The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; his former defense minster, Yoav Gallant; and Ibrahim al-Masri, a senior Hamas official. The warrants mean the court has reason to believe all three have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity. But their arrests are far from guaranteed. What crimes…
The Earth’s magnetic North Pole is currently moving toward Russia in a way that British scientists have not seen before. Scientists have been tracking the magnetic North Pole for centuries, telling the British newspaper The Times that it had moved closer to the northern coast of Canada. In the 1990s, it drifted into the Atlantic…
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 16 (Reuters) – Brazil’s first lady, Janja Lula da Silva, swore at billionaire Elon Musk during a G20 social event on Saturday at which she spoke about the need to regulate social media to rein in misinformation. A ship’s horn sounded as she spoke and she joked, “I think it’s Elon Musk,” before adding, “I’m not afraid of you,” and using an expletive in reference to…
A driver struck and killed 35 people and injured dozens of others with a vehicle during a hit-and-run crash in southern China, local police confirmed Tuesday. In what Chinese authorities are calling an intentional act, the attack took place just before 8 p.m. local time Monday when the person drove” “a small SUV” into a…
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin and advised him not to escalate the Ukraine war, a source familiar with the conversation told Reuters on Sunday, as President Joe Biden plans to urge Trump not to abandon Kyiv. Trump and Putin spoke in recent days, said the source. Trump spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday. Trump has criticized the scale of U.S. military and financial support…
Nov 2 (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that the United States and Israel will “undoubtedly receive a crushing response” for what they do against his country, state media reported. “Enemies, including America and the Zionist regime, should know that they will undoubtedly receive a crushing response for what they do against Iran and the…
With 8,000 North Korean troops now poised to join Russia’s fight in Ukraine, the U.S. is reaching out to China to leverage its relationships with Moscow and Pyongyang to “curb” the entry of North Korean forces. The U.S. had a “robust conversation” with China this week about the North Korean troops’ dispatch to Russia, Secretary…
At least 62 people have been killed after heavy rainfall led to flash flooding in eastern Spain Tuesday, leaving roads and towns underwater, local authorities said Wednesday. Rescuers using dinghies worked in the dark to scour the floodwaters in Valencia, rescuing several people, television pictures from the town of Utiel showed, and emergency services were…
Israel’s military responded to an Iranian missile attack by conducting “precise strikes on military targets” in Iran on Friday, a move that appeared to push the Middle East to a new, more dangerous and multi-front phase of conflict a year after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks on Israel. “The regime in Iran and its proxies in…
The close relationship between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin is no secret. The two leaders signed a diplomatic and defense pact on their last face-to-face meeting in June. And North Korea has already provided thousands of containers of munitions to fuel Russia’s war in Ukraine. Now, the U.S., South…