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Higher tariffs are set to take effect this week, but the data is not showing that they have been working so far. And, Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff speaks with hostages’ families in Israel.
Hundreds of retired Israeli security officials including former heads of intelligence agencies have urged US President Donald Trump to pressure their own government to end the war in Gaza.
Astronomer Professor Michele Dougherty is the first woman in over 350-year history to be appointed the UK’s Astronomer Royal. She’ll serve as the official adviser to King Charles III on astronomical matters.
President Trump’s 39% tariff on goods from Switzerland is among the world’s steepest import taxes. For the European nation, the announcement comes at an unwelcome time.
President Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, met over the weekend with hostages’ families in Israel, a week after ceasefire talks fell apart.
This week, HEAL Palestine, a non-profit organization, will carry out the largest known evacuation of wounded children from Gaza to the United States. Co-founder Zeena Salman shares some of the children’s stories.
President Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, met over the weekend with hostages’ families in Israel, a week after ceasefire talks fell apart. This as many continue to express outrage over hunger in Gaza.
A local tour boat operator paused an excursion so he could film the waterspouts off Italy’s east coast.
A man in his 40s has died after falling at an Oasis concert at London’s Wembley Stadium, the police said Sunday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appealed to the International Committee of the Red Cross for help aiding hostages in Gaza, as outrage built at videos showing two of them emaciated.
The Syrian government under interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa has been struggling to consolidate control since he led a surprise insurgency that ousted former President Bashar Assad in December.
The five miners were trapped deep inside Chile’s El Teniente mine on Thursday after a section of the mine collapsed following a 4.2 magnitude earthquake.
The World Food Programme says el-Fasher, encircled by RSF paramilitary fighters, has not had food deliveries for over a year.
About 3,200 workers who build F-15 fighter jets and other military aircraft voted to reject the firm’s latest offer.
Dozens are still missing after a boat carrying more than 150 migrants – many believed to be Ethiopian – sank off Yemen’s south coast.
Researchers in Cuba and the UK are working together to reveal the biological secrets of the beautiful but endangered Polymita snail.
An undercover BBC investigation reveals the women who involve children as young as 13 in sex work.
More than 150 Ethiopian migrants were on board the boat when it sank in the Gulf of Aden off the southern Yemeni province of Abyan, the International Organization for Migration in Yemen said.
Wedding-themed parties – minus the marriage – have become popular among young Indians chasing new experiences.
The redistricting would create five new Republican-leaning seats in the US House of Representatives.
Police say the suspect was “a regular” at the bar where he opened fire, and that a bartender and three patrons were among the victims.