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filo/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. military has unleashed large-scale retaliatory airstrikes against multiple Houthi targets in Yemen following months of attacks by the Iranian-backed militants on commercial shipping in the Red Sea, a U.S. official said Thursday. The official said that the strikes involved a mix of fighter jets and Tomahawk cruise missiles launched […]
Yemen’s Houthi loyalists lift their weapons as they take part in an armed parade for more than 20,000 members who have finished a military course, staged to show their willingness to battle any potential attack by the recently created coalition by the U.S., Dec. 20, 2023 in Amran province, Yemen. (Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — […]
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than a month after a temporary cease-fire between Hamas and Israel ended, Israel continues its bombardment of Gaza. The end of the cease-fire came after Hamas freed over 100 of the more than 200 people its militants took hostage during the Oct. 7 surprise attack on Israel. In exchange, […]
MICROGEN IMAGES/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (LONDON) — Archaeologists in the United Kingdom have announced a major historical discovery dating back to as early as the 6th century after finding the buried remains of over 20 people alongside a range of grave goods including knives, jewelery and pottery vessels, officials said. Scientists working on the National […]
KeithBinns/Getty Images (LONDON) — An oil tanker was seized by the Iranian Navy in the waters between Iran and Oman on Thursday, according to state media. Iran’s state-run news agency IRNA published a brief story confirming the seizure by the navy but did not identify the vessel. Earlier Thursday, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations […]
Members of the Armed Forces frisk men during an operation to protect civil security in Quito, on Jan. 10, 2024. (Stringer/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — At least 125 prison guards and 14 administrative staffers were being held hostage in five prisons in Ecuador, as nationwide civil unrest continued in the wake of President […]
KeithBinns/Getty Images (LONDON) — The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said Thursday that it has received a report of several gunmen boarding a ship in the waters between Oman and Iran. Four to five “unauthorized” individuals who were “armed” and “wearing military style black uniforms with black masks” reportedly boarded the vessel early Thursday […]
Amir Levy/Getty Images (LONDON) — The death toll in Gaza has reached a grim milestone, with one of every 100 Palestinians there killed since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war, which started following Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. With 23,357 killed in Israel’s military operation in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run […]
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than a month after a temporary cease-fire between Hamas and Israel ended, Israel continues its bombardment of Gaza. The end of the cease-fire came after Hamas freed over 100 of the more than 200 people its militants took hostage during the Oct. 7 surprise attack on Israel. In exchange, […]
An Ecuadorean police squad approach the premises of Ecuador’s TC television channel after unidentified gunmen burst into the state-owned television studio live on air on Jan. 9, 2024, in Guayaquil, Ecuador. (Marcos Pin/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Armed and masked gunmen stormed a television station in Ecuador during a live broadcast on Tuesday, […]
