Part of a hotel in a winemaking town on the Mosel River in western Germany collapsed, leaving two people dead and two others still trapped in the wreckage hours later, authorities said Wednesday. Fourteen people were in the hotel in Kroev when one story of the building collapsed at about 11 p.m. Tuesday. Police said...
Hamas has named Yahya Sinwar, its top leader in Gaza who masterminded the deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel, as its new leader after his predecessor was killed during an airstrike in Iran. The move is certain to provoke Israel, which has put him at the top of its kill list after the Oct. 7...
On Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. On Aug. 9, 1945, a second bombing was dropped on Nagasaki. The atomic bombs instantly took thousands of lives and thousands more in the aftermath from radiation and injury. The bombings led to Japan’s surrender, bringing an end...
Lublin Provincial Conservator of Monuments, an organization dedicated to the protection of ancient artifacts in Poland, revealed the discovery of various treasures, including silver coins, and among them was an Ancient Roman counterfeit cache. An organization referred to as the “Group of Explorers” stumbled upon coins, fibules, knives and various types of tools using metal...
Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah in a eulogy-turned-stump speech claimed Israel relies too much on allies to remain relevant even as the Israeli military prepares to swat aside the terrorist group’s potential retaliation. “Israel, fearing the Iranian response or that of Hezbollah, appeals to the United States and Western countries, which proves that its deterrence has...
Bangladesh’s Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has been chosen to head the country’s interim government after the nation’s longtime prime minister resigned and fled abroad in the face of violent unrest against her rule. Known as the “banker to the poorest of the poor” and a longtime critic of the ousted Sheikh Hasina, Yunus will act...
Peru’s reclusive Mashco Piro ethnic group recently used bows and arrows to attack loggers suspected of encroaching on their territory in the Amazon, according to a regional Indigenous organization. FENAMAD, representing 39 Indigenous communities in the Cusco and Madre de Dios regions, said Monday that it believes illegal logging was taking place on Mashco Piro...
Russia has stoked tensions in the Middle East by asking Iran to avoid civilian casualties as it mulls its response to Israel’s alleged assassination of a Hamas terrorist leader – rather than urging Iran to outright avoid escalation. “Putin’s wish to minimize Israeli civilian casualties is driven by pragmatism,” Rebekah Koffler, a strategic military intelligence...
The U.S. State Department is urging Americans to avoid traveling to Bangladesh due to escalating civil unrest, crime and terrorism after the South Asian country’s prime minister fled the country in a helicopter as a mob of protesters breached the palace. The State Department updated its travel advisory on Monday, which also ordered all non-emergency...
Often seen in public with a Bangladeshi flag tied across his forehead, Nahid Islam is a soft-spoken sociology student who spearheaded the protest that ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after 15 straight years in power. Islam, 26, was the coordinator of a student movement against quotas in government jobs that morphed into an oust-Hasina campaign....
