Hiroshima 80th anniversary commemorated amid worries of renewed nuclear threats
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Over 100 aid agencies call for Gaza ceasefire, warn of starvation risks
More than 100 largely aid and rights groups on Wednesday called for governments to take action as hunger spreads in Gaza, including by demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire and the lifting of all restrictions on the flow of humanitarian aid.
Russia, Ukraine to hold first peace talks in nearly 2 months
The Kremlin said that Russia and Ukraine are due to hold direct talks in Istanbul on Wednesday evening but added that the negotiations would not be easy.
Trump announces trade deal with Japan that would see 15% tariff on all goods
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the U.S. and Japan have struck a deal that will lower the hefty tariffs Trump had threatened to impose on goods from its Asian ally while extracting commitments for Japan to invest $550 billion US in the Unit…
South Korean pilot may have shut off less-damaged engine in crash that killed 179 people
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At least 4 Gaza children starve to death in deepening hunger crisis, medics say
A six-week-old infant and three other children have died of starvation in Gaza in the past 24 hours, local health officials said, with malnutrition and starvation now killing Palestinians faster than at any point in the 21-month war.
South Korean pilot may have shut off less-damaged engine in crash that killed 179 people
The initial results of an investigation into December’s devastating Jeju Air crash in South Korea showed that while both of the plane’s engines sustained bird strikes, its pilots turned off the less-damaged one just before its crash-landing. The findin…
Angry students confront Bangladesh officials as plane crash death toll rises to 31
Hundreds of students protested near the site of the crash of a Bangladesh air force training jet into a school in Dhaka, demanding accountability, compensation for victims’ families and the halt of training flights.
Trump administration releases MLK Jr.’s FBI records against family’s wishes
The Trump administration has released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the slain Nobel laureate’s family and the civil rights group that he led until his 1968 assassination.
Ex-police officer sentenced to 33 months for violating Breonna Taylor’s rights
Former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison was sentenced on Monday to 33 months in prison for violating Breonna Taylor’s rights during the botched 2020 drug raid in which she was shot and killed, after the U.S. Justice Department asked the judge t…