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Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Editor’s note: This report contains graphic descriptions of sexual violence. (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden has blamed Hamas’ refusal to release civilian female hostages for the end of a temporary cease-fire, and he called reports of women allegedly sexually assaulted by Hamas “appalling.” “We had a report in the earliest […]
Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In an historic move, the Justice Department on Wednesday announced it is unsealing war crimes charges against four Russia-affiliated military personnel with disturbing details of their alleged torture and inhumane treatment of a U.S. national in Ukraine following Russia’s invasion of the country last year. This is the first time ever […]
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The temporary cease-fire between Hamas and Israel ended early Friday, and Israel has resumed its bombardment of Gaza. The end of the cease-fire came after Hamas freed over 100 of the more than 200 people its militants took hostage during the Oct. 7 surprise attack on Israel. In exchange, Israel […]
200mm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Irael’s war with Hamas in the neighboring Gaza Strip is expected to continue at its current intensity for two more months, followed by what Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant called multiple months of “mop up” operations that would see the country’s military “taking out pockets of terrorist resistance.” Gallant made […]
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The temporary cease-fire between Hamas and Israel ended early Friday, and Israel has resumed its bombardment of Gaza. The end of the cease-fire came after Hamas freed over 100 of the more than 200 people its militants took hostage during the Oct. 7 surprise attack on Israel. In exchange, Israel […]
Abdul Razzaq Al-Shami/ABC News (IDLIB, Syria) — The Orontes River in northwestern Syria has long been a lifeline for farmers, including 50-year-old Bahjat al-Bakru, who have used it to irrigate their nearby crops. But since the start of the year, al-Bakru said, about 70% of his fruit trees have died because an invasive flower now […]
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (LONDON) — The Nigerian Army mistakenly killed at least 88 people in a military drone strike on a religious festival in the country’s Kaduna State, local officials said. Officials announced that what they described as an accidental strike had occurred on Sunday night in the village of Tudun Biri, Kaduna State, where civilians […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal grand jury returned a 15-count indictment against former U.S. ambassador and accused Cuban spy Manuel Rocha on Tuesday, charging him with a range of crimes varying from conspiracy, acting as illegal foreign agent, wire fraud and false statements. The 32-page indictment offers further details into how Rocha — […]
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The temporary cease-fire between Hamas and Israel ended early Friday, and Israel has resumed its bombardment of Gaza. The end of the cease-fire came after Hamas freed over 100 of the more than 200 people its militants took hostage during the Oct. 7 surprise attack on Israel. In exchange, Israel […]
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Hospitals in central and southern Gaza are at a “breaking point” and struggling to care for the influx of patients amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, Doctors Without Borders and the World Health Organization say. Two hospitals — Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza and Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza — are […]
