October 23, 2023
Israel preps ground offensive, as first truckloads of aid reach Gaza
As Israel prepares for a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, tensions are rising along its northern border and in the contested West Bank. Israel has ordered the evacuation of 14 additional communities near the Lebanese border as the Iran-backed…
October 18, 2023
Biden’s visit is a high-stakes gamble
For an American president, turning up in a warzone is an extraordinary move. Joe Biden's trip to the Middle East on Wednesday was always going to be a high-stakes gamble. But he is now flying into an even more volatile situation, after the bombing…
October 11, 2023
Biden says US death toll rising in Israel, confirms Americans taken hostage
Fourteen Americans have been killed in the fighting in Israel, President Joe Biden announced Tuesday, and he confirmed more are among those being held hostage by Hamas terrorists. "We now know that American citizens are among those being held by…
October 10, 2023
Israel ‘retakes control of border fence’; hundreds of overnight strikes across Gaza
Israel's military says it has successfully retaken control of the border fence and has recorded no further Hamas incursions over the past 24 hours. Elsewhere, the air force conducted another night of devastating and wide-sweeping airstrikes in the…
October 9, 2023
Attacks in Israel
At least 700 people have died and over 2,000 have been injured in Israel and hundreds more fatalities have been reported in Gaza after rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel by Hamas militants over the weekend, Israeli authorities said. The…
October 8, 2023
US moves warships closer to Israel after Hamas attack
The US says it is moving an aircraft carrier, ships, and jets to the eastern Mediterranean and will also give Israel additional equipment and ammunition. It follows the Hamas attack on southern Israel, which President Biden called an…
October 5, 2023
Over 75,000 US healthcare workers go on strike
Over 75,000 union workers at healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente have gone on strike, beginning the largest walkout by health workers in US history. The three-day work stoppage involves nurses, pharmacists and lab technicians in five US states and…
October 3, 2023
Pakistan police bust organ trafficking ring that took kidneys from hundreds
Eight members of an organ trafficking ring in north-east Pakistan have been arrested, police say. The ring's alleged leader, Fawad Mukhtar, is accused of extracting the kidneys of more than 300 people and transplanting them into rich clients. He had…
September 26, 2023
COVID drug linked to virus mutations, scientists say
A drug used to treat COVID-19 could be linked to mutations in the virus, scientists have said. Molnupiravir works by causing mutations in the virus's genetic information, or genome, many of which kill or harm the virus, reducing the amount of COVID…
September 23, 2023
House heads home for the week as government shutdown deadline looms
Just hours after another embarrassing setback for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in his quest to avert a government shutdown, members are headed home for the weekend -- signaling that with just nine days to go, there is no funding deal in sight. If…