UN Security Council set to renew Lebanon peacekeepers for final time
UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Security Council will vote on Thursday to extend a long-running peacekeeping mission in Lebanon until the end of 2026, when the operation will then…
NGO head says starving Gaza children die in agony, too weak to cry
Ms Inger Ashing, of Save the Children, tells UN children die “slowly and painfully”. Read More
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy names Olha Stefanishyna new US ambassador
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a decree on Wednesday appointing Olha Stefanishyna, a former top cabinet minister, as Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States. Read More
Mexico’s jaguar population is up 30% since 2010, but still at risk
MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s jaguar population has increased significantly in recent years but the largest feline in the Americas is still in danger of extinction, said a Mexican advocacy group…
Mexico’s jaguar population is up 30% since 2010, but still at risk
MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s jaguar population has increased significantly in recent years but the largest feline in the Americas is still in danger of extinction, said a Mexican advocacy group…
Lebanese winemaker strains to keep business alive through war and drought
RIYAK, Lebanon – Elias Maalouf crouched to examine a shrivelling grapevine in his ancestral vineyard in the sun-kissed plains of eastern Lebanon. Last year, Israeli air strikes kept him from…
‘Jaw-droppingly weird’ dinosaur from Morocco was studded with spikes
Around 165 million years ago on a coastal floodplain in what is now Morocco lived one of the most extreme dinosaurs on record, lavishly adorned with armor and spikes –…
Shooting reported at church in Minneapolis; suspect ‘contained’
The church is also home to an elementary school with students from preschool to eighth grade. Read More
Zohran Mamdani, rapper turned NYC mayoral frontrunner, embraces diverse roots
NEW YORK – Not every candidate for New York City mayor has rapped about having the same history as a chapati, or has convinced acclaimed food critic Madhur Jaffrey to…
Europeans likely to initiate UN sanctions process on Iran on Thursday, sources say
PARIS/DUBAI – Britain, France and Germany are likely to begin the process of reimposing U.N. sanctions on Iran on Thursday, but hope Tehran will provide commitments over its nuclear programme…