Israel army carries out rare West Bank air strike, killing ‘three terrorists’
The Israeli military said it struck and killed three militants on Friday in the occupied West Bank, a rare air strike in the Palestinian territory that has seen growing tensions. The West Bank, a partly semi-autonomous territory home to the Palestinian…
Nepal flood devastation revealed in satellite imagery
This destructive path continues westwards along with the swelled river, before heading southwards. Satellite images also show the formation of a barrier lake at the base of the landslide’s path, which Chinese authorities have warned poses a major…
Norway mourns King Harald as Haakon prepares to take the throne
Norway is mourning King Harald V after the country’s longest-serving monarch died at the age of 89, with tributes pouring in from across Europe. His death paves the way for Crown Prince Haakon to become king, as the royal family faces renewed…
Violence breaks out in Ceuta as migrant crisis continues
The socialist-led government of Pedro Sánchez has appealed for calm and accused Vivas’s People’s Party (PP) and the far-right Vox of stoking the tensions. José María Figaredo, a member of Congress for Vox, is being investigated for a possible…
Spanish government urges calm after Ceuta anti-migrant protesters clash with police
Spain’s interior minister called for calm on Friday after residents of Ceuta clashed with police during protests against migrants who have remained in the North African enclave following a mass influx. Tensions have been high in the territory of…
A week of Israeli settler violence in occupied West Bank
Violence by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank is set to reach record levels this year, as human rights groups warn that they are increasingly spreading into new areas of the territory. Attacks on Palestinians have risen under Israel’s…
Rock en Seine: Visually impaired spectators enjoy festival with audio description
At Paris’s Rock en Seine, visually impaired festival-goers can enjoy concerts through live audio description. The festival is offering dedicated platforms, as well as headphones and receivers provided by the Valentin Haüy Association, a pioneer in…
Stargazers around the world glimpse ‘Blood Moon’ lunar eclipse
Stargazers across the globe gathered to witness a near-total lunar eclipse on Thursday night and early Friday morning. Some parts of the world had a chance to see a rare ‘Blood Moon’, when the Sun, Earth and Moon line up in the night sky. It…
Nepal flood survivors rescued from hydropower tunnel
Nepali soldiers rescued around 100 people trapped inside a flooded hydropower tunnel as the death toll from the Nepal-China floods continued to climb, with more than 1,500 people still missing. Rescue efforts were briefly suspended over fears that an…
Rwanda genocide: Dutch court sentences man to life over massacre
A court in the Netherlands has sentenced a Dutch-Rwandan man to life for his involvement in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. The 66-year-old, named only as Eugene N, was accused, among other things, of throwing a hand grenade into a crowd of Tutsis who were…