The Gaza aid pier that President Joe Biden schemed up was always a ridiculous idea. It appears to now be reaching its predictable, pathetic conclusion. U.S. officials are considering not reinstalling the pier after removing it to protect it from the weather. After at least $320 million in taxpayer dollars being lit on fire, the […]
Five men, some with their hands tied and heads covered, were found dead Monday on a Mexico road leading to Acapulco, a once-glamorous resort city now engulfed in cartel violence. Prosecutors in the southern state of Guerrero announced the discovery and said a probe had been opened into “aggravated homicide.” Local media reported that residents […]
Russia has blamed the US and vowed “consequences” for a Ukrainian missile strike on Sevastopol in occupied Crimea on Sunday, which officials say killed four people – including two children.Around 150 more were injured in the attack as missile debris fell on a beach nearby.Russia’s defence ministry said the missiles used by Ukraine were US-supplied […]
Dark storm clouds threatened to upend Serhiy and Tania’s beach wedding. But as the couple walked down the long white staircase to greet their guests, the empty chairs signalled there was a bigger problem. In total, half of their guests were missing.Their family and friends sent their apologies but explained that the risk of attending […]
NATO countries are discussing putting more nuclear weapons on standby amid the threat posed by Russia and China, the alliance’s secretary general said, according to The Telegraph. Jens Stoltenberg outlined the plans in an interview in which he called for NATO members to show their nuclear arsenal to the world to send a strong message […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Friday that the “selfishness and hypocrisy of Western countries” had led to a “dangerous turn of events” and the world was “close to the point of no return.” Putin made the ominous remarks at a meeting with Russian foreign ministry officials and accused the U.S. of undermining global security because […]
A Russian navy frigate and a nuclear-powered submarine churned into Havana harbor on Wednesday, a stopover the U.S. and Cuba said posed no threat but which was widely seen as a Russian show of force as tensions rise over the Ukraine war.Curious onlookers, fishermen and police lined the Malecon seafront boulevard under gray skies to […]
A woman has been found dead inside the belly of a snake after it swallowed her whole in central Indonesia, a local official said Saturday, marking at least the fifth person to be devoured by a python in the country since 2017. The husband of 45-year-old Farida and residents of Kalempang village in South Sulawesi […]
The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says an Israeli raid on a refugee camp – which led to the rescue of four hostages – killed 274 people, including children and other civilians.On Saturday Israel’s forces, backed by air strikes, fought intense gun battles with Hamas in and around the Nuseirat refugee camp, freeing the captives.Noa […]
Four Israeli hostages taken by Hamas from a music festival during the group’s October 7 terrorist attack were rescued alive Saturday during a raid on the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces, the security service Shin Bet, and the Israeli police announced in a joint statement. 25-year-old Noa Argamani, 21-year-old Almog Meir […]
An Israeli airstrike at a school in Gaza Thursday claimed the lives of more than 35 people, with many more injured, according to local officials. The Israel Defense Forces defended the “precise attack” on the compound embedded within a school in Nussierat and said it took out 20-30 terrorists, some of whom it alleged participated […]
President Joe Biden has drawn parallels between Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and World War Two, in a speech commemorating the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France. Speaking just steps away from where 9,388 members of the US military who participated in the landings are buried, Mr Biden warned democracies across the globe […]
