Category: World News
Iran smuggled weapons to terror proxy under guise of humanitarian aid: report
Fox News Iran allegedly smuggled weapons to Syria through deliveries of relief supplies shipped following a devastating earthquake in February, according to a new report. “Under the guise of shipments of earthquake aid to Syria, Israel has seen significant movements of military equipment from Iran, mainly transported in parts,” an unnamed Israeli defense official told…
Read MoreTokyo redevelopment plan threatens stadium where Babe Ruth played
Fox News A historic baseball stadium in Tokyo where Babe Ruth played could be demolished, part of a disputed redevelopment plan harshly criticized by environmentalists. Ruth played at the Meiji Jingu Stadium in 1934 on a barnstorming tour with other American stars that included Lou Gehrig, Lefty Gomez and Jimmie Foxx. Ruth homered several times…
Read MoreAlleged boat pilot charged in English Channel migrant deaths
Washington Post A man who allegedly piloted a small boat packed with migrants that capsized crossing the English Channel in December has been charged with four counts of manslaughter https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/migrant-smuggling-small-boat-capsize-english-channel/ae3dc4dc-d968-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreWait in line: Russian foreign minister left waiting for visa to enter US ahead of UN meeting
Fox News Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov still has not received the visa he needs to enter the U.S. for a United Nations Security Council meeting later this month, despite Russia’s seat as president of the top international body. “Not a single visa has been issued yet,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told Russian news…
Read MoreNew Scottish leader will challenge UK over gender law veto
Fox News New Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf said Wednesday he will follow through with his predecessor’s plan to challenge the British government over its decision to block a law that makes it easier for people in Scotland to change their gender on official documents. “A legal challenge is now our only means of defending…
Read MoreUS CENTCOM captures ISIS operative, associates in helicopter raid in Syria
Fox News U.S. Central Command forces over the weekend captured an ISIS operative and his associates in a helicopter raid that the command believes will help further destabilize the terrorist group. CENTCOM said the helicopter raid was carried out in Syria late Saturday evening. The forces captured Hudayfah al Yemeni – an “ISIS attack facilitator”…
Read MoreNew floods in Burundi displace thousands of families
Washington Post More than 4,000 families have been displaced in the last week due to floods in Burundi’s western region of Gatumba https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/burundi-floods-river-families-displaced/d5015440-d962-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreAs India inches closer as world’s most populous nation, interest in birth control continues to decline
Fox News Pratima Kumari, a government health worker in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, sets off on her mini scooter every morning, crisscrossing vast corn fields and pineapple orchards to visit villages and meet young, married couples. She offers condoms and birth control pills for free in the Kishanganj district and talks to the…
Read MoreAn Escobar hippo killed in highway collision in Colombia
Washington Post Environmental authorities in Colombia say a hippopotamus descended from animals illegally brought to Colombia by the late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar has died in a collision with an SUV near Escobar’s hacienda https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/colombia-hippopotomus-pablo-escobar-crash-vehicle/48ec4b1c-d95e-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreAlcoholic dog suffered ‘withdrawal’ after owner died, shelter claims: ‘A first for us’
Fox News A dog apparently suffering from alcohol withdrawal was mended back to health in what an animal welfare trust in the United Kingdom called “a first for us.” Coco, a two-year-old Labrador mix, was brought to Woodside Animal Rescue Trust in Plympton, England, earlier this year along with another dog after their owner died,…
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