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The roar of an Israeli airstrike, buildings collapsed and a family buried under rubble
Sana’a al-Kulak and her son Mohammed survived hours in the wreckage; 17 family members did not. The Israeli military called the civilian casualties “unintended.”
Israeli airstrikes kill 42 in Gaza as Biden, regional partners push for cease-fire
Predawn Israeli airstrikes buried several Palestinian families beneath mounds of rubble; rockets bombarded Tel Aviv and southern Israel; and Arab-Israeli civil unrest has expanded into the West Bank.
An Israeli warning, an airstrike and then outrage over hit on Gaza media building
The Committee to Project Journalists expressed concerns that Israel was "deliberately targeting media facilities in order to disrupt coverage of the human suffering in Gaza."
At Britain’s Wembley Stadium, the venerable FA Cup is also a science study for post-pandemic crowds
Evidence of a negative coronavirus rest is required to enter the stadium.
China lands rover on Mars in ‘milestone’ achievement
China's space program joins NASA as the only nations to have rovers on the Red Planet.
What’s behind the violence in Israel and Gaza?
Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip ramped up Friday as the threat of all-out war loomed and hundreds of tanks and warplanes pounded the densely populated territory with artillery.
She was a transgender social media star in Cameroon. Now she faces five years in prison.
Police arrested Shakiro for dressing in women's clothing, her lawyer said.
Taiwan raises coronavirus alert level as residents stockpile toilet paper and food
Taiwan, a covid success story, is now battling a surge of covid cases
India’s coronavirus crisis spreads to its villages, where health care is hard to find
Rural areas, where over 65 percent of India’s 1.3 billion people live, had been spared in the first wave of the pandemic but are now facing devastating numbers of infections.
WHO chief urges wealthy countries to share doses before vaccinating kids
For months, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and other officials have warned that the vast global gap in vaccine access is not only a “catastrophic moral failure” but a threat to public health.
Janine Brookner, ousted CIA officer who challenged agency in court, dies at 80
After her career was stymied, she became a lawyer and led legal fights for whistleblowers and women alleging discrimination.
Israeli forces hit Hamas tunnels in Gaza as all-out war looms; more rockets rain down
The 40-minute midnight assault involved 160 Israeli warplanes and three brigades of ground forces, including tanks, according to a spokesman for the Israeli military.
The Hamas ‘Metro’ tunnel network: Secret, sprawling and in Israeli crosshairs
A ferocious series of strikes on the Gaza Strip, launched by Israel at midnight Thursday, targeted a vast network of underground tunnels used by Palestinian militants, Israeli officials said Friday.
With strikes targeting rockets and tunnels, the Israeli tactic of ‘mowing the grass’ returns to Gaza
Since Hamas took over the Palestinian territory, the Israeli military has focused not on defeating them but undermining them.
In West Bank, deadly clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces open new flash point
At least 11 Palestinians were killed in West Bank protests calling for solidarity with Gaza.
How conflict, blockades and history have shaped the geography of Gaza
With approximately 2.1 million people, Gaza is one of the most densely populated places in the world. That means that even targeted airstrikes have a high likelihood of hitting civilians.
Israel told the media it had ground forces in Gaza. Then it changed the story.
The IDF apologized for what it said was miscommunication, but did not offer a clear explanation of why foreign reporters were given false information.
Leaders turn to coronavirus vaccine incentives — Shake Shack, $1 million prizes and more
State and local leaders around the U.S. are hoping freebies and other incentives can boost vaccination rates as demand for a coronavirus shot slows.
Afghans welcome tenuous cease-fire, but many express frustration that a permanent peace seems out of reach
“It’s not enough,” said a former journalist in Kunduz. “Every Afghan wants an end to violence and a permanent cease-fire."
Israel stages new round of heavy airstrikes on Gaza City
Israeli warplanes have unleashed a series of heavy airstrikes in Gaza City hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled the fourth war with Gaza’s Hamas rulers would rage on
Brazil city offers COVID shots to all 18-60 as part of test
As some Brazilian states strain to get coronavirus vaccines to complete immunizing their seniors, a city in the interior of Sao Paulo state devoted all its doses Sunday to a mass immunization for all residents 18 to 60 years old as part of a medical research project for the pandemic
Israeli paramedics: 2 dead in synagogue bleacher collapse
Israeli medics say two people are dead and more than 150 injured in a bleacher collapse at an uncompleted West Bank synagogue
Bruno Covas, mayor of Sao Paulo, dies of cancer at age 41
Bruno Covas, the mayor of Sao Paulo, has died of cancer at the age of 41
Arrests in UK over claims antisemitic abuse hurled from cars
British police say they have arrested four people over videos posted on social media that appear to show violent antisemitic language being shouted from a convoy of cars driving through London
