3 days, 640,000 children, 1.3M doses. The plan to vaccinate Gaza's young against polio
The U.N. is about to launch an ambitious campaign to vaccinate 640,000 children in Gaza against polio, a disease that doctors fear has spread in the territory due to the massive humanitarian catastrophe unleashed by Israel's military offensive there.
Brazil blocks Musk’s X after company refuses to name local representative amid feud with judge
Brazil has started blocking Elon Musk’s social media platform X, making it largely inaccessible on both the web and through its mobile app after the company refused to comply with a judge’s order.
A Palestinian TikTok star who shared details of Gaza life under siege is killed by Israeli airstrike
The 19-year-old Palestinian TikTok star Medo Halimy began making his “tent life” video series when he took refuge with his family earlier this year in a strip of southern Gaza that Israel has designated a humanitarian safe zone.
An Israeli boy who broke an ancient jar learns how the museum is piecing it back together
A 4-year-old boy whose curiosity led to the destruction of a 3,500-year-old jar has returned to the museum in northern Israel where it happened, welcomed by forgiving curators who are using the accident as an educational opportunity.
Election 2024 Latest: Trump to appear at Moms for Liberty event, Harris campaign launches bus tour
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is scheduled to appear at the annual gathering of Moms for Liberty, a national nonprofit that has spearheaded efforts to get mentions of LGBTQ+ identity and structural racism out of K-12 classrooms.
Poland eases abortion access with new guidelines for doctors under a restrictive law
Seeking to Poland’s government is easing access to abortion for women needing to end a pregnancy for health reasons, issuing guidelines to doctors that reaffirm the legality of the procedure when based on medical recommendations.
Searchers recover 3 bodies from Thai rail tunnel that collapsed during construction
Thai officials say the bodies of three foreign workers who were trapped for days in a railway tunnel in northeastern Thailand that collapsed while under construction have been retrieved after an intensive rescue effort.
Israeli strike kills 4 Palestinians in an aid convoy to a Gaza hospital. Israel says they were armed
An Israeli military strike has hit the first vehicle in a convoy carrying medical supplies and fuel to an Emirati hospital in the Gaza Strip, killing four Palestinians associated with a local transportation company.
The first election in a decade is planned in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Here's what to know
Residents of Indian-controlled Kashmir are gearing up for their first regional election in a decade that will allow them to have their own truncated government, also known as a local assembly, instead of remaining under New Delhi’s direct rule.
New Trump book defends 2018 Putin meeting, taunts rivals and threatens to imprison Meta's Zuckerberg
In a new book, former President Donald Trump threatens to imprison Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg if the tech mogul does anything akin to his 2020 donations that helped fund local election offices.
Houthi video shows the Yemeni rebels planted bombs on tanker now threatening Red Sea oil spill
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have released footage showing that they boarded and intentionally set explosives aboard a Greek-flagged tanker that was earlier abandoned after they repeatedly attacked it, putting the Red Sea at risk of a major oil spill.
Malaysia beefs up search for Indian tourist who fell into sinkhole a week ago
The search for an Indian tourist who was swallowed by a sinkhole in Malaysia’s capital has entered a seventh day, with the operation hampered by strong undercurrent flows and worries about soil instability after a second sinkhole emerged nearby.
UK government mulling crackdown on outdoor smoking; prospect widely criticized by pub industry
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has confirmed that his government is looking at introducing tougher anti-smoking measures, which could potentially see a ban on smoking in outdoor spaces, including at pubs and restaurants.
Former national police chief in Thailand charged in alleged cover-up of Red Bull heir's deadly crash
Prosecutors in Thailand have indicted a former national police chief in connection with an alleged cover-up of a 2012 crash involving an heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune that killed a police officer.
Danish court rejects extradition to India of an arms smuggling suspect
A Danish court has rejected the extradition request from India of a Danish national accused of being involved in a 1995 arms smuggling case, going against Denmark’s top prosecuting authority which had given the green light to sending Niels Holck abroad.
US forces ready with a 'range of options' to deal with South China Sea aggression, US admiral says
A U.S. admiral says American forces are ready with a “range of options” to deal with increasing acts of aggression in the disputed South China Sea after consultations with treaty ally the Philippines.
The plot to attack Taylor Swift's Vienna shows was intended to kill thousands, a CIA official says
The suspects in the foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna earlier this month sought to kill “tens of thousands” of fans before the CIA discovered intelligence that disrupted the planning and led to arrests.
EU's top diplomat ramps up pressure on Ukraine's backers to permit strikes on targets inside Russia
The European Union's top diplomat is pressing Ukraine’s international backers to lift restrictions on the use of weapons they provide so the country's armed forces can strike military targets inside Russia.
Chinese leader Xi meets US national security adviser as the two powers try to avoid conflict
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has met with U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan as the latter wound up a three-day visit to Beijing with the stated aim of keeping communications open in a relationship that has become increasingly tense in recent years.
Brazil top court threatens to suspend X operations in latest twist of ongoing feud
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice is threatening to shut down the operations of X, formerly Twitter, in that country unless its billionaire owner Elon Musk names a legal representative in Brazil within 24 hours.
Tropical storm Shanshan lashes Japan with torrential rains and strong winds on its crawl northeast
A strong storm is lashing southern Japan with torrential rain and strong winds, causing at least three deaths as it crawls up the length of the archipelago and raising concerns of flooding, landslides and extensive damage.
A military court has sentenced a Myanmar journalist to life in prison, outlet's editor says
The editor of an independent online news service in Myanmar says a military court has given a life prison sentence to one of its journalists and sentenced another to 20 years after convicting them under a counterterrorism law.
The Latest: FBI says gunman in Trump assassination attempt saw ‘target of opportunity’
A senior FBI official says the gunman in the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump searched online for events of both Trump and President Joe Biden and saw the Pennsylvania campaign rally where he opened fire last month as a “target of opportunity.”.
Telegram CEO Durov faces preliminary charges in France of allowing crime on messaging app
French authorities have handed Telegram CEO Pavel Durov preliminary charges for allowing alleged criminal activity on his messaging app and barred him from leaving France pending further investigation.