US strike Houthi targets in Yemen
WASHINGTON – The United States military says it has launched strikes on the Iranian-backed Houthi group in Yemen, hitting 15 targets.
The Pentagon said it...
70 killed in Haiti gang ‘massacre’
PORT AU PRINCE – At least 70 people including children have been killed after an armed gang attacked a small town in Haiti.
Sixteen people...
Floods, landslides leave 16 dead in Bosnia
SARAJEVO – Flash floods and landslides in central Bosnia-Herzegovina have left at least 16 people dead, with towns and villages cut off and reports...
Argentina records sharp rise in poverty
BUENOS AIRES – More than half of Argentina's 46 million people are now living in poverty, new figures indicate, in a blow to right-wing...
‘Helene’ deadliest mainland US hurricane since ‘Katrina’
NORTH CAROLINA – The death toll from Hurricane Helene has risen to 200 as rescuers continue to search for survivors from the storm that...
Dozens of tigers dead after bird flu hits Vietnam zoos
HO CHI MINH – Dozens of tigers have died in zoos in south Vietnam after a bird flu outbreak, according to state media.
Three lions...
Hundreds missing in catastrophic US floods
FLORIDA – Hundreds of people remain missing after catastrophic flooding decimated towns, destroyed roads and cut off power for more than a million homes...
Iran will pay for missile Attack, vows Israel PM
TEL AVIV – Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran will “pay”, after Iran fired around 180 missiles at Israel on Tuesday.
Most of the...
Israeli air strikes may have displaced million Lebanese
BEIRUT – Israel’s continuing air strikes may have already forced as many as one million people from their homes across Lebanon, the country's prime...
Mexico counting dead from ‘zombie storm’ John
ACAPULCO – At least 15 people have died in Mexico as a result of Hurricane John, the country's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has...