[ad_1] The authorities were battling another round of dangerous wildfires along Chile’s Pacific coast on Wednesday night, several weeks after blazes there killed more than 100 people. Chile’s national disaster agency said on Wednesday night that several communities in the…
[ad_1] Iranians have looked for opportunities in recent months to display defiance against the rules of the clerical government. In Tuesday night’s annual fire festival, many found a chance. Across Iran, thousands of men and women packed the streets as…
[ad_1] A U.S. military mission to construct a floating pier off Gaza’s coast to deliver aid is underway, but concerns remain about logistics and whether it’s the best option to stave off famine in the war-torn Palestinian territory. Maj. Gen.…
[ad_1] As It Happens6:30India’s new citizenship law for religious minorities leaves Muslims out India is providing a fast-track to citizenship for religious minorities seeking refuge in the country — except, that is, for Muslims. The controversial 2019 Citizenship Amendment Act…
[ad_1] Israel said on Wednesday that its airstrike on a UN food distribution centre in southern Gaza killed a Hamas commander whom it targeted. Palestinian health officials said it also killed four more people, including a UN worker. The Israeli military said…
[ad_1] Geert Wilders, the hard-right politician who won a shocking victory in the last Dutch elections, said on Wednesday that he was willing to forgo becoming the prime minister of the Netherlands — for now — in an effort to…
[ad_1] Israeli forces hit an aid warehouse in Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza, on Wednesday, killing at least one staff member of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency and injuring 22 others, the agency said. UNRWA is the…
[ad_1] Israel’s justice ministry said Wednesday it was questioning an officer who fatally shot a youth accused of shooting a firework at security forces in East Jerusalem. The shooting took place Tuesday on the second night of Ramadan. Sparklers and…
[ad_1] Author and Detroit Free Press columnist Mitch Albom and nine others have been rescued by helicopter from Haiti after becoming stranded in the poverty-stricken and violence-torn Caribbean nation while visiting an orphanage. The group was forced to shelter inside…
[ad_1] President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia took a less strident tone on the possibility of nuclear war in an interview released on Wednesday, an apparent attempt to bolster his domestic image as a guarantor of stability before the Russian…