Tehran, Iran – Thousands of Iranians in Tehran were jolted awake by the sound of explosions in the early hours of Saturday as Israel attacked. “I heard about 10 booms in relatively quick succession,” said Ali, a 32-year-old who lives in western Tehran, where the first booms were heard after…
By Louis Jacobson | PolitiFact Published On 26 Oct 202426 Oct 2024 US Vice President Kamala Harris stated on September 27, 2024, in a campaign advertisement: “Former President Donald Trump wants to take away the Affordable Care Act.” In the September 27 online ad, a man identified as Dr Cesar Quintana,…
Israel has attacked Iran, killing four Iranian soldiers. It also launched simultaneous strikes on Iraq and Syria, ostensibly targeting Iran-linked interests. Israel says the campaign early on Saturday targeted military sites and was a response to attacks from “Iran and its proxies”. Iran says it will continue defending against Israeli…
UNICEF calls for more international attention to ‘the forgotten crisis’ as about 25.6 million people face acute hunger. Dozens of civilians have been killed and thousands displaced in Sudan’s Gezira state, aid groups said, after several days of attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). A union of doctors…
On August 10, at least 18 were killed near the city of Beni, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) near the border with Uganda. Two months earlier, on June 7, a massacre had left 80 dead, and another one on June 13 had killed 40 people. Such…
India crashed to a humiliating three-day home defeat by 113 runs in the second Test in Pune on Saturday as New Zealand became the first touring team to seal a series win in the country for 13 years. It was also the Kiwis’ first series win India and comes after…
Voting is under way in Georgia’s parliamentary elections that could shape the future of the country’s young democracy and its European ambitions. Saturday’s vote will see an unprecedented alliance of pro-Western opposition parties challenging the governing Georgian Dream party, which has faced criticism for stifling democracy and drifting towards Russia….
With Harris and Trump neck and neck, they are throwing everything they can at voters. With less than two weeks until the United States presidential election, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have embarked on a final media blitz. Turning to podcasts, both candidates are hoping to reach voters in every…
Commonwealth leaders have gathered in Samoa for the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) this week. This is the first time the summit has taken place on a Pacific Small Island Developing State (PSIDS). At the summit, a demand that the United Kingdom pay reparations for its role in…
As the war enters its 974th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Saturday, October 26, 2024: Fighting Three people, including a child, were killed following overnight Russian missile strikes in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. At least 19 people were wounded in the attack, which…
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