to mark one year since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel as world leaders called for an end to antisemitism and the release...
MOSCOW — A Russian court on Monday sentenced a 72-year-old American to nearly seven years in prison for fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine.Prosecutors said Stephen Hubbard signed a contract with the Ukrainian Military after Russia...
RE'IM, Israel — Israelis were holding vigils and somber ceremonies on Monday to mark a year since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack, the deadliest in the country’s History, which sparked the war in Gaza and scarred Israelis indelibly.The surprise...
ROME — Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse violent demonstrators in Rome as tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters took to the streets in major European cities and around the globe Saturday to call for a cease-fire...
As Israel wages a campaign of airstrikes in Lebanon that is one of the fiercest in 21st century warfare, it’s not clear what, if anything, can stop it. Successive blows to Hezbollah, the biggest thorn in its side regionally, have...
HANOI, Vietnam — More than a dozen tigers were incinerated after the animals contracted bird flu at a zoo in southern Vietnam, officials said.State media VNExpress cited a caretaker at Vuon Xoai zoo in Bien Hoa city saying the animals...
Inside an unfurnished apartment in the Hazmieh suburb of Beirut, 10 members of the Hassan family are sleeping on bare mattresses on the cream-tiled floor. The boxes pushed to a corner of the living room, beside a cage for their yellow-faced...
At the annual gathering of the United Nations General Assembly last week, when the subject was briefly Sudan, the U.S. ambassador opened her remarks by citing “compassion collapse,” defined as the human tendency to turn away from...
BEIRUT — Israel carried out a series of massive airstrikes overnight, hitting suburbs of Beirut and cutting off the main border crossing between Lebanon and Syria for tens of thousands of people fleeing Israeli bombardment.The blasts...
Singapore charged property tycoon Ong Beng Seng on Friday over the case of an ex-government minister who was sentenced to jail for obtaining gifts from the billionaire.The 78-year-old Ong didn’t immediately enter a plea in response...
An Australian judge rejected an attempt by social media platform X to wipe a A$610,500 ($418,100) fine levied by a watchdog, a notable victory in the country’s battle with global internet companies.On Friday, the court threw out...
