Israel has called up 300,000 military reservists to respond to a Hamas-led terror attack and invasion from the Gaza Strip, which has resulted in at least 800 dead Israelis, Israel’s chief military spokesperson said on Monday. The draft is the largest-ever for
On Saturday, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake, along with strong aftershocks, struck the Herat province of Afghanistan. The disaster, which caused a death toll of at least 2,000 people, has become one of the most fatal quakes to strike Afghanistan in 20 years. Senior
At a debate in 2018, when Jeremy Corbyn was leader, hundreds of Labour members unfurled flags and chanted pro-Palestine slogans. Delegates this week will be asked to approve a draft manifesto calling for a negotiated agreement recognising the state of Palestine alongside
The French government has been forced to step in to tackle an infestation of bedbugs as the tiny, blood-eating insects continue to plague the country ahead of France hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne called an emergency meeting of
Blinken, other top officials to discuss fentanyl, trafficking, immigration with Mexican counterparts
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other top officials from the Biden administration will visit Mexico on Wednesday to discuss shared security issues, foremost among them trafficking of the synthetic opioid fentanyl, but also arms trafficking and increasing migration. The latest
A breaching whale Saturday capsized a nearly 15-foot boat off the coast of Australia, leaving one man dead and another in the hospital, officials said. “At 6 this morning, police responded to reports of two people in the water,” New South Wales
China’s defence minister has been missing for a month but a ministry spokesperson said Thursday that he was “not aware of the situation” – its first public comment on the issue. Senior Colonel Wu Qian, the director of the ministry’s information office,
The North Korean government has released a U.S. serviceman after holding him in detainment since July, according to reports. The North Korean government stated Wednesday it was planning the return of U.S. Army Pvt. Travis King to U.S. custody following months of
High-level U.S. officials have made multiple trips to China over the summer despite continued reports of Chinese spying in the United States. “Current policy is a mash-up of engagement and competition,” Brent Sadler a senior research fellow for naval warfare and advanced
Libya’s chief prosecutor said Monday he ordered the detention of eight current and former officials pending his investigation into the collapse of two dams earlier this month, a disaster that sent a wall of water several meters high through the center of