Israeli forces on Friday evening killed a seven-month-old Palestinian baby and wounded his parents in the Tel Rumeida area south of the West Bank city of Hebron, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said. The ministry identified the infant as Sam Fahd Abu Haikal and said he died at the scene, while hi
DARK HISTORY: A high percentage of Germans think their grandparents tried to help those persecuted by the Nazi regime, but the real figure is less than 1%, a historian said
Many German families have faced the uncomfortable question: What did grandpa do during World War II? Now, the answer might be just a few clicks away — but it might not be what they wanted to hear. In March, the US National Archives posted online the digital scans of about 12 million membership cards
A standoff missile, capable of attacking from outside an enemy’s range, was unveiled to the press for the first time at the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force’s Higashi Fuji Maneuver Area in Shizuoka Prefecture on Sunday. About 2,100 personnel participated in the Fuji Firepower Exercise, a large liv
Rescuers on Saturday called off their search for two men trapped in a semi-submerged cave in Laos for more than two weeks, as the site became unstable and survival hopes faded. Seven villagers became trapped in the cave in central Xaysomboun Province on May 20 when flash floods blocked their exit as
North Korea’s nuclear weapons program is “absolutely non-negotiable,” the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong-un said in a statement carried by state media yesterday ahead of a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平). Pyongyang has long insisted on its right to a nuclear weapon and ballistic miss
A shouting protester is reflected in the glasses of a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent outside Delaney Hall, which is being used as an ICE detention center, in Newark, New Jersey, on Saturday.
ECONOMIC CRISIS? Asked about Russia’s economic woes, Putin paraphrased the US writer Mark Twain, saying that ‘rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated’
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday ruled out meeting his Ukrainian counterpart any time soon, a day after Volodymyr Zelenskiy called for a sit-down between the leaders to end the four-year war. Speaking at an economic forum in his home city of Saint Petersburg, Putin said he saw “no point” i
THE REVENANT: ‘I didn’t eat anything for the first two days. Then I began chewing ice. It hurt my teeth. I chewed the ice hard,’ Dawa Sherpa said
A Nepalese mountaineer who survived nearly a week on Mount Everest said he “chewed ice” to stay alive as he recovered in a hospital after a miraculous rescue that stunned the climbing community. Dawa Sherpa, 57, disappeared in brutal conditions on the upper slopes of the world’s tallest mountain on
As Armenia holds nationwide elections today, experts say Russia has orchestrated an aggressive disinformation campaign aimed at discrediting the country’s prime minister, who has sought closer ties with the EU. Armenia is formally allied with Moscow, but has built ties with Brussels amid frustration
Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Friday demanded an explanation from Israel’s ambassador to France after he admitted on French TV that his country was behind a 2023 attack on reporters in Lebanon. A Reuters journalist was killed and two AFP reporters were seriously wounded when they came under fire in
In front of L’industrie Pizzeria, as at many other New York restaurants and shops, customers line up behind barriers — in this case, all to grab a prized pizza slice. Not everyone in the US’ biggest city finds standing in line to be a chore. The power of social media trends means that for some, wait
‘HEAVY GUNFIRE’: Opposition leaders including a former prime minister accused security forces of attacking residences linked to them twice in less than 24 hours
Somalia’s opposition supporters and security forces clashed in the capital, Mogadishu, on Thursday for a second day ahead of a planned demonstration against the government.No official casualty figures were immediately available from the clashes that prompted calls for restraint from the UN and the U
‘ABSURD MISTAKE’: The election commission said that there had been a failure to anticipate turnout after 14 polling stations ran short of ballot papers
South Korean riot police yesterday cleared protesters from a Seoul polling station after a 35-hour blockade sparked by a shortage of ballot papers during local elections earlier this week.Wednesday’s election was the first nationwide vote since South Korean President Lee Jae-myung took office follow
A Sherpa guide was found crawling to base camp on Mount Everest a week after he went missing and was reunited with his family, who had given up hope he would return.Dawa Sherpa was last seen on Friday last week descending the mountain, but he did not reach base camp even though his client did.The pa
As part of their clampdown on dissent, Burkina Faso’s military rulers’ latest targets have included an influential imam, several worshipers and students who criticized the junta.Captain Ibrahim Traore seized power in a coup nearly four years ago and now says that he is not presiding over a democracy
Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has named one of his youngest sons as foreign minister in a major Cabinet reshuffle — largely seen as a move to prepare for the next generation of leaders in the kingdom.As the 10th child and fourth son of the sultan, Prince Abdul Mateen is down the line of successio
More than 100,000 live cockroaches illegal to keep in Australia were confiscated from a single breeder in the country’s largest-ever seizure of exotic invertebrates, officials said yesterday.The haul of Madagascar hissing cockroaches and dubia cockroaches, worth A$200,000 (US$142,000), was seized la
COLOMBIAPresident criticizes TrumpPresident Gustavo Petro on Thursday criticized US President Donald Trump over his support of a candidate to succeed him, saying that Washington was endorsing “drug traffickers” with “genocidal” roots. Petro was reacting to Trump’s endorsement of lawyer Abelardo de l
TRADING STRIKES: Talks to end the war have stalled, with Russian shelling on Wednesday killing at least three in Ukraine, and Kyiv’s oil terminal attack killing one on the same day
Ukrainian attacks killed four people in the Russia-annexed Crimea peninsula, Kremlin-installed officials in the region said yesterday, one day after Moscow and Kyiv traded strikes on each other’s cities.Ukrainian forces had hit a non-residential part of Simferopol, the peninsula’s main administrativ
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