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US says it has intelligence Hamas has used Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital to hold hostages
Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The White House said on Tuesday the U.S. has intelligence that shows Hamas has used hospitals in Gaza, including the Al-Shifa Hospital, "to con...
Nov 14, 2023
Mexico's 1st nonbinary magistrate found dead; protesters push for thorough investigation
Sergio Mendoza Hochmann/Getty Images(MEXICO CITY) -- Thousands of angry, mournful protesters gathered in Mexico's capital on Monday night demanding justice for and challenging the preliminary investig...
Nov 14, 2023
Gaza hospitals face 'dire and perilous' situation, WHO says, as at least two have had to stop operations
AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Some hospitals in Gaza are in a "dire and perilous" situation, the World Health Organization says, and two -- the Al-Shifa and Al-Quds hospitals -- have been forced t...
Nov 14, 2023
American detained in Russia plans to testify in his own defense
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A Texas man who is currently on trial in Russia over child abuse allegations plans to take the stand in his own defense. David Barnes, who has been detained in Moscow for nearly ...
Nov 14, 2023
Gazan doctors plead for help in saving premature babies at Al-Shifa Hospital
Al-Shifa Hospital / Handout /Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON, TEL AVIV, Israel and BELGRADE, Serbia) -- Doctors are pleading for help after Gaza's largest hospital, Al-Shifa in Gaza City, collapsed an...
Nov 14, 2023
Israel-Gaza live updates: IDF says it struck 200 Hamas targets overnight, including school
pawel.gaul/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The temporary cease-fire between Hamas and Israel ended early Friday, and Israel has resumed its bombardment of Gaza. The end of the cease-fire came after Hamas fr...
Nov 14, 2023
Montreal Jewish school targeted in shooting for second time in less than a week, police say
MATHIEW LEISER/AFP via Getty Images(MONTREAL) -- A Jewish school in Montreal was shot at Sunday, the second time in under a week the school has been targeted with gunfire, according to police. The fac...
Nov 13, 2023
Iceland warns of 'significant likelihood' of volcanic eruption as earthquakes shake southwest
Tim Bieber/Getty Images(LONDON) -- As thousands of earthquakes rumbled Iceland's southwestern coast over the weekend, local weather officials warned of a "significant likelihood" of a volcanic eruptio...
Nov 13, 2023
US launches third strikes on Iran-linked groups amid attacks on American soldiers: Officials
Stocktrek Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- American aircraft on Sunday struck a weapons storage facility and a command-and-control center used by Iran-linked militants in Syria in the latest round of ...
Nov 13, 2023
5 US special operations troops killed in Veterans Day weekend crash after training 'mishap': Officials
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Five American service members were killed in a crash late Friday after their helicopter had a "mishap" during a training exercise and went i...
Nov 12, 2023