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48 killed in Russian passenger plane crash, official says
Russia Ministry of Emergency Situations/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON and MOSCOW) -- A passenger plane carrying 48 people crashed on Thursday morning in Russia's far eastern Amur region with...
Jul 24, 2025
Zelenskyy urges 'national unity' amid Ukraine anti-corruption protests
Antonio Masiello/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday urged national unity as demonstrators took to the streets of more than a dozen cities nationwide to protes...
Jul 24, 2025
Zelenskyy faces major anti-corruption protests as Ukraine prepares for Russia talks
Antonio Masiello/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is facing protests across the country after signing a controversial bill on Tuesday that critics say will neuter the in...
Jul 23, 2025
July 22 will be the second-shortest day of the year, scientists say
STOCK IMAGE/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Tuesday, July 22 will be the second-shortest day of the year, as Earth completes a full rotation in less time than usual.The planet on Tuesday will experience a s...
Jul 22, 2025
15 dead, including 4 children, of malnutrition in the Gaza over the past 24 hours, Hamas-run ministry says
Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Hospitals in the Gaza Strip have recorded the deaths of 15 people, including four children, due to famine and malnutrition over the past 24 hours, Gaza...
Jul 22, 2025
WHO staff residence in Gaza attacked by IDF, WHO says
Khames Alrefi/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON) -- The World Health Organization's staff residence in Deir al Balah, Gaza, was attacked three times by the Israel Defense Forces, WHO officials said in a...
Jul 22, 2025
Ukraine-Russia talks set for Wednesday in Turkey, Zelenskyy confirms
Viacheslav Onyshchenko/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Russian and Ukrainian negotiating teams will again meet in Istanbul, Turkey, on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelens...
Jul 22, 2025
28 countries sign statement calling for end of war in Gaza
Photo by Moiz Salhi/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Three more countries have joined the original 25 nations that released a joint statement this week calling for the immediate end of th...
Jul 21, 2025
20 dead as Bangladesh air force jet crashes on school
Abdul Goni/Drik/Getty Images(LONDON and BELGRADE, Serbia) -- At least 20 people were killed and 171 were injured when a Bangladeshi air force training jet crashed near a school in the capital Dhaka on...
Jul 21, 2025
Dozens of Palestinians killed while seeking aid, Gaza health officials say
Aftermath of Israeli strike In Gaza/ Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images(ZIKIM, Israel.) -- At least 73 Palestinians were killed on Sunday while trying to get access to food, according to the Hamas-...
Jul 20, 2025