ROME (AP) — A sailboat believed to be carrying foreign tourists capsized and sank off Sicily in bad weather early Monday and seven people were missing, authorities said. Fifteen people were rescued from the 49-meter (160-foot) sailboat, but seven others were unaccounted for, said Luca Cari, a spokesperson for the Italian fire rescue service. He
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday the time is now to conclude a Gaza cease-fire agreement that would return hostages held by Hamas and bring relief to Palestinian suffering after 10 months of devastating fighting in Gaza. Blinken’s ninth urgent mission to the Middle East since the conflict
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A former Saudi official alleged in a report that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman forged the signature of his father on the royal decree that launched the kingdom’s yearslong, stalemated war against Yemen’s Houthi rebels. Saudi Arabia did not immediately respond to a request for comment over
The Ukrainian armed forces released footage on Sunday of what is said to show the destruction of a key bridge in Russia’s Kursk region. Ukraine also struck a second bridge nearby, less than two weeks into its stunning cross-border incursion. The Ukrainian armed forces released footage on Sunday of what is said to show the
Two forest fires broke out on Sunday in the Yatagan and Ula districts of Mugla province, a popular summer destination in southwest Turkey. The fires broke out in the early hours of the morning. Two forest fires broke out on Sunday in the Yatagan and Ula districts of Mugla province, a popular summer destination in
NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of doctors protested near India’s health ministry Monday as they demanded stringent laws to protect health care workers from violence and sought justice for their colleague who was raped and killed at a state-run hospital. The protesting doctors — who were holding up placards like “Justice delayed is justice denied”
TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan’s war dead, including convicted World War II war criminals, was vandalized again overnight Monday. “It is deplorable that an act seeking to denigrate the shrine’s dignity has happened again,” the shrine said in a statement. In May, a stone pillar at Yasukuni was spraypainted red .
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says now is “maybe the last” opportunity to reach a Gaza cease-fire agreement that would return hostages held by Hamas and bring relief to Palestinian suffering after 10 months of war in Gaza. Blinken on Monday was on his ninth urgent mission to the Middle East since the conflict
ISTANBUL (AP) — Police in Istanbul have launched a “large-scale investigation” after a Palestinian was killed and two others were wounded in a shooting as they sat in a car, officials and media said Monday. The killer dropped a handgun fitted with a silencer at the scene, the Istanbul Governor’s Office said in a brief
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani army helicopter rescued two Russians while one is missing after their team was hit by a pile of ice on a treacherous peak in the country’s north, an official said Monday. Karrar Haidri, the secretary of the Alpine Club of Pakistan, said a rescue mission was underway to safely bring
