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(LONDON) — Sudanese army leaders are rejecting peace talks with the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group following U.S Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s call with Sudanese Army Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan earlier this week. “We will not go to Jeddah, and whoever wants us to, should kill us in our country and take our […]

(NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war crosses the seven-month mark, negotiations are apparently stalled to secure the release of hostages taken by the terrorist organization, and Israeli forces continue to launch incursions in the southern Gazan town of Rafah ahead of a possible large-scale invasion. Here’s how the news is developing. All times Eastern: […]

Getty Images – STOCK (ZIMBABWE) — A remarkable fossil finding in Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe has led to a new dinosaur species being named by researchers: Musankwa sanyatiensis. The fossilized remains of the species’ single hind leg, including its thigh, shin, and ankle bones were discovered embedded into a rock in the lake’s shoreline, according […]

(RAFAH, GAZA) — Sumaya Samir Al-Tot, a mother-of-one in Rafah, Gaza, said she has been displaced 17 times. On Wednesday, she fled for the 18th. Sumaya is among one of the more than one million people, according to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), who have fled the southern city of Rafah in […]

(NEW YORK) — A massive volcanic eruption at the Sundhnúkur crater in Iceland on Wednesday spewed lava over 160 feet into the air, officials announced. The crater is located on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwestern Iceland, where authorities evacuated the seaside town of Grindavík, including the country’s biggest tourist attraction, the Blue Lagoon geothermal spa. […]

DuKai photographer/Getty Images (LONDON) — A person has died after being sucked up into the running turbine engine of a plane at Amsterdam’s international airport, officials said. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines made the announcement on Wednesday that a “person ended up in a running aircraft engine” of a plane that was bound for Billund, Denmark […]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea and LONDON) — Around 260 air balloons carrying bags of manure and trash have been spotted across South Korea on Wednesday after they were sent over the border from North Korea, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff. The incident reportedly stems from an incident on Sunday when North […]

(NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war crosses the seven-month mark, negotiations are apparently stalled to secure the release of hostages taken by the terrorist organization, and Israeli forces continue to launch incursions in the southern Gazan town of Rafah ahead of a possible large-scale invasion. Here’s how the news is developing. All times Eastern: […]

(RAFAH, GAZA) — World Central Kitchen (WCK) said it has paused its operations in Rafah due to “ongoing attacks” by Israeli forces as aid organizations warned the humanitarian response is on the brink of “collapse.” The announcement comes as Israel’s offensive on Rafah — the southern city on the Gaza-Egypt border — continues with a […]

(NEW DELHI, INDIA) — One of the hottest countries on Earth has recorded its highest temperature ever. India recorded a temperature of 52.3 degrees Celsius — or about 126 degrees Fahrenheit — on Wednesday afternoon at a weather station in Mungeshpur, a suburb of New Delhi, according to the India Meteorological Department. The temperature soared […]