JERUSALEM—After President Biden gave his ultimatum of withholding offensive weapons to the Jewish state if Israel were to launch an invasion of Rafah, rocket attacks rained down on Israel on Friday from Rafah, with more rockets fired on Saturday. Hamas launched rockets
The World Health Organization on Friday appealed for more funds to support Ukraine’s health sector, which has been severely damaged by the Russian invasion. WHO Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge said the country now needed more funds to ensure that mental
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met with representatives of LGBTQ groups Friday and offered an apology over discriminatory remarks made by his former aide that sparked nationwide outrage and calls for the government to ensure equal rights. Former Kishida aide Masayoshi Arai’s
Russia is set to begin conducting naval drills with China and South Africa on Friday in a trilateral display of international cooperation – and show off a powerful weapon. The Admiral Gorshkov, a Russian frigate, arrived in Capetown, South Africa, this week
Canada will send navy vessels to Haiti for intelligence-gathering as part of efforts to quell worsening gang violence in the Caribbean nation, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday. Trudeau made the announcement in the Bahamas at an annual meeting of Caribbean
The death toll from New Zealand’s cyclone reached eight on Friday with more than 4,500 people still unaccounted for four days after the nation’s most destructive weather event in decades brought widespread flooding, landslides and power outages, the prime minister said. Cyclone
Turkish rescue crews have managed to pull two people alive from the rubble 11 days after a devastating earthquake in an operation one family member is describing as a “true miracle.” Osman Halebiye, 14, and Mustafa Avci, 34, were found overnight in
North Korea has warned the United States and South Korea that planned military drills this month will be met with “unprecedentedly persistent and strong counteractions.” The hermit nation’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs made the threat Friday after South Korea and the U.S.
A storm over the North Sea on Friday led to dozens of cancellations of train and ferry connections in northern Denmark and southern Norway, with the Danish Meteorological Institute saying gusts of hurricane force can be expected. The storm, named Otto, is
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry says a Chinese weather balloon has landed on one of its islands, nearly two weeks after the U.S. shot down a suspected Chinese spy craft over the Atlantic Ocean. The ministry announced Thursday that the balloon found on Tungyin,
As the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine nears, NATO allies once again pledged this week to send more defense systems, ammunitions, artillery and tanks in an effort to defeat Russia, but one top defense official said victory for Ukraine