Author: Justin M. Larson
The French president has rallied 142 nations behind a road map for a two-state solution after the Gaza war ends. Missing from the list: Israel and the United States. Source link
President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua and his wife, who is co-president, have been arresting longtime loyalists, in an apparent quest to ensure no one outside the family rises to power. Source link
Russia carried out a “massive” attack across Ukraine Friday night into Saturday morning, using more than 600 drones and missiles, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.Ukraine’s air defense systems repelled most of the projectiles, the air force said. However, at least three people were killed and dozens of others were injured, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.The Russian strikes targeted Ukraine’s central city of Dnipro and the wider Dnipropetrovsk region, as well as the Mykolaiv, Chernihiv and Zaporizhzhia regions, and also communities in the Poltava, Kyiv, Odesa, Sumy, and Kharkiv regions, according to Zelenskyy.“The enemy aimed at our infrastructure, residential…
Portugal says it will recognise a Palestinian state on Sunday, making it the latest Western nation preparing to shift policy as the war in the Gaza Strip shows no sign of stopping.The foreign ministry made the announcement ahead of next week’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.France, the UK, Canada and Australia are preparing similar announcements.Israel has denounced the move, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying it “rewards terror” following Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack on Israel.The US – Israel’s main ally – has echoed Netanyahu’s argument. President Donald Trump, speaking alongside Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer this…
Pink eye, or conjunctivitis, is inflammation of the conjunctiva, the thin, clear tissue that covers the white part of your eye and the inside of your eyelids. Bacterial and viral conjunctivitis are highly contagious, but you cannot get pink eye from someone passing gas. This myth, although common, lacks scientific evidence. No, you can’t get pink eye from a fart. Passing gas does not release the bacteria or viruses that cause conjunctivitis into the air. This myth likely started because pink eye can spread when bacteria from stool (poop) particles on your hands enter your eyes. For example, you can…
Incheon, the site of a crucial battle of the Korean War, has a singular place in South Korea’s modern history and in its ties with the United States. Source link
Four people, including three teenagers, have been arrested in connection with an alleged hate crime attack on a transgender woman in Washington state, police said.The incident occurred Monday night near a transit center in the Seattle suburb of Renton, following an argument the 39-year-old woman told officers she had with the group earlier that evening, police said.”When she saw them again, they chased her, knocked her to the ground, and repeatedly assaulted her,” the Renton Police Department said in a statement. “During the assault, the victim says the suspects made homophobic remarks to her.”The woman told police that she initially…
Three Russian fighter jets are accused of violating Estonia’s airspace, flying for about 12 minutes over NATO territory. NATO scrambled jets to intercept. Source link
Massachusetts student almost hit by car while crossing street for school busA student in Massachusetts crossing the street to get on his school bus was nearly hit by a car that sped by him. Police in Hadley are searching for the driver.September 19, 2025 Source link
Kayakers in Costa Rica had the best view of an unexpected show in the middle of the ocean when a humpback whale and its calf breached yards away from them. Source link
President Donald Trump said Friday he ordered another strike against a boat in international waters in the Caribbean that he said was “trafficking illicit narcotics.” “On my orders, the Secretary of War ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narcotrafficking in the US SOUTHCOM area of responsibility,” Trump said in a post on his social media platform. It was the third such strike targeting alleged drug traffickers — and the second one this week. Trump’s post did not say when the latest strike was carried out.(FILES) This screen grab from a video posted by US…
President Donald Trump has said US forces carried out a “lethal kinetic strike” on a vessel which he said was trafficking drugs, and the attack killed three “male narcoterrorists” on board.Trump said he ordered the attack on the boat, which was in the US Southern Command’s area of responsibility, after US intelligence confirmed it was trafficking drugs. It was the third such strike on alleged drug boats in recent weeks.Trump’s statement on Truth Social on Friday said the strike happened in international waters. The US Southern Command’s area of responsibility covers most of South America and the Caribbean.Two previous strikes…
The tactics President Trump has embraced place the United States in awkward company as freedom of expression is declining in dozens of countries. Source link
A man wanted over a deadly attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris more than 40 years ago has been arrested by Palestinian authorities in the occupied West Bank.Mahmoud Khader Abed Adra – who went by the name Hicham Harb – is suspected of directing the August 1982 gun and grenade assault on the Jo Goldenberg restaurant on Paris’s Rue des Rosiers, which killed six people and left at least 20 injured.News of the arrest comes just days before France plans to formally recognise the state of Palestine.President Emmanuel Macron said he welcomed the “excellent co-operation” between France and the…
Estonia has requested a consultation with other Nato members after Russian warplanes violated its airspace on Friday.Estonia’s foreign ministry condemned the incursion as “brazen”. It said three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets entered the Estonian skies “without permission and remained there for a total of 12 minutes” over the Gulf of Finland.A Nato spokesperson said the military alliance “responded immediately and intercepted the Russian aircraft”, calling it “yet another example of reckless Russian behaviour and Nato’s ability to respond”.Italy, Finland and Sweden scrambled jets under Nato’s mission to bolster its eastern flank. Later Russia denied violating Estonian airspace.Russia’s defence ministry said…
Steve RosenbergRussia editor in MoscowBBCShohruhmirzo Ganiyev is representing Uzbekistan at IntervisionAt a Moscow concert hall, Shohruhmirzo Ganiyev is crooning about love and his motherland, Uzbekistan.”Put your legs together like a man,” suggests his voice coach and choreographer. “And spread your arms wider!”It’s just a rehearsal, but Shohruhmirzo is singing his heart out. He’s performing traditional Uzbek melodies to a modern beat and playing a doira, the ancient drum of Central Asia.Uzbekistan is among 23 countries competing at the Intervision Song Contest.It’s Russia’s answer to Eurovision. With less kitsch – and more Kremlin.Intervision 2025 is Vladimir Putin’s brainchild. He signed a…
Akisa WanderaBBC Africa, Nairobi andVitalii ChervonenkoBBC Ukrainian, KyivEdith ChesoiWith tears in his eyes, a young Kenyan athlete now captive in Ukraine pleads not to be sent back to Russia.”I will die there,” Evans Kibet says, waving his hands in the air towards the unseen interviewer on the video released on Wednesday by a Ukrainian army brigade.The 36-year-old prisoner-of-war is wearing a red sports top. The brigade’s flag is pinned up behind him.The aspiring long-distance runner says he was tricked into joining the Russian army and is desperate to go home to see his 16-year-old daughter.In a Facebook post accompanying the…
WASHINGTON — Over the span of 14 days, nearly 200 people marched from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., in defense of democracy.From children to the elderly, members of the We Are America march arrived in the nation’s capital on a warm and sunny Friday afternoon, tired but joyous, where they were greeted with hugs and cheers from supporters and members of Congress.The mission of their sprawling walk was to unite a movement strong enough to hold America’s leaders accountable in the face of mass firings at government agencies, the federal takeover of the District of Columbia’s law enforcement and myriad disagreements…
Federal prosecutors on Friday rested their case against Ryan Routh, the man accused of trying to kill Donald Trump on his Florida golf course last year. Routh, who is representing himself despite not being an attorney, plans to call three witnesses on Monday for his defense case, including character witnesses and a firearms expert. Prosecutors’ final witness on Friday was FBI Supervisory Special Agent Kimberly McGreevy, who brought receipts into the courtroom.McGreevy told jurors that Routh spent the last month prior to the incident living in a Marathon gas station in the Palm Beach County area. She brought receipts for food, and…
U.S. Attorney Erik Siebert informed employees at his office in Alexandria, Virginia, Friday that he intends to resign, according to sources, after President Donald Trump said he wants him out.ABC News has reported that Trump was expected to fire Siebert after investigators were unable to find incriminating evidence of mortgage fraud against New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to sources. Trump officials had pushed Siebert to bring charges against James, despite investigators failing to find clear evidence that she committed a crime, sources said. “It looks to me like she is very guilty of something, but I really don’t know,” Trump…
The mother of one of the 20 hostages still believed to be alive in Gaza is speaking out with a clear message: “Save my son.” Source link
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee on Friday voted to abandon its recommendation for the COVID-19 vaccine, with the committee unanimously voting to recommend that Americans get the shot “based on individual-based decision-making,” meaning it’s a personal choice.It’s unclear what implications the vote will have for insurance coverage for Americans who want to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Many major insurers have said they would continue to cover the cost of the vaccines through at least 2026 no matter how the committee voted this week.In a separate vote, members decided not to require a prescription for the…
Battered by years of bombing and shelling, Deir al-Zour remains a frontline, even as its people struggle to rebuild. Source link
Some women in the country’s capital are turning to midwives who they say offer a more holistic approach to care than hospitals usually provide. Source link
