Opinion | Israel-Hezbollah war: not a question of if, but when
This could push Israel into an energy red zone, forcing the United States and Europe to rescue Tel Aviv. The West might also put pressure on countries such as Qatar, …
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Greece denies new report of brutality to migrants, including claim dozens were left to die at sea
Meanwhile, 11 people died and more than 60 were missing, including 26 children, following two migrant shipwrecks off Italy’s southern shores, aid groups, coastguard officials and United Nations agencies said …
‘A way to celebrate Europe’: Torchbearers begin Olympic flame’s journey across France
Joyful crowds gathered along the streets of France’s southern port of Marseille on Thursday to see torchbearers carrying the Olympic flame through the city’s most emblematic sites, a day after …
Iran seizes Israel-linked container ship in Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seized an Israeli-linked cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, days after Tehran said it could close the crucial shipping route and warned it would …
‘High risk’: Greece issues alert as early forest fires rage after 5 weeks without rain
Greece on Sunday raised its wildfire alert level to “high risk” after dozens of blazes broke out, the civil protection ministry said. On Saturday, “71 fires were declared in agricultural …
Survivors say about 60 died on boat trip from Libya
By Colleen Barry | Associated Press MILAN — Survivors rescued from a deflating rubber dinghy in the central Mediterranean Sea have reported that some 60 people who departed Libya with …
U.S. military aid ship heads to Gaza after Biden promises to build pier
The U.S. Army has dispatched a ship to send humanitarian aid to Gaza, Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Sunday, days after President Joe Biden vowed to build a temporary pier to supply the besieged enclave. …
Gaza officials say hospitals under fire from Israeli airstrikes
Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza’s biggest hospital, the Al Shifa, on Friday, killing one person and wounding others sheltering there, Palestinian officials said, one of several hospitals reported struck at dawn …
Meet ‘the mad Canadian’ who ran the length of Italy — in 85 days
It’s dusk in late June on a path blanketed with crumbled volcanic rock near the top of Europe’s tallest active volcano, Mount Etna, as Canadian David Orr takes the last …
‘No ceasefire, no votes’: Biden gets stern warning from thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters
They came with a political warning, the tens of thousands of people who held signs, chanted slogans and marched through U.S. cities on Saturday. Their warning was to U.S. President …