After weeks of earthquake activity, an Icelandic volcano erupts near town. |
OSLO—After weeks of high seismic activity, a volcano erupted late Monday in southwest Iceland, spewing lava and smoke across a vast region and endangering a small settlement, according to the country's Meteorological Office.Read More |
Israel Discovers the 'Biggest Hamas Tunnel' Near the Gaza Border |
GAZA-ISRAEL BORDER—Israeli soldiers fighting Hamas claimed they discovered an unusually big concrete and iron-girded tunnel meant to transport carloads of terrorists from Gaza all the way to the border.Read More |
Over the Red Sea, a US warship shoots down 14 suspected attack drones. |
LONDON—An American warship shot down 14 suspected attack drones over the Red Sea on Saturday, while a Royal Navy destroyer took down another drone that was targeting commercial ships, according to the British and American forces.Read More |
Rocket Lab Launches Japanese Satellite From New Zealand Space Company Complex |
WELLINGTON, New Zealand—The California-based Rocket Lab, which specializes in launching tiny satellites into orbit, launched a Japanese satellite from its complex on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula on Friday.Read More |
Putin claims that there will be no peace in Ukraine until his objectives are met. |
MOSCOW—Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that there would be no peace in Ukraine until the Kremlin achieves its objectives, which have not altered despite almost two years of conflict that has heightened tensions between Moscow and the West.Read More |
An ambush kills nine Israeli soldiers in Gaza City, as battles rage weeks into a devastating offensive. |
RAFAH, Gaza Strip—Palestinian terrorists attacked Israeli forces in a thick Gaza City neighborhood, killing at least nine of them, according to media reports Wednesday, as Hamas resisted Israel's airstrikes for more than nine weeks.Read More |
Ukraine claims 53 people were injured in Russian missile strikes on Kyiv. |
KYIV—At least 53 people were injured and a children's hospital was damaged in Russia's second missile attack on Kyiv this week, according to Ukrainian officials on Wednesday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy begged for additional assistance for his nation.Read More |
A suicide bomber attacks a police station in Northwest Pakistan, killing 23 officers and injuring 32 more. |
PESHAWAR, Pakistan—A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden truck at the main gate of a police station in northwest Pakistan early Tuesday, killing at least 23 servicemen and injuring 32 others, as well as causing a portion of the structure to collapse, according to the military and officials.Read More |
Heavy fighting breaks out in Gaza as Israel's military targets Hamas strongholds. |
Fighting in Gaza's south heated up over the weekend, with Israel claiming control of the region surrounding the former Hamas headquarters in Gaza City.Read More |
Rescuers have recovered 11 bodies following landslides at a mine in Zambia. |
LUSAKA, Zambia—Eleven informal miners have been declared dead, and their remains have been recovered from an open-pit copper mine in Zambia where they were buried in tunnels they were excavating last month by landslides. One survivor has been located, while up to 26 others are still missing and presumed dead nearly two weeks later.Read More |