Brazilian police investigating the grim discovery of a boat full of corpses say the dead were likely African migrants from Mali and Mauritania. Fishermen off Brazil’s northern coastal state of Pará found the boat adrift Saturday in the Atlantic Ocean. Brazil’s Federal police said in a statement late Monday it …
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AL-MUGHAYYIR, West Bank — The attack by Israeli settlers on this Palestinian village was the worst anyone here could remember. There were pools of dried blood on the rooftop where assailants shot a man dead; a pile of lambs with their necks slit was thick with buzzing flies. At least …
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Authorities in the United Arab Emirates issued a red alert across the gulf nation advising citizens to remain vigilant as the weather condition continues to get worse Tuesday, forcing the government to shut down schools and send its employees to work remotely. Heavy rain and thunderstorms were witnessed across the …
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A federal judge is fining Texas $100,000 per day for routinely neglecting to adequately investigate allegations of abuse and neglect raised by children in the state’s struggling foster care system. U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack in Corpus Christi ruled Monday that the Texas Health and Human Services agency has …
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s highest criminal court reported a new development Thursday in the elusive quest for justice in the deadliest attack in the country’s history — the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center headquarters — concluding Iran had planned the attack and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group …
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The Iranian government Tuesday allowed the two Pakistanis aboard an Israeli ship to return to Pakistan, diplomatic sources said. According to the sources, Iran permitted the release of the Pakistani captives following efforts by the Foreign Office. They added that the Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Reza Amiri Moghadam assured the …
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BRUSSELS — A Brussels mayor on Tuesday ordered the shutdown of a gathering on “national conservatism” that was underway in the Belgian capital, giving Europe’s hard-right elites a further opportunity to rail against cancel culture and Brussels overreach. The event was supposed to be a two-day conference featuring the likes …
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President Ebrahim Raeisi has warned that any slightest action against Iran’s interests will be met with an “extensive and painful response.” Raeisi issued the warning during a telephone conversation with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Monday, two days after Iran launched hundreds of missiles and drones …
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Old Copenhagen Stock Exchange building was undergoing renovation when fire broke out on April 16, 2024. — Reuters A massive fire engulfed the old stock exchange building in Copenhagen Tuesday triggering people to save the artifacts and paintings as the structure was collapsing from the blaze. Videos released from the …
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Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will transition out of his role after two decades and assume the position of senior minister starting May 15. Lawrence Wong, Lee’s deputy, will succeed him, becoming Singapore’s fourth leader since independence in 1965. The Cabinet, largely unchanged, will maintain stability until the next general …
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