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Getty Images – STOCK (GREECE) — An American tourist found dead over the weekend on a beach on the Greek Island of Mathraki has been identified by authorities. Toby Sheets, a 55-year-old New Yorker, died from drowning, Ioannis Aivatidis, the coroner in Corfu, Greece, who performed the autopsy, told ABC News on Tuesday. The U.S. […]
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (LONDON) — Almost 150 civilians have been killed since the beginning of June in the Democratic Republic of Congo, local authorities announced. It comes following a spike in attacks by the Islamic State group-affiliated Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in the east of the Central African nation. At least 42 people were killed in […]
Contributor/Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is expected to arrive in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday evening, amid isolation from the international community resulting from Russia’s prolonged invasion into Ukraine. He will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for a summit talk during the two-day trip to discuss further cooperation […]
Tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip are pictured on June 4, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, negotiations are apparently stalled to secure the release of hostages taken […]
Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — An Indian national has been extradited to the United States to face charges he directed a plot to kill a critic of the Indian government in New York City. Nikhil Gupta is accused of paying a hit man to assassinate Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a leader of Sikhs for […]
A Palestinian boy sits in a truck of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. Many Palestinians have sought refuge in a United Nations-run school in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing hostilities. (Photo by Ahmed Zakot/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) […]
Greg Bajor/Getty Images (INVERCARGILL, New Zealand) — A Virgin Australia flight made an emergency landing in New Zealand after a “possible bird strike,” the airline said in a statement. Flight VA 148 from Queenstown to Melbourne was diverted shortly after takeoff, the airline said on Monday. The Boeing 737 landed at Invercargill Airport, where it […]
Tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip are pictured on June 4, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, negotiations are apparently stalled to secure the release of hostages taken […]
Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images (LONDON) — Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea on an official state visit beginning on Tuesday, the Kremlin said on Monday. Putin’s trip, which is scheduled to last for three days, follows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s visit to Russia in September 2023. Putin will spend two […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (LONDON) — The first hearing in the espionage trial of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been scheduled for June 26 in Russia, according to the Sverdlovsk Regional Court. The Russian prosecutor’s office announced earlier this month that the reporter would stand trial on espionage charges, officially ending any future pre-detention […]
