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omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A targeted U.S. drone strike in northwest Syria one year ago Friday hit and killed a civilian, not the al-Qaeda leader it was looking for, the Pentagon said after an internal review. “U.S. Central Command acknowledges and regrets the civilian harm that resulted from the airstrike,” the combatant command said in […]
Photography by Keith Getter (all rights reserved)/Getty Images (LONDON) — Authorities in Kenya have rescued dozens of tourists and hotel staff who were left stranded in Kenya’s famed Maasai Mara Game Reserve after heavy rains caused the Telek River to burst its banks. Kenya’s Maasai Mara Game Reserve — one of Africa’s greatest wildlife reserves […]
Princess Charlotte of Wales attends Christmas Day service at St Mary Magdalene Church on Dec. 25, 2023 in Sandringham, Norfolk. (Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images) (LONDON) — Princess Charlotte, the second child of Prince William and Kate, the princess of Wales, is celebrating her 9th birthday. Charlotte was born May 2, 2015. The young […]
Photo taken at Beijing Aerospace Control Center BACC in Beijing on Dec. 3, 2020 shows the ascender of Chang’e-5 spacecraft flying above the lunar surface. (Jin Liwang/Xinhua via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — China is set to launch the first-ever mission, known as Chang’e 6, on Friday to collect rock and soil samples from the […]
People walk in a camp for displaced people in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip by the border with Egypt on April 28, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war approaches the seven-month mark, renewed negotiations are underway […]
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (LONDON) — The U.S. is warning of a looming potential “large scale massacre” in El Fasher, a city in Sudan, as troops from the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group and allied militias encircle the city in what the U.S. says are “indications of an imminent offensive.” U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield […]
ABC News (JERUSALEM) — “Every single day, I’ve watched small children die.” Those are the words of Nurse Brenda Maldonado from Washington State, describing to ABC News what she witnessed over the past two weeks. During that time, Maldonado said, she had been working in two of Gaza’s main hospitals. Her deployment to work as […]
People walk in a camp for displaced people in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip by the border with Egypt on April 28, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war approaches the seven-month mark, renewed negotiations are underway […]
KeithBinns/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — National security expert and co-founder of CrowdStrike, Dmitri Alperovitch, discusses rising tensions between the U.S., China, and Taiwan in his book “World on the Brink.” Last week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited China to meet with President Xi Jinping and China’s foreign minister. During the meeting, President Xi expressed his […]
Prince Harry, duke of Sussex, attends the Invictus Games One Year To Go Winter Training Camp at Hillcrest Community Centre on Feb. 16, 2024 in Vancouver, Canada. (Karwai Tang/WireImage) (LONDON) — Prince Harry, the duke of Sussex, is heading back to the United Kingdom for a cause close to his heart. Harry, who now lives […]
