Sirens have sounded across central Israel after missiles were launched from Iran, according to the Israel Defense Forces. Orders to shelter in place were sent to Israelis’ mobile phones and announced on national television. Earlier, US officials said it had indications that Iran was preparing to imminently launch a ballistic missile attack against Israel that … Read more
Democrat Tim Walz and Republican JD Vance, US politicians whose histories and rhetoric have amassed more headlines than many past vice presidential candidates, are set to go head-to-head in their only debate before the US election. Walz, 60, a liberal governor and former high school teacher, and Vance, 40, a bestselling author and conservative firebrand … Read more
Victorian mother Fiona Ollaik is stuck in Beirut, Lebanon, with her four children and is desperate for the Albanese Government to assist them getting out of the country, as Israel’s military launches its ground invasion. The family, originally from Werribee, in Melbourne’s south-west, was forced onto the streets after sources from Israel called saying their … Read more
PARIS — On an ordinary Parisian market street on an ordinary rainy fall day, Stella McCartney’s high-octane show on Monday was anything but. Guests gasped as the drizzle ceased, the clouds parted, and the sun emerged moments before the show — a heavenly metaphor, perhaps, for McCartney’s optimistic and nature-inspired display. Meanwhile, inside the storied … Read more
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Nearly 6,000 people in Haiti are starving, with nearly half the country’s population of more than 11 million people experiencing crisis levels of hunger or worse as gang violence smothers life in the capital of Port-au-Prince and beyond, according to a new report released Monday. The number of Haitians facing crisis, emergency … Read more
Israeli forces have begun “limited, localized, and targeted” ground raids in Lebanon two days after it killed the group’s chief Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike, threatening to worsen the Middle East crisis. Here are the top 10 points in this big story: The ground raids target Hezbollah infrastructure in villages in south Lebanon, close to … Read more
Hezbollah’s deputy leader has vowed to continue fighting Israel and says the militants are ready to confront any Israeli ground invasion of Lebanon, in his first public comments since the killing of chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. Israel would not achieve its goals and Hezbollah knew the battle might be long, Naim Qassem said in a … Read more
SEOUL, South Korea — An 81-year-old South Korean fashion model fell short in her bid to become the oldest Miss Universe contestant after competing in the country’s national pageant against rivals old enough to be her grandchildren. Dressed in a beaded white gown, the silver-haired Choi Soon-hwa strutted across the stage and performed in a … Read more
Kigali, RWANDA — Rwanda says eight people have died so far from the Ebola-like and highly contagious Marburg virus, just days after the country declared an outbreak of the deadly hemorrhagic fever that has no authorized vaccine or treatment. Like Ebola, the Marburg virus originates in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact … Read more
LONDON — Actor Damian Lewis drove a flock of sheep across the River Thames on Sunday in homage to a centuries-old tradition. Lewis is among thousands of people granted the honorary title of Freeman of the City of London, which in medieval times came with the right to bring livestock across the river to market … Read more
