JERUSALEM, Undefined - Israel's strikes on the Gaza Strip have led to an "unprecedented human catastrophe" in the Palestinian territory, the United Nations agency supporting Palestinian refugees said Sunday. Bulldozers shift the rubble of a home destroyed following an Israeli attack on the...
JERUSALEM, Undefined - Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas said Sunday that the policies and actions of Hamas "do not represent the Palestinian people", the news agency Wafa reported. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (Photo from AFP) The Palestinian Liberation Organisations (PLO) was the only...
WASHINGTON, United States -A US landlord was charged with murder and hate crimes Sunday after allegedly stabbing a Muslim woman and six-year-old boy dozens of times in an attack that police linked to the war between Israel and Hamas. The child, who was stabbed 26 times, died at hospital, but the...
RIO DE JANERIO, Brazil - More than 1,000 people demonstrated along Rio de Janeiro's iconic Copacabana beach on Sunday against Hamas as the death toll continued to climb in the conflict between the militant group and Israel. People attend a rally in support of the people of Israel at Copacabana...
WARSAW, Poland - Polish opposition parties are tipped to win a parliamentary majority in Sunday's election that would end eight years of rule by the populist Law and Justice (PiS) party, according to exit polls. This combination of photos created and taken on October 15, 2023 during the...
CAIRO, Egypt - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has categorically rejected the idea floated of expelling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, saying they should be able to stay as Israel battles Hamas. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken (Photo from AFP) Blinken is on a crisis tour of the Middle...
QUITO, Ecuador - Polls closed in Ecuador Sunday with no reports of violence as both presidential candidates cast their votes in bulletproof vests just weeks after a rival was murdered. This combination of pictures created on October 15, 2023 shows Ecuador's presidential candidates Luisa...
JERUSALEM - More than one million people have fled their homes in Gaza in scenes of chaos and despair as Israel bombarded the Hamas-ruled territory and continued massing troops Monday in preparation for a full-blown ground invasion. Peruvian President Dina Boluarte (3-L) disembarks with repatriated...
NEW YORK, United States–The US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer sharply scaled back its earnings outlook for the year, blaming lower-than-expected sales of two drugs used to treat Covid-19, the company said Friday. It now "anticipates full-year 2023 revenues to be in the range of $58.0 to...
BEIJING, China– Russian President Vladimir Putin heads to China next week to meet his "dear friend" Xi Jinping, forging even closer ties in a key strategic relationship in which experts say Moscow is increasingly the junior partner. Beijing is hosting representatives of 130 countries on...
AFP / MANILA BULLETIN GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories– Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip since Hamas's attack on southern Israel one week ago have killed at least 2,215 people, including 724 children, the Palestinian territory's Hamas-controlled health ministry said Saturday. Some...
A picture taken from the Israeli city of Sderot shows black dust and smoke ascending in the Palestinian Gaza Strip, on October 14, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. Hamas launched a large-scale attack on Israel on October 7 which killed 1,300...
