Tiger mauls handler at amusement park
A tiger mauled its handler at a popular amusement park on the Gold Coast in Australia, leaving the experienced worker hospitalized with “serious lacerations and puncture wounds” to her arm. The unnamed…
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Ukraine carries out one of its biggest-ever drone attacks on Russia
The short videos show plumes of smoke rising from targets in Moscow and the neighboring Tver region. The Russian Defense Ministry acknowledged the size of the Ukrainian attack, but downplayed…
It’s Texas 60 miles from North Korea: the US military’s largest overseas base
Rock stars get to see more of the world than most of us, but when members of the quintessential 2000s’ rock band Hoobastank jetted into the US military base of…
Pope Francis embarks on his longest trip yet as Catholic Church pivots to Asia
He is 87 years old and in recent years has battled health difficulties and begun using a wheelchair. But Pope Francis is embarking on the longest trip of his pontificate.…
Celebrity ‘Russian spy’ whale found dead in Norwegian waters
Norway (AP) — A white beluga whale named “Hvaldimir,” first spotted in Norway not far from Russian waters with a harness that ignited rumors he may be a Moscow spy, has been…
Grief and fury on Israel’s streets, as hostage killings pile pressure on Netanyahu to secure ceasefire deal
From bustling Tel Aviv to the southern Israeli city of Eilat, tens of thousands of Israelis took to the streets in one of the biggest nationwide protests since the outbreak…
Helicopter crash that killed Iran’s president was caused by climatic conditions, report finds
An official investigation into the helicopter crash in May that killed Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and seven other people found it was caused by challenging climatic and atmospheric conditions, Iranian state TV…
Germany’s far-right party AfD set to win one state election, and is level in another, exit polls show
For the first time since 1945 a German far-right party is projected to win in regional elections, exit polls show. Founded in 2013, far-right Alternative für Deutschland – or Alternative…
What we know about the six hostages who Israel says were killed by Hamas in Gaza
The bodies of six hostages held by Hamas have been recovered in an underground tunnel in Gaza, Israel’s military said Sunday. The captives, including an Israeli American, were among the…
Hersh Goldberg-Polin: The ‘happy go lucky’ Israeli American who became a symbol of Israel’s enduring hostage heartbreak
Hersh Goldberg-Polin, one of the most recognizable faces of the heart-wrenching hostage crisis that sparked the Israel-Hamas war, has died, bringing a crushing end to a tireless and high-profile international campaign…