More than 40 migrants are believed to have died off the coast of Lampedusa, Italy, after a lone 11-year-old survivor said the boat she was on capsized, a rescue group said Wednesday. “We assume that she is the only survivor of the shipwreck and that the other 44 people drowned,” said Compass Collectivewho participates in … Read more
Kinshasa, Congo – Congo’s health minister said Thursday the country’s government is on alert over a mysterious flu-like illness that has killed dozens of people in recent weeks, nearly half of them children. Authorities have so far confirmed 71 deaths, including 27 people who died in hospitals and 44 in the community in southern Kwango … Read more
Tel Aviv — Israel said a barrage of hundreds of rockets was fired into the north of the country on Sunday by Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in neighboring Lebanon. The assault took place after days of devastating strikes by the Israeli Defense Forceswhich said it was targeting Hezbollah sites around Beirut, the Lebanese capital. Israeli officials … Read more
Kyiv, Ukraine — Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital kyiv on Wednesday with a sophisticated combination of missiles and drones for the first time in 73 days, authorities reported, as the Pentagon said most North Korean troops had been sent to help. Moscow’s war effort were fighting to drive the Ukrainian army from Russian soil, in … Read more