March 8, 2024

Bandits kidnap dozens of school children in Nigeria

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (LONDON) — Armed bandits in Nigeria have kidnapped over 100 school children in Kuriga, north-western Nigeria, oaccording to officials. The bandits are reported to […]
March 7, 2024

Sweden officially joins NATO after delayed process, ending longstanding military neutrality

Alfie/Getty (NEW YORK) — Sweden’s arduous path to joining the NATO alliance came to a successful close Thursday, as the Swedish prime minister and foreign minister […]
March 7, 2024

US State Department urges American citizens to leave Haiti

KeithBinns/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. State Department is encouraging American citizens to leave Haiti following an ongoing spate of gang violence. A series of coordinated […]
March 7, 2024

Red panda discovered in luggage during Bangkok airport bust

Thailand Customs Dept./Facebook (LONDON) — A red panda was among 87 animals seized by Thai customs agents after they were discovered in checked luggage at Thailand’s […]
March 7, 2024

No Gaza cease-fire agreement likely before Ramadan as latest negotiations end

Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (LONDON) — A senior Egyptian official has told ABC News that the Hamas delegation has left Cairo, thereby ending cease-fire talks and […]
March 7, 2024

Mother of two dies mysteriously while on flight back from Dominican Republic

Stefanie Smith in a photo with her brother Chris Volz. (Courtesy Chris Volz) (NEW YORK) — Family and friends of an Indiana mother said they were […]
March 7, 2024

February marked Earth’s ninth consecutive warmest month on record, according to new Copernicus report

Tim Grist Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Planet Earth has now broken warmest-month records for nine months in a row, according to a new report by […]
March 6, 2024

Houthi strike kills 3 on international cargo carrier as group continues shipping lane attacks: US

Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen killed three civilians aboard a Barbadian and Liberian cargo carrier on Wednesday, marking the group’s first […]
March 6, 2024

Hundreds of truckloads of aid for Gaza stuck as more lives lost to malnutrition, some aid organizations say

Ahmed Zaqout/Anadolu via Getty Images (TEL AVIV, Israel) — Hundreds of truckloads of aid have been stuck waiting to be distributed in Gaza as the humanitarian […]
March 6, 2024

Missile explodes near Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s meeting with Greek prime minister: Sources

Maksym Polishchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images (ODESA, Ua.) — A missile exploded in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa early Wednesday, just hundreds of feet […]