1 Dead and 6 Missing After Yacht Sinks Off Sicily
Fifteen other people were rescued after the vessel went down in a storm. Expert divers were called in to carry out search operations in the deep water.
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Middle East Crisis: Blinken Says Talks Are ‘Maybe the Last’ Chance for Gaza Cease-Fire
Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, said recent negotiations had created room for a cease-fire and hostage release.
Ukraine Says Its Incursion Will Bring Peace. Putin’s Plans May Differ.
President Volodymyr Zelensky wants to hold Russian territory as leverage in future talks. In Moscow, many doubt the strategy.
Survivors of Doomsday Starvation Cult Testify Against Pastor and 93 Associates
An evangelical pastor in Kenya ordered his flock to shun education and medicine and starve their children to death in order to meet Jesus, witnesses in a manslaughter trial said.
The Mennonites Making the Amazon Their Home
Groups of Mennonites, seeking inexpensive land far from modern life, are carving out new colonies in the Amazon. They are also raising fears that they are adding to the deforestation…
A Crackdown in Kuwait After a Fatal Fire Is Hurting Migrant Laborers
After the blaze killed 49 migrant workers, a government crackdown focused on building violations — bypassing deeper problems that leave migrants with low wages and unsafe housing across the oil-rich…
A Crackdown in Kuwait After a Fatal Fire Is Hurting Migrant Laborers
After the blaze killed 49 migrant workers, a government crackdown focused on building violations — bypassing deeper problems that leave migrants with low wages and unsafe housing across the oil-rich…
Blinken Travels to Israel Amid Push for Gaza Cease-Fire
The secretary of state’s trip comes days after negotiations in Qatar ended without a major breakthrough.
Russians Fleeing Ukraine’s Advance Border Regions Rush to Kursk
In the regional capital, those who left their homes as Ukrainian forces tore into western Russia are uncertain whether they can ever return to their old lives.
Russians Fleeing Ukraine’s Advance Border Regions Rush to Kursk
In the regional capital, those who left their homes as Ukrainian forces tore into western Russia are uncertain whether they can ever return to their old lives.