Rebels capture the strategic town after days of fierce fighting, drawing condemnation from the UN. M23 rebels have captured the strategic town of Kitshanga in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after days of fierce fighting, drawing condemnation from the UN. The DRC army on Friday confirmed the withdrawal of its forces, calling it a tactical … Read more
A 19ft-long great white shark decapitated a diver earlier this month while harvesting shellfish off the coast of Mexico, marking the first fatal shark attack of the year. The horrific tragedy happened on Jan. 5 as Manuel Lopez, 53, collected ax guts – a type of mollusc – off Benito Juárez in Sonora on Mexico’s … Read more
An anti-Islam activist burned copies of the Muslim holy book near a mosque in Copenhagen and outside the Turkish embassy in Denmark. Rasmus Paludan, a far-right activist who holds both Danish and Swedish citizenship, had previously infuriated the Turkish government by staging a Koran-burning protest in Sweden on January 21. On Friday, he replicated the … Read more
BREAKBREAK, The shooting follows a deadly Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank on Thursday in the Jenin refugee camp in which nine Palestinians were killed. A gunman opened fire and killed at least five people outside a synagogue in East Jerusalem before being shot, according to Israeli medics. After Friday’s shooting, the Magen David … Read more
Gaza City – A deadly Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank has caused grief and anger in Gaza. Rockets were fired into Israel and hundreds of Palestinians took part in vigils and rallies to condemn what they describe as a “massacre”. After the deaths of nine Palestinians in Thursday’s Israeli raid in Jenin, armed … Read more
A guard is killed and two others injured by a man armed with an assault rifle, according to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry. A guard was killed in an attack on Azerbaijan’s embassy in Iran, the country’s foreign ministry said. “The attacker broke through the guard post, killing the security chief with a Kalashnikov assault rifle,” … Read more
The 4,300-year-old mummy was found covered in layers of gold near the Step Pyramid of Saqqara. Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a pharaonic tomb near the capital, Cairo, containing what may be the oldest and “most complete” mummy yet to be discovered in the country. The 4,300-year-old mummy was found at the bottom of a 15-metre … Read more
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING HISTORY, The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said a guard was killed in the attack. A guard was killed in an armed attack on the Azerbaijani embassy in Tehran, the Iranian capital, the country’s foreign ministry said. “The attacker broke through the guard post, killing the security chief with a Kalashnikov assault rifle,” he said. … Read more
Israel launched several airstrikes on the blockaded Gaza Strip a day after Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians – including an elderly woman – in the Jenin refugee camp, marking one of the deadliest raids in the occupied West Bank. the Israeli army for years. Local sources in Gaza told Al Jazeera that Israeli warplanes hit … Read more
Israeli troops killed 10 Palestinians in one of the deadliest days in the occupied West Bank since Israeli raids intensified early last year. According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, nine of the Palestinians killed were in the Jenin refugee camp, after Israeli forces raided the area. The other Palestinian, a 22-year-old man, was shot dead … Read more
