A powerful king tide caused damage as it battered Sydney’s coast on Tuesday evening. Waves reaching 5.5 metres shattered glass and lifted floors at Sydney’s iconic Bondi Icebergs pool. The surf club’s manager said the sheer magnitude of water was like nothing he had seen before. Further down the coastline, residents in Botany Bay were...
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz says the military will expand its operation in Gaza and seize “large areas” of the territory. In a statement on Wednesday, Katz said the expanded operation aimed to “destroy and clear the area of terrorists and terrorist infrastructure”. Seized areas would be “incorporated into Israeli security zones”, he said. He...
The BBC’s Burmese Service has been speaking to families and rescuers in Myanmar’s city of Mandalay, close to where a deadly 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck on Friday. The death toll from the quake and a series of aftershocks has climbed past 2,700, with 4,521 injured and hundreds still missing, according to Myanmar’s military chief. “We...
The United Nations agency for children says that at least 322 children are reported to have been killed since Israel launched a renewed offensive in Gaza two weeks ago. Unicef said at least 609 other children were reportedly wounded during the same period. “The ceasefire in Gaza provided a desperately needed lifeline for Gaza’s children...
Hugo Bachega Middle East correspondent AFP An Israeli air strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs has killed a Hezbollah official and three other people, Lebanon’s health ministry says, putting further pressure on a fragile ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese armed group. The strike also injured seven people, the health ministry said. The attack was the...
EPA Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the police of holding the two men as “hostages” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denounced an investigation into possible links between his aides and Qatar as a “witch hunt”, after he gave testimony to police. An adviser and a former spokesman were arrested on Monday over alleged...
The body of a fourth US soldier has been found, a week after they went missing in Lithuania. The soldier was part of a team of four who were conducting military drills in a large armoured vehicle when they disappeared near the city of Pabrade. The vehicle – a M88A2 Hercules – and the bodies...
Outrage has spread in Somalia after an eight-year-old girl, who had been missing for six months, was found living with a man who said he was her husband. The girl was reported missing by her family in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland last September. Months later, it emerged the girl’s father had consented for her...
Gang members stormed the town of Mirebalais in central Haiti on Monday and released about 500 inmates from prison. A spokesman for Haiti’s national police said extra officers had been deployed to the town, which is located 50km (30 miles) north-east of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Police officials said they had regained control of Mirebalais, but...
Heavy rain caused flash flooding on the Greek island of Paros on Monday, with water surging through the streets and sweeping vehicles away. Schools were closed and authorities urged residents to avoid travel, according to local media. Further heavy rainfall is expected to hit this week. Read full article at source...
Standing in front of a few dozen supporters in a strip-mall parking lot in Ocala, Florida, on Monday evening, Democratic congressional candidate Josh Weil made a prediction. The public school maths teacher said that in less than 24 hours, he was going to make history by flipping a solidly Republican congressional seat – helping to...
Reuters A detainee is moved at a prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador, last week during a visit by US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem The Trump administration has deported 17 more alleged gang members to El Salvador, the US state department has said, despite legal battles over removing people to the Central American country’s supermax...
A national protest meant to pressure Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa to resign turned into a shutdown as citizens opted to stay away rather than take to the streets amid a heavy security presence. Only a handful of protesters took part in the planned march, spearheaded by a group of disgruntled war veterans who have accused...
The bodies of three US soldiers, missing for six days, have been found in a muddy swamp near the Lithuanian city of Pabradė, where they were taking part in military drills, the US Army has confirmed. Rescue teams are still searching for a fourth soldier. “The soldiers we have lost in this tragedy were not...
Russia says it is still “working with the US” after President Trump said he was “angry” and “pissed off” with Vladimir Putin. In its first response to Trump’s criticism of the Russian president, the Kremlin tried to play down the tensions between the two leaders. “We continue working with the US side, first of all,...