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Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday killed dozens of people in Gaza City and Beit Lahiya as negotiations continued in Doha. Medics confirmed at least 10 people died in an airstrike on a house in the Daraj suburb of Gaza City, including eight members of the same family. Among the victims were a father, his three children, and their grandmother, according to casualty reports.

In a shocking incident at the Gudauri ski resort in Georgia, 11 Indian nationals and one Georgian were found dead in a commercial building on Monday. Preliminary investigations suggest carbon monoxide poisoning as the likely cause.

Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has been formally indicted by a Manhattan grand jury on murder charges that include allegations of terrorism.  

Russia’s security service (FSB) has detained a 29-year-old man from Uzbekistan in connection with the assassination of Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defence Forces.

The tragic school shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, that claimed the lives of a teacher and a student and left six others wounded, appears to have been driven by a “combination of factors,” according to Police Chief Shon Barnes.

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Luigi Mangione was indicted on 11 counts, including first-degree murder and murder as a crime of terrorism, in the slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Manhattan District Attorney said Thompson’s death “was…

Residents in an apartment building on Ryazanky Prospekt in Moscow heard an explosion Tuesday morning and saw two bodies on the ground when they looked out their windows. The Russian…

  Former Australian national rugby coach Alan Jones denied all allegations after he appeared in court on Wednesday charged with multiple sex crimes against 10 males over two decades. The…

Visiting French special envoy for Syria Jean-François Guillaume said Tuesday, December 17, his country was preparing to stand beside Syrians after Bashar al-Assad’s ouster by rebels this month. “France is preparing…

792 people have been arrested in Nigeria as part of a raid on a crypto romance ring. Many of those taken into custody from the site in Victoria Island were…

The discovery of a World War II bomb in Cologne, Germany, on Tuesday evening prompted authorities to request more than 3,000 people to leave their homes. The explosive was uncovered in…

It was only a matter of time. One day after two old oil tankers sank in the Black Sea on Sunday, spilling a significant amount of the fuel they were…

Honda Nissan merger talks, Nikkei reports Nissan Motor shares surged Wednesday following a media report that the struggling Japanese automaker is looking to merge with Honda Motor, forming a bigger entity…

A Japanese space startup said its second attempt to launch a rocket carrying satellites into orbit had been aborted minutes after lift-off, nine months after the company’s first launch attempt…

Hurricane Chido has devastated the Mayotte archipelago and fears of looters are growing. Now Emmanuel Macron is traveling to the French overseas territory – whose prime minister is under pressure.…

An international war crimes prosecutor said on Tuesday that evidence emerging from mass grave sites in Syria has exposed a state-run “machinery of death” under toppled leader Bashar al-Assad in…

The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO has been indicted on 11 charges, including murder as an act of terrorism, authorities announced on Tuesday. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said the…

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Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, head of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defence Forces, was killed by a bomb in Moscow on Tuesday. The device, hidden in a scooter, exploded as Kirillov and an assistant left an apartment building in southeast Moscow, about four miles from the Kremlin.  

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a parliamentary confidence vote, paving the way for early elections on February 23. The move follows the collapse of his three-party coalition in November, leaving Scholz leading a minority government reliant on opposition support.

Israeli air and ground strikes killed more than 50 people in Gaza on Sunday, including children and a journalist, according to medics. The attacks hit multiple locations, including a UN-run school sheltering displaced families in Khan Younis, where graphic scenes of casualties were reported.

A 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck near Vanuatu’s capital, Port Vila, causing significant damage to buildings and infrastructure. The quake, recorded at 12:47 PM local time (01:47 GMT) at a depth of 57.1km, initially triggered a tsunami alert, which has since been lifted.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew met with President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago as the app faces a looming ban unless its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, sells it by January 19.

A 15-year-old student opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School in Wisconsin, killing a teacher and a teenager, and injuring six others. The shooter, identified as Natalie Rupnow (also known as Samantha), was a student at the school and reportedly died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Two of the injured remain in critical condition.