(LONDON) -- Sudan's Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group have advanced eastwards towards the key administrative and humanitarian hub of Port Sudan, claiming to have taken the key town of Sinja, the capital of Sennar State.Over 60,000 people have fled Sinja Town, south of Sudan's capital Khartoum, to neighboring localities according…
(TEL AVIV, Israel) -- The Israeli military is preparing a phased pullout from Gaza and quietly pressing the government to broker a truce with Hamas as quickly as possible, as the military works to clear the decks ahead of what officials say could be a withering war with the powerful…
(NEW YORK) -- Dr. Cecilia Laguzzi was sleeping while on an overnight flight home to Uruguay when the mother of two said she was woken up by severe turbulence and found her 2-year-old son stuck in the ceiling above the overhead compartment."It was an image I will never forget," Laguzzi…
(SAO GONCALO DO AMARANTE, Brazil) -- Forty people were injured, some seriously, after an Air Europa flight from Spain to Uruguay experienced strong turbulence and was diverted to Brazil, officials said.Flight UX045 experienced "heavy" turbulence early Monday morning but landed safely at Natal International Airport in São Gonçalo do Amarante,…
(NEW YORK) -- Hurricane Beryl has been upgraded to a Category 5 and is being described as “potentially catastrophic,” the National Hurricane Center announced Monday night.Maximum sustained winds have increased to 160 mph, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Hurricane Hunters.Beryl is currently moving across the eastern Caribbean…
(ST GEORGE'S, Grenada) -- Warmer-than-usual ocean temperatures have allowed for the earliest-ever Category 4 hurricane on record to barrel through the Atlantic Basin, records show.Hurricane Beryl was a Category 4 storm Monday morning as it approached the Caribbean islands of St. Vincent, Grenadines, Grenada, and Carriacou and Petite Martinique islands…
(PARIS) -- The Rassemblement National, France's main far-right party, made significant strides in the country's first round of snap legislative elections on Sunday.Together with its allies, it rallied close to 11 million French voters, totaling 33.2% of the vote, bringing it closer to being able to form a government after…
(SEOUL, South Korea) -- North Korea test-launched on Monday two ballistic missiles, one of which may have failed and fallen to the ground before reaching the sea, according to South Korea's military and media."We strongly condemn North Korea's missile launch as a clear provocation that seriously threatens peace and stability…
(NEW YORK) -- At least 30 people are dead and more than 100 were left injured after multiple suicide bombings were carried out at various locations in Nigeria over the weekend, sources said Sunday.The first attack on Saturday was carried out by a woman, Alhaji Mohammed Shehu Timta, the Emir…
(LONDON) -- Imagine hosting a party for more than half a million people where you had to manage 3,000 staff, more than 55 kitchens and nearly 300 chefs in one of the largest catering operations in the world, all while making sure everybody gets what they want so they leave…
