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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The airstrikes that have engulfed Lina Wahbi’s neighborhood in the Gaza Strip feel random and relentless. “We feel the bombing everywhere and every second especially,” said Wahbi, 19, who spoke by phone Thursday with NBC News. “We are all very afraid — adults and children.Continue Reading

JERUSALEM — Samira Dejani, a Palestinian teacher, held back tears as she stood in the courtyard of her home in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, recalling years spent living here with her parents, children and grandchildren. Her family is among several that face eviction from the neighborhood afterContinue Reading

GUWAHATI, India — A herd of eighteen wild Asiatic elephants were found dead in India’s eastern state of Assam, possibly because of a massive lightning strike, local officials said on Friday. Fourteen adult elephants were found dead by villagers on Thursday, and another four bodies were found scattered on theContinue Reading

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. 01:53 Share this – Violence spilled into the streets as Israel and Hamas militants stepped up their attacks. More than 100 Palestinians have been killed, including 27 children. At least seven Israeli citizens, including oneContinue Reading

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. 01:00 Share this – Surveillance camera footage shows a resident of Petah Tikva relaxing in front of his TV when a rocket fired from Gaza explodes just outside his window.May 13, 2021 Read More SourceContinue Reading

Colombia’s Foreign Minister Claudia Blum has resigned, according to a letter from her shared by the ministry of foreign affairs on Thursday. “I am grateful for the enormous confidence you placed in me when you named me for this important role,” Blum said in her letter to President Ivan Duque.Continue Reading

Cuba began the mass inoculation of its population Wednesday with two homegrown Covid-19 vaccines that have yet to conclude late-stage clinical trials. Cuba had planned to roll out its vaccination campaign in June after receiving authorization from its health regulator. But the Health Ministry said it would inoculate 1.7 millionContinue Reading

Only weeks before the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns began in March 2020, Nicole Wilson got a disheartening diagnosis. She’d been coping with a sinus infection for months, and after seeing multiple specialists, she learned she had a disorder that had weakened her immune system and made her more susceptible to infections.Continue Reading

Prince Harry says there are three moments when he had no control over his own life. “That’s my biggest sort of Achilles heel — the three major times I felt completely helpless,” he told Dax Shepard and Monica Padman on the “Armchair Expert” podcast. “One, when I was a kidContinue Reading

TEL AVIV — Violence raged on the streets of Israel late Wednesday, with rival Arab and Jewish mobs carrying out beatings and torching cars in a wave of communal unrest. As the conflict with militants in Gaza intensified and the death toll grew to at least 90, political leaders urgedContinue Reading

Owen Hurcum took office Monday as the world’s first known nonbinary mayor. Hurcum, 23, is genderqueer and agender, and was elected unanimously last year by the City Council in Bangor, Wales, after serving as deputy mayor for a year, North Wales Live reported. Hurcum, who uses gender neutral pronouns, didn’tContinue Reading

With no agreement between Colombia’s government and protest leaders, demonstrations are likely to continue as major cities brace for a third peak in Covid-19 cases. Since April 28, thousands have protested throughout the country against the government. The violence has resulted in the death of 26 people, including one policeContinue Reading

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. 00:52 Share this – A crowd of men attacked a car driver, reported to be an Israeli Arab, in the Israeli town of Bat Yam on Wednesday night. WARNING: Viewer discretion advised.May 13, 2021 ReadContinue Reading

KATHMANDU, Nepal — An American and a Swiss climber have died on Mount Everest in the season’s first casualties on the world’s highest mountain, at nearly 30,000 feet at its peak, expedition organizers said Thursday. U.S. national Puwei Liu, 55, died at the highest camp on the mountain at SouthContinue Reading

WASHINGTON — Two lawmakers who are veterans of the war in Afghanistan warned a Pentagon official on Wednesday that Afghans who had worked for the U.S. government would be hunted down by the Taliban unless the Biden administration organized an emergency evacuation before American troops withdraw in four months. “WeContinue Reading