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Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 31 people in Gaza in the past 24 hours, including 11 casualties at a makeshift cafeteria within an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone, medics said. Palestinians mourn by the body of a relative killed in overnight Israeli strikes on the al-Mawasi cafeteria at Nasser hospital, Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Nov. […]

Russian troops have intensified attacks in multiple sectors of the eastern front, trying to break through Ukraine’s defences in the Donetsk region toward the towns of Kurakhove and Pokrovsk. Copyright Evgeniy Maloletka/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved Russian forces are pushing to break through Ukraine’s defences in the Donetsk region towards the towns of […]

According to the Somaliland National Electoral Commission, more than 1 million registered and eligible voters head to the polls Wednesday to elect their president for the next five years. The flag of Somaliland is seen during a campaign rally in Hargeisa on Nov. 8, 2024, ahead of the 2024 Somaliland presidential election. Three candidates, including […]

Israel launched at least 10 air strikes on south Beirut Tuesday morning, Lebanese state media said, shortly after Israel’s army urged residents of several neighborhoods to evacuate the Hezbollah bastion. Smoke billows over Beirut’s southern suburbs, after an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon, on […]

A New York court suspended all the current deadlines in President-elect Donald Trump‘s New York hush money case, including a scheduled Nov. 26 sentencing on his 34 felony convictions. Judge Juan Merchan was scheduled to issue a decision Tuesday on whether the Supreme Court’s broad presidential immunity ruling means Trump’s 34 felony convictions must be tossed out. But the pause on […]

Lebanon’s health ministry said an Israeli strike on Sunday killed 20 people including three children in the village of Almat, north of the capital Beirut. Rescuers use an excavator to search for survivors at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the village of Almat north of Beirut on November 10, 2024. Lebanon’s health […]

Around 70% of Palestinians killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza consist of women and children, the U.N.’s human rights body said Friday, as it condemned the country’s systematic violations international humanitarian law. Children stare at the destruction following an Israeli strike in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, Nov. 7, 2024. (AFP […]

With virtually no food allowed into northern Gaza for the past month, tens of thousands of Palestinians under Israeli siege are rationing their last lentils and flour to survive. Copyright Mahmoud Essa/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved. By Euronews with AP As bombardment pounds around them, some say they risk their lives by venturing out in search of […]

Finding the ideal sleeping position can be beneficial for restful sleep and overall health.  Illustration by Janet Loehrke/USA TODAY Sleep. It’s when your body recharges and restores itself. It’s estimated we spend one-third of our lives sleeping, according to the National Institute of Health. But, did you know the way you sleep, which includes your sleeping positions, […]

Somalia’s president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (L) and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin during the Somali leader’s visit | Photo: Hannes P Albert / picture alliance The leaders of Somalia and Germany have agreed to boost the number of deportations of Somali migrants without legal status. The deal will mostly affect a handful of people […]