Hezbollah’s tunnels and flexible command weather Israel’s deadly blows
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM – Hezbollah’s flexible chain of command, together with its extensive tunnel network and a vast arsenal of missiles and weapons it has bolstered over the past year, is helping…
Dangers of broader Middle East war remain high as Iran can’t afford to see Hezbollah destroyed
Persuading Iran to stay out of the fray in Lebanon is key for Western attempts in pressuring Israel to stop attacks. Read More
Cape Town’s ‘bicycle mayor’ helps township girls embrace cycling
CAPE TOWN – As Sindile Mavundla guided young girls on their bikes through a street in Cape Town’s Khayelitsha township, he said he had one goal: to get more of…
Europe’s racial disparities cannot be untied from historical wrongs, report says
Racial disparities in some European nations cannot be tackled if legacies of colonialism and slavery are ignored, a report by a EU-wide network of anti-racism groups said on Wednesday. Read…
Austria’s polarising far-right leader bids to become chancellor
VIENNA – He is abrasive, provocative and has one of the lowest approval ratings among top Austrian politicians, but far-right leader Herbert Kickl is still the man to beat in…
Climate change doubles chance of floods like those in Central Europe, report says
WARSAW – Climate change has made downpours like the one that caused devastating floods in central Europe this month twice as likely to occur, a report said on Wednesday, as…
Climate change doubles chance of floods like those in Central Europe, report says
WARSAW – Climate change has made downpours like the one that caused devastating floods in central Europe this month twice as likely to occur, a report said on Wednesday, as…
Strange cellmates in a Brooklyn jail: Sean Combs and Sam Bankman-Fried
The jail, a hulking concrete structure with about 1,200 inmates, has long had a history of complaints. Read More
Russia’s Lavrov says UN turns blind eye to Kursk incursion by Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the U.N. was turning a blind eye to excesses committed by Ukrainian forces in their incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, launched last month. Read…
US woman dies in controversial suicide capsule in Switzerland
The woman had been suffering for many years from problems associated with severe immune compromise. Read More