South Korea’s top court ruled Thursday that same-sex couples are eligible to receive the same health insurance benefits as heterosexual couples, a landmark verdict hailed by human rights groups. The Supreme Court said it ruled that the state health insurance agency’s refusal to provide spousal insurance coverage for gay couples was an act of discrimination...
A large explosion rocked Tel Aviv overnight Thursday amid the war with Hamas. Fox News foreign correspondent Trey Yingst was at the scene and shared video on X of him standing on broken glass that had shattered off a storefront across the street. Yingst reported that emergency crews were checking a partially residential area to...
An aircraft that had made an emergency landing on a snowy mountain in Argentina was rescued by specialized personnel and a helicopter. The aircraft, a Piper PA-18, had to land on a frozen lagoon in the province of Chubut on June 29 due to technical problems. Its operator was rescued a day later. VIDEO SHOWS...
The espionage trial of Wall Street Journal reporterEvan Gershkovich resumed behind closed doors Thursday in the city of Yekaterinburg in Russia – a case where he is likely to be convicted though evidence of his alleged crimes has yet to be published. Gershkovich, 32, was arrested in March 2023 in Yekaterinburg on a reporting trip...
The number of attacks claimed by the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria are on track to more than double in 2024 from last year as the group looks to bolster its capabilities, warned the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) this week. ISIS has claimed credit for 153 attacks in Iraq and Syria during the...
A tourism bus in Peru skidded off the road and plummeted down a 650-foot slope, killing at least 25 people and injuring 17 others in a crash. “The area is difficult to access for the emergency services,” Jhonny Rolando Valderrama, head of the highway protection division, told the AFP news agency. The cause of the...
Britain’s new Labour Party government promised to calm the country’s febrile politics and ease its cost-of-living crisis as it set out its plans for “national renewal” at the grand State Opening of Parliament on Wednesday. Stabilizing the U.K.’s public finances and spurring economic growth were at the center of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s legislative agenda,...
After months of anticipation, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a dip in the long-polluted Seine River on Wednesday, fulfilling a promise to show the river was clean enough to host open swimming competitions during the 2024 Olympics — and the opening ceremony on the river nine days away. Clad in a wetsuit and goggles, Hidalgo...
The assassination attempt on presidential hopeful Donald Trump over the weekend grabbed global attention as leaders, diplomats and dignitaries alike expressed their shock over what many said was an attack on democracy. Questions have mounted regarding the Secret Service’s security failures and conspiracy theories have already begun to circulate across social media platforms – chaos...
Two attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted ships in the Red Sea on Monday as a new U.S. aircraft carrier approached the region to provide security for the key international trade route that has been under assault since the Israel-Hamas war erupted nine months ago. Three small Houthi vessels, two of which were crewed and...
