Tombs dating back to the ancient Roman era have been opened to the public for the first time after a meticulous restoration process, according to an announcement from the Israel Antiquities Authority. The two tombs, estimated to be nearly 2,000 years old, were originally discovered by British archaeologists in the 1930s.For nearly 100 years, the...
The Taliban on Monday rejected concerns and criticism of the United Nations over new vice and virtue laws which ban women in Afghanistan from baring their faces and speaking in public places. Roza Otunbayeva, who heads the U.N. mission in the country, UNAMA, said Sunday the laws provided a “distressing vision” for Afghanistan’s future. She...
A tourist is dead after an ice cave partially collapsed in southern Iceland, as a group was visiting the Breidamerkurjokull glacier on Sunday. The group of about 25 foreign tourists from several nationalities were exploring ice caves with a guide shortly before 3 p.m., when four people were struck by falling ice, local police said...
A Venezuelan electoral official has denounced what he calls a “grave lack of transparency and veracity” in last month’s election results, rebuking authorities who declared President Nicolás Maduro the winner despite strong evidence to the contrary presented by his opponents and doubts from several foreign governments. Juan Carlos Delpino is one of five members of...
Russia launched one of its heaviest strikes against Ukraine on Monday, firing more than 200 missiles and drones at civilian and energy targets across the country, confirmed Ukrainian President Volodymy Zelenskyy. In a post to X, Zelenskyy said more than 100 varying types of missiles and another 100 Iranian-supplied Shahed drones were fired in a...
Americans on Monday mourned the third anniversary of the ISIS-K bombing on Abbey Gate at the Hamid Karzai International Airport amid the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, which resulted in the death of 13 U.S. soldiers and 170 Afghans. The Biden administration has drawn immense condemnation over the chaotic withdrawal and some have argued it even...
The captain of the superyacht that sank off the coast of Italy last week during severe weather, killing seven, is under probe by Italian prosecutors. James Cutfield, 51, of New Zealand, is under investigation on suspicion of manslaughter and culpable shipwreck, Italian media reported Monday. He and 15 others survived the sinking of the Bayesian....
Ancient discoveries could pop up anywhere, sometimes even being found by mistake. Twelve-year-old Rowan Brannon from Bognor Regis, West Sussex, was walking his dog in Pagham with his mother in 2022 when they stumbled upon a gold bracelet. Unaware of the bracelet’s value or history, they took the gold cuff to a local finds liaison...
In a Monday meeting with U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Israel’s Defense MinisterYoav Gallant warned “Iran’s aggression has reached an all-time high” as the U.S. scrambles to broker a cease-fire deal with Hamas after nearly 11 months of war. “To counter this, we must work together to achieve...
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Sunday morning that it has “proactively and broadly” begun striking Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon to eliminate threats against Israel. This comes after the IDF detected Hezbollah preparations to fire missiles and rockets toward Israeli territory. “We are removing threats against the Israeli home front,” IDF spokesperson Rear Adm....
