Israeli women who were held hostage in Gaza denounce sexual violence by Hamas
Israeli women who were hostages of Hamas in Gaza assured today in a committee of the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) that those who remain captive in the Strip suffer sexual abuse by...
21 Israeli soldiers are killed in Gaza as criticism of war’s handling rises at...
The Israeli army said Tuesday that 21 soldiers were killed in the Gaza Strip in the deadliest attack on its troops since the war began, as criticism grows over the government’s handling...
Landslide in mountainous southwestern China buries 47 people
A landslide in southwestern China’s mountainous Yunnan province early on Monday buried 47 people, killing at least two, and forced the evacuation of 200 more amid freezing temperatures and falling snow.
At least 27 people are reported killed in an attack on Donetsk in Russian-occupied...
Moscow-installed officials said Ukrainian shelling killed at least 27 people and wounded 25 on Sunday at a market on the outskirts of Donetsk, a Russian-occupied city in the eastern part of the...
Power line falls on car during Oregon ice storm, killing 3 and injuring a...
A power line fell on a parked car in northeast Portland, Oregon, on Wednesday, killing three people and injuring a baby during an ice storm that turned roads and mountain highways treacherous...
Woman rescued 5 days after Japan quake, as death toll tops 120
A woman was rescued from a collapsed house in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture on Saturday, five days after a powerful earthquake struck the prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast, as the death...
Trains collide on Indonesia’s main island of Java, killing at least 4 people
Two trains collided on Indonesia’s main island of Java on Friday, causing carriages to buckle and overturn and killing at least four people, officials said.The accident happened about 500 meters (yards) from...
Quake death toll in central Japan tops 80, with 72-hr window closing
Search and rescue operations continued in central Japan after it was struck by a powerful earthquake on New Year's Day, with the death toll rising above 80 and some 80 more unaccounted...
73 killed in Noto earthquake, search operations continue
At least 73 people were killed in the powerful earthquake that jolted the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas in central Japan on New Year's Day as rescuers raced against time to find...
South Korean police raid house of suspect who stabbed opposition leader Lee in the...
South Korean police on Wednesday raided the residence and office of a man who stabbed the country’s opposition leader, Lee Jae-myung, in the neck in an attack that left him hospitalized in an intensive...