Israeli embassy officials check the area, following a reported explosion nearby, in New Delhi, India, on Tuesday. REUTERS A reporter works outside the Israeli embassy, following a reported explosion nearby, in New Delhi, India, on Tuesday. REUTERS Source link
Read More »Gaza health workers pushed to the limit amid airstrike ‘carnage’
GAZA — Overwhelmed medics in Gaza on Tuesday continued to try to save victims of missile strikes including attacks near refugee camps in the center of the devastated enclave that have reportedly killed well over 100 people, the UN health agency said. World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Medical Teams coordinator …
Read More »Sweden moves one step closer to NATO membership
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs committee gave its consent to Sweden’s bid to join NATO on Tuesday, drawing the previously nonaligned Nordic country closer to membership in the Western military alliance. Sweden’s accession protocol will now need to be approved in the Turkish parliament’s general assembly …
Read More »Serbian protesters set up road block over alleged vote fraud
Protesters yesterday launched the first of several announced road blocks in Belgrade over alleged electoral fraud in Serbia’s recent parliamentary and local elections, an AFP reporter saw.President Aleksandar Vucic meanwhile denounced the violence in the capital the previous evening and claimed there was evidence it had been planned in advance.A …
Read More »Blizzard expected to blast the US Plains and cause travel delays
WASHINGTON — Blizzard warnings have been issued across the Central Plains, threatening Christmas travelers with delays and dangerous road conditions. More than 1.1 million people in parts of Nebraska, South Dakota, Kansas, Colorado and Wyoming were under blizzard warnings on Monday afternoon. “Significant winter storm will ‘let it snow, let …
Read More »This Morning’s Top Headlines – Dec. 26 | Morning News NOW – NBC News
This Morning’s Top Headlines – Dec. 26 | Morning News NOW NBC News News Dabba for 26 December 2023: Five stories for a balanced news diet Indie Journal Tuesday News: “In a scorching year, scientists wonder if climate change is speeding up”; “Russia confirms damage to warship in Black Sea”; “Trump: ‘May …
Read More »World celebrates Christmas in shadow of war
Women, wearing traditional Ukrainian clothes, walk in a snow-covered street as they take part in Christmas celebrations in the Pyrogove village near Kyiv yesterday. (AFP) People donned Santa caps on beaches, ski slopes and streets around the globe yesterday to celebrate Christmas, with Israel’s war on Hamas and Russia’s invasion …
Read More »Russian naval ship in Crimea damaged in airstrike by Ukrainian forces
MOSCOW — A Russian naval ship in Crimea was damaged in an airstrike by Ukrainian forces, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday. The landing ship Novocherkassk was hit at a base in the city of Feodosia by plane-launched guided missiles, the ministry said, adding that two Ukrainian fighter jets were destroyed …
Read More »Israel-Hamas war and Gaza news: Hospitals strained after central Gaza strikes
The World Health Organization said it is concerned about “unbearable” strain on the few hospitals that remain open in Gaza as Israel steps up strikes on Hamas. At least three areas in central Gaza were hit this weekend, including the Maghazi refugee camp, where at least 80 people were killed …
Read More »Human Rights Monitor documents cases of field executions in Gaza
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor documented, in a preliminary file submitted to UN special rapporteurs and the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, dozens of field executions cases carried out by the Israeli occupation army in the Gaza Strip, calling for immediate investigation to hold the perpetrators accountable and provide …
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