[ad_1] The remains of a hostage in Gaza have been turned over and are now in Israel, the Israeli military said Tuesday, in the latest sign of progress under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire. The body will be transferred to the Ministry of Health’s National Center for Forensic Medicine, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said in…
[ad_1] The former top legal officer in Israel’s military has been arrested after admitting that she authorized the leak of a video that appears to show Israeli soldiers attacking a Palestinian detainee in a detention facility last year. Major General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi served as Military Advocate General of the Israel Defense Forces until Friday, Oct….
[ad_1] Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Tuesday that the police operation against a powerful criminal faction in Rio that left 121 dead was “a massacre.” “There was a massacre, and I think it’s important to verify the conditions under which it occurred,” Lula said in the Amazon city of Belem during an…
[ad_1] The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck northern Afghanistan early on Monday climbed to 27 on Tuesday, with almost 1,000 others confirmed injured by the temblor, according to national health officials. The U.S Geological Survey said the 6.3 magnitude quake was centered near Kholm, in the northern Samangan province, but Afghanistan’s Taliban…
[ad_1] London — The suit worn by Will Ferrell in the 2003 comedy hit “Elf” is going under the hammer at an auction of movie memorabilia in London this December, and the skin-tight green and yellow piece of Hollywood Christmas magic is expected to fetch over a quarter of a million dollars. Bidding for the iconic…
[ad_1] The Maldives began implementing a smoking ban Saturday on anyone born on or after January 2007, becoming the only nation with a generational prohibition on tobacco, the Health Ministry said. The move, initiated by President Mohamed Muizzu earlier this year — will “protect public health and promote a tobacco-free generation,” the ministry said. “Under…
[ad_1] The Jamaican government on Monday said at least 32 deaths have been attributed to Hurricane Melissa, with Information Minister Dana Morris Dixon saying there are possibly eight more unconfirmed deaths. With its tourism season just a month away, officials are rushing to rebuild from the catastrophic Category 5 storm that shredded the island’s western region. Before the…
[ad_1] Officials in Nepal say an avalanche swept through a camp on Mount Yalung Ri on Monday and killed five foreign climbers and two Nepali guides. Armed Police Force spokesperson Shailendra Thapa said five other people were hurt at the base camp, located at an altitude of 16,070 feet. The nationalities and identities of the…
[ad_1] A Pakistani official told CBS News that the country “will not be the first to resume nuclear tests” in response to President Trump’s assertion in an interview with 60 Minutes that the country has conducted nuclear weapons tests, along with Russia and China. “Pakistan was not the first to carry out nuclear tests and will…
[ad_1] Young British children are more likely than their big siblings to adopt American phrases, a new survey of teachers in the U.K. has found. More than 50% of the teachers at elementary level schools who were surveyed said they had heard their students use the words “trash” or “garbage,” rather than the more typical…
