FOX News: World
- Israel hit with Palestinian rocket barrage after Gaza border confrontation with militants
Sunday - 02/23/2020 - 07:14 PMPalestinian militants fired approximately 30 rockets into Israel on Sunday evening, Israeli military officials said, near the end of a tense weekend that also saw Palestinian militants apparently trying to plant a bomb at the Gaza border, along with Israeli strikes hitting targets in Gaza and Syria.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Australian family claims son's headstone was removed without knowledge over 'offensive' picture: report
Saturday - 02/22/2020 - 01:37 PMA family in Australia says they were “devastated” when they learned that their son’s headstone was removed from a local cemetery without their knowledge because of some called an “offensive” photo, according to a report.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Prince Andrew trolled on Epstein link with banner draped on schoolbus
Friday - 02/21/2020 - 10:35 PMA yellow school bus with a banner depicting the face of Britain's Prince Andrew drove past Buckingham Palace on Friday, urging him to testify in the investigation of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Iran elections put support of regime to the test as frustration mounts
Friday - 02/21/2020 - 09:37 AMSupport for Iran’s leadership is being put to the test Friday as voters are heading to the polls in the Islamic Republic to elect a new parliament amidst a period of economic hardship and growing frustration with the government.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Joseph Kony survivor recalls how faith, God helped her endure 8 years in captivity
Friday - 02/21/2020 - 10:52 AMVictoria Nyanjura was just 14 years old when insurgents under the umbrella of Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) ripped away her innocence. For eight years, she was brutalized as a sex slave in the jungles of eastern and central Africa.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 5 of the worst humanitarian crises the world has been facing
Thursday - 02/20/2020 - 08:25 PMSeveral conflicts around the world have led to some of the worst humanitarian catastrophes in recent years. Starvation, sexual violence and the displacement of millions has challenged geopolitical environments and prompted questions of how to respond to such emergencies.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Brazilian senator shot during strike by military police
Thursday - 02/20/2020 - 04:42 PMA Brazilian senator was shot Wednesday while trying to intervene in an illegal military police strike in the northeastern state of Ceara, video from the chaotic scene shows.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Boris Johnson hit for Storm Dennis flood response, minister says no visit is to 'avoid media jamboree'
Thursday - 02/20/2020 - 10:07 AMAn explosive winter storm that roared across the North Atlantic and trigged severe flooding in England and Wales has fueled criticism of Boris Johnson over his decision not to visit impacted areas as more rain is in the forecast.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Muslim man stabbed at London mosque: reports
Thursday - 02/20/2020 - 11:36 AMLondon authorities report an elderly Muslim was stabbed while praying at one of the city's biggest mosques Thursday afternoon as officers arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lawyers for Julian Assange seeking French asylum
Thursday - 02/20/2020 - 02:19 PMA defense team for Julian Assange said Thursday they will seek asylum in France for the WikiLeaks founder, who is facing extradition to the United States and 175 years in prison for espionage charges.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Thousands mourn victims of Germany shooting massacre with massive march
Sunday - 02/23/2020 - 03:54 PMAround 10,000 demonstrators in Germany on Sunday marched through the town of Hanau to mourn nine victims who were fatally shot by a suspected right-wing extremist last week.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Carnival begins in Rio, but tourists will face contaminated water
Saturday - 02/22/2020 - 09:06 AMAs the official Carnival celebrations kick off in the Brazilian city of Rio Saturday, potable water has become a valuable commodity, especially in the peak of summer when temperatures hit 120 Fahrenheit.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The week in pictures, Feb. 15 - Feb. 21
Friday - 02/21/2020 - 08:47 AMHere's a selection of the most amazing images captured around the world in the past seven days. Enjoy!
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Vladimir Putin's strangest propaganda moments
Friday - 02/21/2020 - 10:43 AMRussian President Vladimir Putin, through the lens of state media, is a man of many talents. Here are some of Putin’s strangest propaganda moments.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Italian tourist dies in Petra after getting struck by falling rock: reports
Friday - 02/21/2020 - 01:41 PMAn Italian tourist vacationing with his wife in the ancient city of Petra, Jordan was killed Thursday after being struck by a falling rock, reports say.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar resigns after party suffers defeat in parliamentary vote
Thursday - 02/20/2020 - 10:12 PMAfter Ireland’s parliament convened Thursday with no easy route to forming a stable government after an election two weeks ago that left three parties on roughly level pegging, the country’s prime minister has resigned, according to reports.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - London can host 2020 Olympics if coronavirus outbreak persists, mayoral candidate says
Thursday - 02/20/2020 - 09:46 AMCould the Summer Olympics be returning to London already?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - India wants to eliminate Taj Mahal area's 'foul smell' ahead of Trump visit
Thursday - 02/20/2020 - 10:50 AMThere is a “foul smell” in the air near one of India’s most popular tourist attractions – and officials there are hoping President Trump won’t notice.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Spanish police rescue workers trapped in illegal underground tobacco factory
Thursday - 02/20/2020 - 01:50 PMSpanish police on Thursday rescued six workers who were found trapped and gasping for air in an illegal tobacco factory hidden beneath a mountain village in southern Spain.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - German hookah shooting suspect ID'd as right-wing extremist: police report
Thursday - 02/20/2020 - 05:00 AMGerman authorities said the alleged suspect who is believed to have been involved in two shootings in Hanau hookah bars that left as many as 11 people dead – including the gunman - and several others wounded was found dead in his apartment and have released the suspect’s name, a published report said Thursday.
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- New Zealand surfer fights off great white shark by punching it repeatedly, cursing it off
Sunday - 02/23/2020 - 12:51 PMA 60-year-old man in New Zealand fought back against a great white shark on Saturday after he was attacked Saturday at Pauanui Beach, located in the Coromandel region.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The 5 most powerful armies in the world
Saturday - 02/22/2020 - 06:48 AMBattlefields are constantly evolving, leading countries around the world to pump hundreds of billions of dollars each year into their armed forces in a race to develop the most advanced training, technology and weaponry.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The world's remaining communist countries, and how they're faring economically
Friday - 02/21/2020 - 06:13 PMCommunism is the political and economic doctrine that abolishes private ownership in favor of the state controlling the means of production in an effort to create economic equality and the abolishment of the exploitation of workers.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- US, Taliban 'reduction of violence' will start tonight, official says
Friday - 02/21/2020 - 10:50 AMThe weeklong “reduction in violence” agreed upon by the U.S. and Taliban is set to go into effect Friday night in Afghanistan, starting a countdown clock to when both sides will sign a peace deal that would bring an eventual end to the 18-year conflict, officials say.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ukrainians throw bricks at buses carrying coronavirus evacuees from China
Friday - 02/21/2020 - 11:33 AMUkraine's effort to quarantine more than 70 people evacuated from China over the new virus outbreak plunged into chaos Thursday as local residents opposing the move hurled stones at the evacuees and clashed with police.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Food crisis in the Horn of Africa: What to know
Thursday - 02/20/2020 - 03:12 PMA locust infestation in the Horn of Africa is bringing about one of the worst food crises in the region in more than 70 years, officials have warned.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Portugal approves euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients in spite of protests
Thursday - 02/20/2020 - 07:51 PMPortuguese lawmakers voted Thursday to legalize euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill people amid protests outside the parliament building.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lesotho prime minister to be charged with estranged wife's murder: police
Thursday - 02/20/2020 - 11:16 AMLesotho's Prime Minister Thomas Thabane will be charged with the June 2017 killing of his estranged wife, Lipolelo, a top police official said Thursday, and the prime minister announced he would be stepping down.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Japan train rider pressed emergency button after passenger coughed with no mask amid coronavirus outbreak
Thursday - 02/20/2020 - 12:30 PMCoughing is now leading to train delays in Japan – all because of the Coronavirus.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Rodrigo Duterte: 5 shocking quotes from the Philippines president
Thursday - 02/20/2020 - 07:34 AMIn world politics, there are fewer leaders as outspoken and foul-mouthed as Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte.
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