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The Secretary-General of the United Nations urges an end to “retaliatory” violence in the Middle East after the Iranian attack on Israel – Watani

editorOctober 2, 2024

Written by Michelle Nichols Reuters Published October 2, 2024 at 11:14 am 1 minute read Reduce the font size of the article Increase the font size of the article UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday condemned the Iranian missile attack on Israel, telling the Security Council that the “deadly cycle of violence must stop.” “Time...

As tensions rise in the Middle East, Canadian police are bracing for potential unrest

editorOctober 2, 2024

Canadian police forces are beefing up security as tensions rise across the Middle East and as the anniversary of Hamas’s deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel approaches. Toronto Police Chief Myron Demchio said emotions are “running high” in Toronto ahead of the anniversary. “The ongoing conflict in the Middle East continues to deeply impact...

A World War II-era American bomb explodes at a Japanese airport, leaving a hole in the runway – National

editorOctober 2, 2024

Reduce the font size of the article Increase the font size of the article Flights were halted at a Japanese regional airport on Wednesday after an unexploded American bomb, believed to be from World War II, exploded near the runway. The bomb exploded at Miyazaki Airport on Wednesday morning, leaving a crater seven meters wide...

Leaving Lebanon Now, Ottawa Urges Most to Decline Offer of Seats on National Flights

editorOctober 1, 2024

Less than a third of Canadians in Lebanon are taking government-assisted commercial flights out of the country when they are offered, officials said Tuesday, urging everyone to seize the opportunity while it remains available. As of Tuesday, nearly 300 Canadians had left Lebanon on government-chartered flights from Beirut to Istanbul, a senior Global Affairs Canada...

Julian Assange says he ‘admitted guilt to the press’ in his first comments since his release – National

editorOctober 1, 2024

Julian Assange, founder of the media site WikiLeaks, told European lawmakers on Tuesday that his guilty plea to US espionage charges was necessary because legal and political efforts to protect his freedom were not enough. “I have ultimately chosen freedom over unachievable justice,” Assange said, in his first public comments since his release from prison,...

More than 20 people and many children killed after a school bus fire in Thailand – National

editorOctober 1, 2024

More than 20 people were killed after a bus carrying students and faculty on a school trip in Thailand crashed and caught fire near the capital, Bangkok, on Tuesday, officials said. Thai Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said nearly 25 people had died, although authorities had not yet confirmed the official death toll and infection rate....

Senator says Russian plane flies within a few feet of US plane in ‘escalating aggression’.

editorOctober 1, 2024

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) released a video of the moment a Russian plane came dangerously close to a US F-16 in airspace off the coast of Alaska last week. A US senator from Alaska later said the Russian plane came “within just a few feet” of the US plane. video, Released on...

Deadly Marburg virus spreads in Rwanda, without vaccine or treatment – National

editorOctober 1, 2024

Rwanda says eight people have died so far from the highly contagious Ebola-like Marburg virus, just days after the country declared an outbreak of the deadly hemorrhagic fever for which there is no vaccine or approved treatment. Like Ebola, Marburg virus originates in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact with infected bodily...

How Canada and other countries plan evacuations in Lebanon – National

editorOctober 1, 2024

Western countries are updating contingency plans to organize evacuations from Lebanon after a sharp escalation in the border war between Israel and the Lebanese armed movement Hezbollah. Cyprus, the closest EU member state to the Middle East, is a potential centre, having received some 60,000 people who fled the war between Hezbollah and Israel in...

Israel warns Lebanese border towns of evacuation amid “local ground raids” – Watani

editorOctober 1, 2024

The Israeli military on Tuesday warned people to evacuate nearly two dozen Lebanese border towns, hours after launching what it said was a limited ground incursion against the Hezbollah militant group. Hezbollah denied the entry of Israeli forces, but said it was ready to fight them. The army advised people to evacuate north of the...

Pope Francis appoints 21 new cardinals, including the Archbishop of Toronto

Written by Alison Jones Canadian Press Posted on October 6, 2024 at 10:45 am 1 minute read Reduce the font size of the article Increase the font size of the article The archbishop of Toronto is among 21 new cardinals named by Pope Francis on Sunday and the only new cardinal from North America. Archbishop...

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: Air strikes in Lebanon violated humanitarian law

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said on Sunday that air strikes in Lebanon violated international humanitarian law by striking civilian infrastructure and killing civilians, referring to Israel’s bombing of the country. “Unfortunately, there are many cases of violations of international humanitarian law in the way airstrikes are carried out that destroyed or damaged...

Tropical Storm Milton could hit Florida as a major hurricane midweek – National

People across Florida received notice Sunday that Milton, currently just a tropical storm off the coast of Mexico, could quickly intensify into a major hurricane before a mid-week storm-swept Gulf Coast hit. Tropical Storm Milton was centered about 860 miles (1,385 kilometers) west-southwest of Tampa, Florida, early Sunday, moving east at five mph (seven kilometers...

Elon Musk joins Trump at a rally, warns that democracy is at stake in the upcoming US elections – National

Reduce the font size of the article Increase the font size of the article Billionaire technology executive, Elon Musk, made sharp criticism of the upcoming presidential elections during his appearance with Donald Trump, describing the Republican presidential candidate as the only candidate “to preserve democracy in America.” Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, who...

Israel expands its bombing of Lebanon as thousands flee the escalating war

Powerful new explosions rocked the southern suburb of Beirut on Saturday evening, while Israel expanded its bombing of Lebanon, and also struck a Palestinian refugee camp deep in the north. Source link

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