US Rep. Palmer drops out of House speaker race - statement
WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Gary Palmer has dropped out of the race to become House speaker, the Republican lawmaker
2023-10-24 21:50
Qatar becomes a key intermediary in Israel-Hamas war as fate of hostages hangs in the balance
The gas-rich nation of Qatar has become a key intermediary over the fate of some 200 hostages held by Hamas militants after their unprecedented attack on Israel over two weeks ago
2023-10-24 21:28
Pope accepts resignation of bishop of Polish diocese where gay orgy scandal under investigation
The pope has accepted the resignation of a Polish bishop whose diocese has been rocked for weeks by reports of a gay orgy in a priest’s apartment
2023-10-24 21:25
The Rock waxwork museum makes skin tone fix after criticism
Paris's Grevin Museum says it has "remedied the skin tone" of the life-sized wax figure overnight.
2023-10-24 21:15
Nigeria's paramilitary raids birthday party, arrests 76 gay people
Seventy-six people were arrested for attending a birthday party for gay people in northern Nigeria, the country's paramilitary agency said on Monday, adding that the organizer had also planned to hold a same sex wedding, which is illegal.
2023-10-24 20:57
Hong Kong may seek to kick-start ailing property market in policy address
By James Pomfret and Clare Jim HONG KONG Hong Kong is expected to announce lower stamp duties for
2023-10-24 20:52
A family's desperate search for missing Tanzanian student in Israel
The BBC names a Tanzanian student still missing in Israel weeks after Hamas attacked civilians.
2023-10-24 20:47
Ukraine's leader says Russian naval assets are no longer safe in the Black Sea near Crimea
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claims that recent Ukrainian attacks have denied the Russian fleet safe bases and secure maritime corridors in the western part of the Black Sea
2023-10-24 20:25
Love it or hate it, feelings run high over candy corn come Halloween
Cruel joke for trick-or-treaters or coveted seasonal delight
2023-10-24 20:22
Now freed, an Israeli hostage describes the 'hell' of harrowing Hamas attack and terrifying capture
Eighty-five year-old Yocheved Lifschitz spoke of a “hell that we never knew before and never thought we would experience” as she described the harrowing assault on her kibbutz by Hamas militants and the terror of being taken hostage into the Gaza Strip
2023-10-24 20:19
Freed hostage says she was held in 'spider's web' of Gaza tunnels
Speaking after being released by Hamas, Yocheved Lifschitz said she "went through hell" while in captivity.
2023-10-24 19:58
China announces the removal of defense minister missing for almost 2 months with little explanation
Chinese state media are reporting that the country has replaced Defense Minister Gen. Li Shangfu
2023-10-24 19:54