‘Today I saw death’: Tales of horror as floods hit Brazil
The toll in the flood so far is 83 dead and 111 missing. Read More
Brazil’s ex-President Bolsonaro to undergo health treatments in Sao Paulo
BRASILIA – Brazil’s former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro is traveling to Sao Paulo on Monday for treatment of an intestinal obstruction and a bout of erysipelas, a bacterial skin infection,…
US says it is studying Hamas response on Gaza ceasefire, will discuss with allies
WASHINGTON – The United States is studying Hamas’s response to a ceasefire proposal and will discuss it with allies in the Middle East in the coming hours, State Department spokesperson…
Pentagon sees no change in Russia’s strategic nuclear force posture
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon has not seen a change to Russia’s disposition of its strategic nuclear forces, it said on Monday, despite what it called “irresponsible rhetoric” from Moscow detailing…
Biden presses Netanyahu against Rafah invasion in Gaza
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to go ahead with a large-scale Israeli military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah on…
US sanctions Colombian maritime companies over alleged migrant smuggling
WASHINGTON – The U.S. issued visa sanctions against executives of several Colombia maritime companies allegedly linked to migrant smuggling through the Colombia-Panama border, a senior U.S. official said on Monday…
Turkey strikes northern Iraq from air, says it kills PKK members
ANKARA – Turkey hit northern Iraq with air strikes on Monday and claimed to have killed 16 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) sheltering there. Read More
Holocaust survivors march in Auschwitz in shadow of Oct 7 attacks
OSWIECIM, Poland – Several thousand Jews, including Holocaust survivors personally affected by the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, walked through the former Auschwitz Nazi German death camp on Monday…
Holocaust researchers use AI to search for unnamed victims
JERUSALEM – Researchers in Israel are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to comb through piles of records to try to identify hundreds of thousands of Jewish people killed in the…
SNP veteran John Swinney set to be Scotland’s next leader
LONDON – Scottish National Party (SNP) veteran John Swinney was confirmed the party’s new leader on Monday and is set to succeed Humza Yousaf as the country’s first minister after…