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Israel intercepts rocket from Yemen as sirens sound in Tel Aviv
The Israeli military intercepted a missile fired at Israel from Yemen on Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces reported on its Telegram channel. Rocket alarms were triggered in several regions, including Tel Aviv, marking the first alerts in nearly three weeks in the coastal city, where a muffled explosion was heard in the city centre. The…
Read MoreIsrael’s Gaza City relocation plan sparks Hamas accusations, global concern
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key Takeaways The military announced that it would be handing out tents and other housing equipment starting on Sunday. Hamas said on Sunday that Israel’s plan…
Read MoreSudan army torturing people to death, claims rights group
A prominent Sudanese human rights group has accused the country’s army and security forces of torturing people to death and operating “execution chambers”. The Emergency Lawyers group said it had documented hundreds of arrests in the capital Khartoum. It said that in the “worst cases”, some captives had later been found dead with evidence of…
Read MoreBy Day, He Was a Decorated Commander. But Double-Life Started with Underwear Fetish — and Spiraled into Heinous Crimes
NEED TO KNOW Col. Russell Williams, trusted to fly prime ministers and Queen Elizabeth II, secretly prowled neighborhoods and broke into homes 82 times to steal women’s underwear Investigators linked him to two murders and multiple sexual assaults, crimes he admitted to in a disturbing taped confession Williams was sentenced to life in prison in…
Read MoreHostage protests: 32 arrested nationwide, two drivers attack protesters
In Jerusalem, protesters blocking the tunnel opening to Highway 16 were sprayed with a water cannon by police to try to clear out the road for traffic. Thousands flocked to streets and highways and donned yellow ribbons on Sunday in nationwide protests to exert pressure to free the 50 remaining hostages held by Hamas in…
Read More‘Pray for rain’: wildfires in Canada are now burning where they never used to
Road closures, evacuations, travel chaos and stern warnings from officials have all become fixtures of Canada’s wildfire season. But as the country goes through its second-worst burn on record, the blazes come with a twist: few are coming from the western provinces, the traditional centre of destruction. Instead, the worst of the fires have been…
Read MoreA Season of Unease at the Edinburgh Festival
For a few weeks each August, the Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe fill every theatre, student center, lecture hall, and pub basement in the Scottish capital with performances. Visitors and artists are encouraged to binge in every sense: in just six days, I was able to see twenty-eight shows—I know stronger, better…
Read MoreThe Sloppy Joe Makes a Kicky Comeback
Few words in the English language have the onomatopoeic satisfaction of “slop.” Its opening consonants evoke sludge and slipperiness, the round “O” and smacking “P” the liquid wallop of a viscous substance hitting a surface at speed. Pigs eat slop. Clogged sinks overflow with it. A.I. engines generate it. It’s not a term of charm…
Read MoreIsraelis hold huge protests, strikes in support of hostages in Gaza
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key Takeaways Israelis staged strikes and large protests on Sunday to demand the release of hostages held by the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement in the Gaza…
Read MorePalestinians flee IDF attacks on Gaza City as Israelis protest occupation plan
Thousands of residents have fled Gaza City’s southern Zeitoun neighbourhood, where days of continuous Israeli bombardment have created a “catastrophic” situation, the city’s Hamas-run municipality has told the BBC. At least 40 people were killed by Israeli attacks across the territory on Saturday, Gaza’s civil defence agency said. The Israeli military said it would begin…
Read MoreNetanyahu, Zamir’s spar over Gaza operations leaves IDF chief as winner in the public eye
The poll measured public satisfaction with three key figures at the center of decision-making: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir. IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir currently holds the most public support in Israel, according to a poll conducted for Maariv by Lazar Research, led…
Read More‘The hostages are my top priority:’ the IDF officer overseeing aid distribution, and her mission
M., a mother of four and wife to a hi-tech professional, described her mission in five words: “returning the hostages and denying Hamas aid.” “As a uniformed officer, my role is first and foremost to protect the State of Israel and everyone who lives here,” Lt.-Col. M., 42, head of the Foreign Relations Department in…
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