The killing of seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen may mark a turning point in support for Israel and for long frustrated efforts to bring relief to Palestinians on the brink of starvation. But while the Israel Defense Forces investigation suggests this was an isolated “grave mistake,” the mounting toll faced by aid agencies…
Uganda’s constitutional court on Wednesday upheld an anti-gay law that allows the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality.” President Yoweri Museveni signed the bill into law in May last year. The law is supported by many in the East African country but widely condemned by rights activists and others abroad. Activists had contested the law in court, but…
U.S. and other foreign companies who still see the potential for big business in China, meanwhile, have been alarmed by regulatory crackdowns, a new anti-espionage law, the use of exit bans, raids on consulting and due diligence firms, and other measures amid Xi’s national security drive. “China’s success the last 40 years has been built…
BANGKOK — Thailand’s parliament overwhelmingly approved a marriage equality bill on Wednesday, a landmark step that moves one of Asia’s most liberal countries closer to becoming its third territory to legalize same-sex unions. The bill had the support of all of Thailand’s major parties and was more than a decade in the making. It still…
Following days of rampant speculation online after the royal family shared an altered family photo, Catherine, the Princess of Wales, was reportedly seen shopping over the weekend — an outing that was captured on video. Until now, Kate hadn’t been seen publicly since Kensington Palace announced in January that she’d had planned abdominal surgery. She was…
Officials in a Japanese city have a warning for residents: Don’t touch the cat covered in toxic chemicals. The unfortunate feline is missing after apparently falling into a tank of liquid containing hexavalent chromium at a metal plating factory, the city of Fukuyama in western Japan said Monday. According to Japanese news outlet Asahi Shimbun,…
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is experiencing yet another mass coral bleaching event due to heat, the country’s government confirmed Friday. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, which oversees efforts to preserve and protect the reef, said a widespread bleaching event is unfolding that is “consistent with patterns of heat stress that has built up…
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s National Assembly swore in newly elected members of parliament on Thursday in a chaotic scene as allies of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan shouted and protested what they claim was a rigged election. Lawmakers from Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party repeatedly chanted “Vote-thief!” as Shehbaz Sharif, who is expected to form the next government,…
BARCELONA, Spain — Dani Alves, one of the most successful soccer players of his generation, was found guilty of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub and sentenced to four years and six months in prison on Thursday. Besides disgracing the former Brazil and Barcelona right back, the conviction was applauded in Spain as a…
Senior Hamas leader killed in Beirut was a key figure who patched up Hamas’ ties with Iran The killing of Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri in a reported drone strike in Beirut serves as a warning to Iran, which has armed and financed Hamas, and to other Hamas leaders, experts said. Al-Arouri, the commander of Hamas’…
