EPA Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described Hassan Nasrallah as “a path and a school of thought” Iran’s supreme leader has said the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah “will not go unavenged”, a day after he was killed in an Israeli air strike in Lebanon. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced five days of mourning in Iran in … Read more
Reuters The death toll is likely to rise as the rain is forecast to persist until Tuesday At least 66 people have died and 69 others are missing, officials say, after intense rainfall in Nepal caused flooding and landslides. The death toll in the central Asian nation is likely to rise as the rains – … Read more
BBC The view from inside Titan at the surface of a previous Titanic dive “I saw five people smiling, looking forward to their journey.” That was Renata Rojas’ recollection of her time on a support ship with five people bound for the Titanic wreck. They were about to climb into a submersible made by Oceangate. … Read more
Nine people have been killed in twin Russian drone strikes on a hospital in Ukraine’s north-eastern city of Sumy, Ukrainian officials say. They say the building was hit on Saturday morning, and was struck again when rescuers were evacuating people. At least 12 people were injured in the attack that destroyed several floors of the … Read more
Getty Images The annual United Nations General Assembly week is always frenetic. It may be called the Super Bowl of diplomacy, but this year perhaps a more appropriate analogy is a marathon. Not since World War Two have there been so many global conflicts piling up, with Lebanon on the brink just as leaders arrived … Read more
“American Gothic” is a famous piece of artwork by Iowa-born Grant Wood. The painting by Wood depicts a man and a woman standing in front of a house. The man, a farmer, wears overalls, with a pitchfork in his hand, looking straight at the viewer, where the woman’s head is turned slightly with a stern … Read more
Special agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) question a man while his vehicle is searched after he was stopped heading into Mexico at the Hidalgo border crossing. Getty Images More than 13,000 immigrants convicted of homicide — either in the United States or abroad — are living freely in the U.S., outside of Immigration and … Read more
America is in the home stretch of an abbreviated presidential race unlike any other. But after the chaos of the last few months, one thing is certain: “Saturday Night Live” will be on hand to skewer it all. NBC’s landmark sketch comedy series returns this weekend just in time to satirize the reshuffled fight for the White … Read more
Previously sporadic fighting escalated on 8 October 2023 – the day after the unprecedented attack on Israel by Hamas gunmen that triggered the war in Gaza. Hezbollah fired at Israeli positions, in solidarity with the Palestinians. The group has since launched more than 8,000 rockets at northern Israel and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. It has … Read more
EPA Zelensky during a meeting with Biden in the Oval Office It was billed as a decisive week for Ukraine. A chance for President Volodymyr Zelensky to present his boldly named “victory plan” to America’s most powerful politicians, during a visit to the US. But it’s unclear if Kyiv is any closer to getting any … Read more