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Sep 19, 20242 min read
Hezbollah pager blasts test war readiness of Lebanon's hospitals
BEIRUT - When streams of bloodied people converged on Lebanon's hospitals on Tuesday, it was a test of whether the crisis-hit health...


Sep 19, 20243 min read
Central Europe flood deaths rise as citizens race to build defences
WROCLAW, Poland - Volunteers and emergency personnel raced to secure river banks and buildings in Poland and Hungary on Tuesday as flood...


Sep 19, 20243 min read
Ukrainian drone attack triggers earthquake-sized blast at arsenal in Russia's Tver region
LONDON - A large-scale Ukrainian drone attack on Russia triggered an earthquake-sized blast at a major arsenal in the Tver region on...


Sep 19, 20242 min read
Beset by wildfires, Portugal gets help from Spain, Morocco
AVEIRO DISTRICT, Portugal - A wave of deadly wildfires in Portugal has pushed emergency services to the limit and much-needed...


Sep 19, 20242 min read
Israeli PM Netanyahu says we will return residents of the north to their homes
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Wednesday to return tens of thousands of residents evacuated from northern...


Sep 19, 20241 min read
UN Security Council to meet Friday over Lebanon pager blasts
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations Security Council will meet on Friday over the pager blasts in Lebanon targeting militant group...


Sep 19, 20242 min read
Blinken warns against further Middle East escalation after Lebanon blasts
CAIRO - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday warned against the risk of escalation in the Middle East after the detonation...


Sep 19, 20242 min read
Who still uses pagers anyway?
As mobile phones became the world's main communications tool, pagers, also known as beepers because of the sound they make to notify...


Sep 19, 20243 min read
Questions remain over security in Mali a day after 'ambitious' attack
BAMAKO - Mali's security situation remained unclear on Wednesday after insurgents attacked an elite police training academy and other...


Sep 19, 20243 min read
Factbox-Central Europe experiencing worst floods in at least two decades
WARSAW - Central Europe is experiencing the worst floods in at least two decades, with a trail of destruction from Romania to Poland and...


Sep 19, 20242 min read
Worst drought on record lowers Amazon rivers to all-time lows
TEFE, Brazil - The worst drought on record has lowered the water level of the rivers in the Amazon basin to historic lows, in some cases...


Sep 19, 20242 min read
Factbox-What is Israel's secretive cyber warfare unit 8200?
JERUSALEM - Although Israel has not commented on the intelligence operation that caused thousands of pagers used by Hezbollah operatives...
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