Israel suffered one of its deadliest days of its ground offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon on Wednesday when six of its soldiers were killed in combat near the border. The soldiers “fell during combat in southern Lebanon”, the army said in a statement. Their deaths mean 47 Israeli troops have been killed in combat with […]
By Agence France-Presse The Philippines ordered evacuations Wednesday ahead of Typhoon Usagi’s arrival, as the UN’s disaster office sought $32.9 million in aid for the country after recent storms killed more than 150 people. The national weather service said Usagi — the archipelago’s fifth major storm in three weeks — would likely make landfall Thursday […]
By Agence France-Presse After fleeing Iran and making the perilous journey across the Mediterranean, Kurdish activist Maysoon Majidi did not expect to be jailed in Italy for people smuggling. But the day after arriving on a boat last December, she was arrested and held for 10 months — a victim, her supporters say, of a […]