Category: World News
8 children, 1 guard killed in rare school shooting in Serbia
Washington Post Officials said a seventh grader suspected of opening fire at a Belgrade school was arrested. Authorities said six children and a teacher were also injured. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/serbia-shooting-school-belgrade/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreCourtiers make life for Britain’s royals possible — and for some miserable
Washington Post The Washington Post sat down for a talk with Britain’s premier chronicler of court life, Valentine Low about what goes on behind the scenes of royal life. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/royals-courtiers-king-charles-harry-behind-the-scenes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreDissident pulled off plane by Belarus gets 8 years in prison
Washington Post A Belarusian court has convicted a dissident journalist who was arrested after being pulled off a commercial flight that was diverted to the country https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/journalist-belarus-dissident-sentenced/80f170aa-e994-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read More12 die in explosion, helicopter crash during Chinese holiday
Washington Post At least nine people were killed in an explosion at a Chinese petrochemical plant and three others died in a helicopter crash during the country’s May Day holiday https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/china-explosion-helicopter-crash-may-day/ed723b8e-e998-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreIsrael-Gaza hostilities new test Netanyahu’s hard-right government
Washington Post An internationally-brokered cease-fire is holding for now, but several hard-right members of the government have pushed for harsher measures in the face of Gaza rocket attacks. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/israel-palestinian-rockets-adnan-khader/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreReport: Taliban interfering with NGO work in Afghanistan
Washington Post A US report says a Taliban fighter fired his rifle into the air during a food distribution event in Afghanistan, citing it as an example of their harassment of nongovernmental groups working in the country https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/afghanistan-taliban-ngo-rifle-harassment-women/babddd0e-e995-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreHuge fire rages at oil depot behind Russian lines
Washington Post Officials say a massive blaze has broken out at an oil depot behind Russian lines https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/russia-ukraine-war-drone-attacks-ammunition/595eab74-e995-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreUN humanitarian chief arrives in Sudan on last day of truce
Washington Post The UN’s humanitarian chief has arrived in Sudan’s main seaport, as thousands of Sudanese and foreign nationals gather there, hoping to flee the conflict-torn east African country https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/sudan-humanitarian-port-un-displaced-evacuations/4d7b905c-e994-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreUkraine’s Zelenskyy in Finland for summit of Nordic leaders
Washington Post Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in the Finnish capital, Helsinki, for a one-day Nordic summit https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/finland-nordics-ukraine-zelenskyy/f41357dc-e990-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreUS Navy: Iran seizes oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz
Washington Post Iran seized a Panama-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, the second-such capture by Tehran in recent days https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/iran-us-oil-tanker-seizure-strait-of-hormuz/c0929a80-e990-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
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