
South Korea, US and Japan hold first-ever trilateral aerial exercise in face of North Korean threats
The South Korean, U.S. and Japanese militaries have held their first-ever trilateral aerial exercise in response to evolving North Korean nuclear threats
2023-10-22 20:51

Biden walks tightrope with support for Israel as allies and the left push for restraint
President Joe Biden is facing anew the balancing act of demonstrating full-throated support for America’s closet ally in the Middle East while trying to press the Israelis to act with enough restraint to keep their war with Hamas from metastasizing
2023-10-22 20:17

Watch live: Hundreds gather in Berlin for Israel solidarity demo at Brandenburg Gate
Watch live as hundreds of Israel supporters are expected to participate in a rally at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate on Sunday 22 October. The protest, entitled “Standing up against terror, hatred and antisemitism - in solidarity and compassion with Israel,” has been organised by Germany’s Central Council of Jews, political parties, unions and civil society. Demonstrations are continuing across Europe, a day after 100,000 people marched in a pro-Palestine rally in London. The British government on Sunday said it will speak to the Metropolitan Police about its decision not to act over a video showing protesters chanting “Jihad” on the streets of the capital, a Cabinet minister has said. No offences were identified in a video of a Hizb ut-Tahrir protest showing a man chanting “Jihad”. Immigration minister Robert Jenrick said “a lot of people” will find the Met’s analysis “surprising”, adding: “That’s something that we intend to raise with them and to discuss this incident with them.” A video posted on social media shows a man speaking into a microphone in front of a banner reading “Muslim Armies! Rescue the People of Palestine”, with the name of the group “Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain” on it. Read More Chancellor Scholz voices outrage at antisemitic agitation in Germany 'of all places' Rabbi who lost family in West Bank shooting ‘feels safer in Israel than the UK’ A jury is deliberating the case of a man accused of killing a New Hampshire couple on a hiking trail
2023-10-22 20:15

Polls open for Argentina election that could see right-wing populist win the presidency
Argentines began voting in an election that could see a right-wing populist who upended the political landscape become president and adopt controversial measures to shore up South America’s second-largest economy
2023-10-22 19:28

Argentina votes in election rocked by radical candidate
An outspoken anti-establishment economist has put his two main rivals on the defensive in the campaign.
2023-10-22 19:28

UK records a fourth death linked to a storm that battered northern Europe
Police said Sunday that a fourth person has died in Britain during a storm that pounded the U.K. and northern Europe with gale-force winds and torrential rain. Derbyshire Police said a woman in her 80s was found dead at a home in Chesterfield, central England. Her death was being linked to flooding in the area. In nearby Derby, the River Derwent reached its highest-ever recorded level on Saturday during a storm that brought 8 inches (200 mm) of rain to parts of Britain. Since Thursday, at least five people have died in the storm -- named Babet by the U.K. Meteorological Office -- that battered Britain, northern Germany and southern Scandinavia with powerful winds, heavy rain and sea surges. In Britain, a man and a woman were killed after being swept away by floodwaters, and another man died when a tree fell on his vehicle. In Germany, a 33-year-old woman was killed when a tree fell on her car on the Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn on Friday. A search was continuing for a man reported trapped in a vehicle in floodwater in Scotland. Some of the worst flooding was in eastern Scotland, where more than 300 homes were evacuated in the town of Brechin and residents told to leave before the River South Esk breached its banks Friday, surging almost 4 meters (13 feet) above its usual level and sending water pouring into the streets. Coast guard helicopters lifted more than half the staff off a North Sea oil platform almost 150 miles (240 kilometers) east of Scotland, after four of its eight anchors came loose during the storm on Saturday. Operator Stena Drilling said the Stena Spey platform was stable. The weather calmed Sunday but flooding continued to cause disruption to road and rail travel across a large swath of central and northern Britain. The Environment Agency issued more than 200 flood warnings for parts of England and said major rivers could remain flooded until Tuesday. Read More Pacific and Atlantic hurricanes Norma and Tammy make landfall on Saturday in Mexico and Barbuda A Detroit synagogue president was fatally stabbed outside her home. Police don't have a motive Iowa woman who made fake cancer claims on social media must pay restitution but stays out of prison
2023-10-22 19:20

Pacific and Atlantic hurricanes Norma and Tammy make landfall on Saturday in Mexico and Barbuda
Hurricane Norma came ashore near the Pacific resort of Los Cabos at the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula
2023-10-22 18:48

Why some members of Black sororities and fraternities don't want you to wear their letters
A Nashville teacher made headlines this month for removing a White elementary student's shirt because it was emblazoned with the letters of her historically Black sorority.
2023-10-22 18:29

The Swiss are electing their parliament. Polls show right-wing populists, Socialists may fare well
Swiss voters are casting final ballots to choose their next legislature
2023-10-22 18:23

Léopold Sédar Senghor: Senegal delays auction in France
Dakar wants to buy rings, watches and military decorations belonging to the nation's first president.
2023-10-22 18:22

Iran sentences 2 journalists for collaborating with US. Both covered Mahsa Amini's death
A court in Iran has sentenced two female journalists to up to seven years in prison for “collaborating” with the United States government among other charges
2023-10-22 18:16

Holocaust survivor visiting Israel safely escapes as war breaks out
"It went from wonderful to horrible in an instant," Charlotte Hauptman said of that fateful Saturday morning. "Not only did we hear the bombs, but we also found out there was an invasion of Hamas coming into the country. And we didn't know where or what or who they were."
2023-10-22 17:56