Category: World News
Budapest and Poland’s Wroclaw reinforce river banks ahead of more flooding in Central Europe
Fox News Soldiers and firefighters used sandbags to reinforce river embankments and delivered food and drinking water to cut-off communities as the worst flooding in years moved Tuesday across a broad swath of Central Europe, taking lives and destroying homes. Heavy flooding has affected a large part of the region in recent days, including the…
Read MoreMilitants launch deadly attack on training camp in Mali’s capital
Fox News Islamic militants attacked a military training camp and other locations in Mali’s capital Tuesday, sparking deadly gunbattles and the temporary closure of a nearby airport before troops were able to subdue the assailants, officials said. No details of casualties were immediately released. The militants tried to infiltrate the Faladie gendarme school in Bamako…
Read MoreThousands injured in Lebanon as pagers used by Hezbollah explode
Washington Post Pagers used by the militant group Hezbollah simultaneously exploded, injuring more than 2,800 people and killing at least nine, officials said. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/09/17/lebanon-pagers-exploding-hezbollah/
Read MoreWhat we know about the Hezbollah pagers attack
Washington Post The scale of an apparent attack targeting thousands of Hezbollah members across Lebanon at the same time, using their own devices, is unprecedented. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/17/hezbollah-pagers-batteries-explosion-israel-lebanon/
Read MorePortugal wracked by blazes at tail end of Europe’s wildfire season
Washington Post Three firefighters died battling the blazes, Portugal’s prime minister said, adding the country was going through “difficult days.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/17/portugal-wildfires-firefighter-deaths/
Read MoreTop Russian official lands in Iran amid US, UK concerns over alleged nuclear deal
Fox News Top Russian security official Sergei Shoigu landed in Iran on Tuesday for talks with his counterpart just one day after reports surfaced suggesting the U.S. and the U.K. are increasingly concerned over an alleged nuclear deal between Tehran and Moscow. Details of Shoigu’s meeting in Iran remain scarce, but U.S. officials have increasingly…
Read MoreMass rape trial lays bare France’s disturbing culture of sexual assault, critics allege
Fox News WARNING: Content in the following story may be disturbing for some readers. A mass-rape trial in France has exposed what many have called a “rape culture” that has run rampant in the country. “Today I maintain that, along with the other men here, I am a rapist,″ Dominique Pélicot, 71, said during a…
Read MoreBlinken travels to Egypt for cease-fire talks as Israel adds new war goal
Fox News The Biden administration’s efforts to secure a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas via shuttle diplomacy continued Tuesday as Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due to fly to Egypt in another attempt to “establish broader regional security.” The U.S., in coordination with Egypt and Qatar, has been leading indirect negotiations in the…
Read MoreLebanon explosions: Hezbollah apparently targeted as pagers detonate, hundreds reported hurt
Fox News Hundreds were injured when handheld pagers exploded across Lebanon on Tuesday in an apparent targeting of Hezbollah members, according to a state media report. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported that “the handheld pagers system was detonated using advanced technology, and dozens of injuries were reported” in Beirut’s southern suburbs and other areas.…
Read MorePossible ancient meteor crater found by Canadian man planning trip using Google Maps
Fox News If you see something unusual, don’t overlook it. It could just be an ancient discovery. Joël Lapointe from Quebec, Canada, was investigating the Côte-Nord region ahead of a camping trip using Google Maps when he found what could be a crater left behind by an ancient space rock. While using Google Map’s satellite…
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