(TEL AVIV, Israel) -- After being out of commission for almost two weeks, the U.S. military's temporary pier has been repaired and was reattached to a beach in Gaza on Friday morning with humanitarian aid deliveries expected to resume "in the coming days," said a top U.S. military official.The Joint…
(WASHINGTON) -- A date has finally been set for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress.House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell announced that Netanyahu will address a joint meeting of Congress on July 24."I am very moved to have the privilege of representing Israel before…
(AUSTRALIA) -- Several seabird populations have an increasingly dangerous predator as the effects of climate change worsen: Hurricanes.As the frequency and intensity of hurricanes -- referred to as tropical cyclones internationally -- increase, seabird species' ecosystem and community recovery become strained, researchers warn.In a study published Thursday in Nature, researchers…
(NEW YORK) -- President Joe Biden marked the 80th anniversary of D-Day by honoring the bravery of the American World War II veterans who stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, alongside U.S. allies, as he tied Allied efforts against Nazi Germany to their front against Russia's war in Ukraine."We know…
(LONDON) -- Scores of civilians are feared dead in Sudan's Al Jazirah state following attacks by the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group around the village of Wad Al-Noora on Wednesday."Up to a hundred" people were killed as the RSF militia besieged the village, attacking the village twice with heavy artillery,…
(NEW YORK) -- At least four people are dead and 26 others injured after a passenger train and freight train collided in the Czech Republic, authorities said.The crash occurred in Pardubice, about 73 miles east of Prague.Rescue teams are on the scene clearing the accident site, Czech national police said…
(RUSSIA) -- A Russian-Ukrainian national suspected of being involved in a terrorist conspiracy was taken into custody after being injured in an explosion in France earlier this week, officials announced Wednesday.The 26-year-old man was "picked up by firefighters in a hotel near Paris for severe burns following an explosion," the…
(RUSSIA) -- A Russian cosmonaut became the first person to spend a cumulative 1,000 days in space, Russia's space agency Roscosmos announced Wednesday.Oleg Kononenko, 59, reached the record while on his current mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS).Kononenko's current mission to the ISS began Sept. 15, 2023, and is…
(LONDON) -- Six people, including the alleged gunman, have been arrested in connection with a shooting Wednesday morning near the entrance to the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, that injured a Lebanese guard, authorities said.Shots from "small arms" were heard at about 8:34 a.m. local time, the embassy said.The alleged…
(NEW YORK) -- This year's World Environment Day comes with a sobering reminder about the severity of global warming, according to climate experts.New climate warnings were announced Wednesday, including that the planet is experiencing its warmest May on record – in turn bringing the tally to twelve consecutive months of…
