A day after 12 migrants died when their small inflatable ripped apart on a failed effort to cross the English Channel, several dozen others made another crossing attempt on a crowded vessel from northern France on Wednesday, as French patrol boats watched it labor through the seas. That migrants were prepared to risk their lives...
An ancient artifact could be right in your own backyard. This was the case for a mom who was gardening with her baby in the town of Józefów in Poland. While gardening in May, they came across a strange object. Curious of the find, they brought it to the Mazowiecki Wojewódzki Konserwator Zabytków (Masovian Voivodeship...
Activist Greta Thunberg was among six people arrested at Copenhagen University as they protested the institution’s connections to Israel on Wednesday. Thunberg appeared alongside members of the Students Against the Occupation group, an anti-Israel activist group. Thunberg has become internationally famous for her climate activism, but she has participated in a number of anti-Israel protests...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fiercely defended his insistence on maintaining control of the strategically important Philadelphi Corridor even as critics urge him to concede on that point to try and ensure a deal to release hostages. “What has changed? What has changed in this week?” Netanyahu said during an English-language press conference on Wednesday....
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un may have ordered at least 30 government officials to be executed after the devastating floods over the summerthat killed thousands, according to a new report from South Korea. The South’s TV Chosun reported Tuesday that North Korean authorities sentenced between 20 and 30 people to capital punishment last month...
A new United Nations report determined that executions surged in Iran during the month of August, leading experts to urge the country’s government to stop the unlawful spree. “We are deeply concerned by this sharp rise in executions,” U.N. experts, including special rapporteurs on human rights, said in a press release from the Office of...
The Department of Justice on Tuesday unsealed criminal charges against Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar and other leaders of the brutal organization over the “terrorist atrocities” of the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre in Israel. The criminal complaint filed in federal court in New York City includes charges of conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign...
Russian President Vladimir Putin entered Mongolia this week without being arrested by the International Criminal Court (ICC) — a major blow to the institution’s legitimacy. Putin arrived in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar for a state visit late Monday evening, when he was greeted by Mongolian Minister of Foreign Affairs Battsetseg Batmunkh and flanked by...
The world’s largest ocean basin is also the oldest. A basin is “a depression, or dip, in the Earth’s surface,” according to National Geographic. The Pacific Ocean is the largest, deepest and oldest ocean basin in the world, according to the National Ocean Service’s website. There are three major types of basins, which are drainage,...
At least 10 migrants died on Tuesday after the vessel they were in capsized on its way across the Channel from France to Britain, La Voix du Nord newspaper reported, with a major operation underway to rescue over 50 people. A French coast guard spokesperson earlier said 10 people were in a critical condition. The...
