- Swiss Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger killed in avalanche
Millo Moravski/agence Zoom/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Swiss Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger was tragically killed in an avalanche on Monday, according to the Swiss-Ski federation.Hediger, 26, got caught in an avalanche at the mountain resort of […]
- Middle East live updates: IDF troops killed in Gaza as hospitals 'besieged'
Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON)-- Rebel forces in Syria are building a transitional government after toppling the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick advance across the country.Meanwhile, the ceasefire in Lebanon […]
- Hanna Katzir, Israeli hostage survivor who spent 49 days in captivity, has died
Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images(JERUSALEM) -- Hanna Katzir, an Israeli hostage survivor who was released last year after 49 days of captivity in Gaza, has died, officials said.Katzir, 78, struggled with a "complex medical […]
- Just 1 hospital providing humanitarian services in northern Gaza, say health officials
AFP via Getty Images(BEIT LAHIA, Gaza) - Health officials in Gaza say there is only one hospital remaining that is providing humanitarian aid services in the northern part of the strip amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.In early October, Israel […]
- Ukraine's Zelenskyy says 3,000 North Koreans killed or wounded in Russia fighting
ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that more 3,000 North Korean soldiers are believed to have been killed or wounded fighting for Moscow in Russia's western Kursk region.Zelenskyy posted to […]
- 2 Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in 'friendly fire' incident: Military
The USS Gettysburg on June 29, 2010. Via Chris Jackson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Two U.S. Navy pilots ejected safely over the Red Sea after their F/A-18 fighter aircraft was mistakenly shot down early Sunday in what military officials are calling […]
- 5 killed, 200 injured in German Christmas market attack
Car drives into crowd at Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany. Via ABC News(LONDON) -- At least five people, including a 9-year-old, are now known to have been killed in the vehicle-ramming attack on a Christmas market in the German city of […]
- Russian airports disrupted after 'massive' overnight drone exchange with Ukraine
Samoilov/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Two Russian airports were put under flight restrictions early Saturday after authorities alleged an attack by Ukrainian drones, according to state-run news agencies.The state-owned RIA Novosti agency reported that […]
- At least 2 dead, nearly 70 injured when car plows into German Christmas market: Officials
(BERLIN) -- A car plowed into people visiting a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on Friday, killing at least two people and injuring nearly 70 others, according to German officials.German authorities are treating the incident as terrorism, […]
- 1 dead in 'brutal' Russian missile attack on Kyiv, US ambassador says
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(LONDON) -- A Russian missile strike killed one person and wounded nine others early on Friday morning, Ukrainian officials said, an attack that U.S. Ambassador Bridget A. Brink described as "brutal.""Early this morning […]