Rescuers have recovered 370 bodies from a landslide that wiped out a remote mountain village in Sudan's Darfur region, a local civilian leader said on Thursday. The disaster struck the village of Tarasin, located high in the Jebel Marra range, on Sunday following one of the
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -A U.N. body has found that the United States and the United Arab Emirates are jointly responsible for holding an Afghan man in arbitrary detention in Abu Dhabi for over two years in a case rights groups say is emblematic of thousands of others.
Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 44 people on Thursday, including 25 in Gaza City where the military has increased bombardments ahead of a planned offensive. Nearly two years into the devastating conflict, Israel has built up its forces in recent
By Maya Gebeily and Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon's government is set to discuss a plan on Friday for disarming Hezbollah, a critical juncture in a standoff between the Iran-backed group which is refusing to give up its weapons and rivals who want it to disarm in
The first direct flight from Istanbul to Misrata since 2015 underscores Turkey’s efforts to maintain good relations with the Tripoli government as well as its eastern-based rival.
By Hanna Rantala VENICE (Reuters) -Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania said on Thursday she hopes the rapturous reception given to her new film "The Voice of Hind Rajab" at the Venice Film Festival would help carry its harrowing story to audiences worldwide. Recounting the
By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo discussed the "tragic situation in Gaza" during a meeting on Thursday with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and called for a permanent ceasefire in the Palestinian enclave, the Vatican said. The pontiff also called for the
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran has downgraded diplomatic ties with Australia, its foreign ministry said on Thursday, a week after Australia expelled the Iranian ambassador over accusations that Tehran directed two antisemitic arson attacks in the cities of Sydney and Melbourne.
(Reuters) -Major European powers have said they could recognise an independent Palestinian state in coming weeks. What would that mean for the Palestinians and Israel? WHAT IS THE STATUS OF PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD NOW? The Palestine Liberation Organization declared the
One of thousands of public servants in Gaza's Hamas-run government, Karim, a public works ministry employee, received what seemed like an ordinary message on his phone: an invitation "for a coffee". The text gave a time for a meeting near a school sheltering displaced people
The agreements aim to boost bilateral trade and will also support Saudi Vision 2030 reforms to diversify the economy away from reliance on oil by the end of the decade.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) -When journalist Shamael Elnoor left Sudan at the outbreak of war in 2023, Sudanese newspapers were already suffering under an economic crisis and the worldwide shift to digital news. Then the fighting brought presses to an immediate standstill - leaving busy
The film featured at the Venice Film Festival tells the story of five-year-old Palestinian Hind Rajab, who was trapped in a car among six dead relatives for three hours before she too was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. The screening's ovation lasted over 21 minutes as chants
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The suspect accused of gunning down two Israeli embassy staffers outside a Washington museum in what U.S. authorities have called an anti-Israel hate crime is set to appear in court on Thursday to enter a plea to a raft of criminal
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli bombardment pushed more Palestinians out of their homes in Gaza City on Thursday, while thousands of residents defied Israeli orders to leave, remaining behind in the ruins in the path of Israel's latest advance. Gaza health
French director Francois Ozon has dared to do what so many other filmmakers have shied away from -- adapting one of French literature's most-read classics, Albert Camus's "The Stranger", for the big screen. The "8 Women" director said this week he had rediscovered Camus's 1942
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu relentlessly over Gaza, who shot back about the Armenian genocide. But while the two leaders argue, here are the two larger issues hanging in the balance
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Nelson Mandela's grandson has said Palestinians' lives under Israeli occupation are worse than anything Black South Africans experienced under apartheid, and urged the global community to come to their aid. Mandla Mandela, 51, spoke to Reuters on
A Planet Labs image shows a villa destroyed in last week's strike in the middle of a residential neighborhood. According to reports from Yemen, senior Houthi officials had gathered there to watch a speech by their leader. The strike killed the prime minister along with several
As the IDF's Gaza City ground operation unfolds, Israeli forces shot artillery fire into unhabited areas near the city, in an attempt to prompt residents to leave. Military officials warn Israel will need to assume civilian responsibilities over those who stay, despite manpower
By Sayed Hassib and Charlotte Greenfield KABUL/MAZAR DARA, Afghanistan (Reuters) -Rescue workers battled to pull bodies from the rubble of homes razed in Afghanistan's earthquakes this week, as time runs out for survivors, who face a bleak future with global aid agencies
ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish authorities have banned a concert of Enrico Macias, a French singer of Algerian-Jewish origin, after calls for protest over his pro-Israeli stance. The Istanbul governor's office late on Wednesday said that Macias' performance scheduled for Friday
Colombia's coal exports fell by almost half in July compared to the same month last year, official figures showed Wednesday, amid a global price crisis and days after President Gustavo Petro's ban on sales to Israel. Colombia is Latin America's leading coal producer but the
(Reuters) -The Israeli military said on Wednesday it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen, as sirens were activated in Tel Aviv and several other areas across the country. Yemen's Houthis later claimed responsibility, saying they fired two ballistic missiles at Tel Aviv in
CAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas reiterated on Wednesday that it is ready for a comprehensive Gaza deal through which all Israeli hostages are released in exchange for the release of an agreed upon number of Palestinian prisoners. The group's remarks came shortly after U.S. President
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal judge on Wednesday ruled U.S. President Donald Trump's administration unlawfully terminated about $2.2 billion in grants awarded to Harvard University and can no longer cut off research funding to the prestigious Ivy League school.
After one of the deadliest months for femicides, the Turkish president highlights the country’s surge in violence against women but provides little reassurance to rights groups.
The U.S. president's contempt for international alliances and his latest move to block the Palestinian president and other Palestinian officials from attending the General Assembly illustrates why the United Nations needs to strategize to survive Trump
The Metropolitan Opera in New York announced Wednesday an agreement to perform in Saudi Arabia and provide artistic training in the oil-rich kingdom as it works to shore up a creaky financial outlook. The prestigious cultural institution, which received a Moody's credit
Israel estimates that its imminent offensive on Gaza City would displace one million Palestinians, a senior military official said Wednesday, as Gaza's civil defence reported dozens killed across the territory. In Jerusalem, meanwhile, hundreds of Israeli protestors took to the
Streameast, believed to be the world’s largest illegal sports streaming network, was taken down in August during a sting operation conducted by Egyptian authorities in collaboration with a US anti-piracy group.
The new Islamist government in Syria has prioritized dismantling the Captagon trade, but the industry is still thriving.
(Reuters) -The Israeli military said on Wednesday it had intercepted a missile launched from Yemen that triggered sirens across several areas of Israel. Since the start of Israel's war in Gaza in October 2023, Houthi forces who control most of Yemen have been firing at Israel
US director Julian Schnabel has hit out at calls to boycott Scottish actor Gerard Butler who has been targeted by activists for his alleged previous support for the Israeli military. Butler gives a gripping performance as a hit man in Schnabel's latest film -- "In The Hand of