January 23, 2024
Bodies wash up on a shoreline in Turkey.
Authorities in Turkey are investigating eight bodies that washed up in the Mediterranean province of Antalya, including two found Monday on a beach in the vacation resort of Serik. The Antalya governor’s office said one body is assumed to be a…
January 19, 2024
Netanyahu says he opposes Palestinian state in any postwar scenario
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday rejected U.S. calls to scale back Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip or take steps toward the establishment of a Palestinian state after the war potentially widening the rift between the two…
January 18, 2024
Kate the Princess of Wales recovers from abdominal surgery
Kate, the Princess of Wales, is recovering after undergoing abdominal surgery, Kensington Palace confirmed Wednesday. Kate, who turned 42 last week, was admitted Tuesday to The London Clinic for a "planned" surgery, according to the palace. The…
January 18, 2024
Pakistan launches strikes into Iran
Pakistan has launched retaliatory missile strikes into Iran, reportedly killing seven people, after Iran carried out strikes in Pakistan late on Tuesday. Pakistan said its strikes had hit "terrorist hideouts" in Iran's Sistan-Baluchestan…
January 15, 2024
President Biden marks 100 days since Hamas attack on Israel
President Joe Biden on Sunday marked 100 days since Hamas launched its deadly attacks on Israel on October 7, vowing to get more of the American hostages freed. "For 100 days, they have existed in fear for their lives, not knowing what tomorrow will…
January 10, 2024
Ecuador declares war on armed gangs after TV station attacked on air
Ecuador's president has ordered that criminal gangs be "neutralized" after days of violence culminated in an attack on a television studio.Masked gunmen broke into public television channel TC's live studio during a broadcast, forcing staff to the…
January 10, 2024
Fire erupted at a hospital in Southern Iraq
A fire erupted Monday evening at a hospital in southern Iraq, sending smoke through a maternity ward and killing four babies who had been born prematurely, health officials confirmed. The fire started at a pile of debris belonging to a construction…
January 9, 2024
Istanbul has ordered 15 people detained on suspicion of spying for Israel
A court in Istanbul has ordered 15 of 34 people detained on suspicion of spying for Israel to be held in prison awaiting trial. The suspects were arrested last week Tuesday for allegedly planning to carry out activities that included…
January 9, 2024
Silver Airlines plane collides with parked plane
In a bizarre incident at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, a Silver Airlines plane inadvertently collided with a parked aircraft from the same airline on Friday morning. According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the…
December 20, 2023
JN.1 Covid variant: WHO charts its rapid global spread
A sub-variant of the Omicron strain of coronavirus has been classified as a "variant of interest" by the World Health Organization, because of "its rapidly increasing spread". JN.1 has been found in many countries around the world, including India,…