After summarizing both Israeli and Palestinian Authority investigations, the US Department of State concluded that gunfire from Israeli positions was likely responsible for Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh's death, but dismissed the incident as an unintentional “result of tragic circumstances.”
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot. Abe, Japan's longest-serving leader, was 67. Doctors said he died at 5:03 p.m. Japan time. Abe was shot at about 11:30 a.m. while delivering a street speech in the western city of Nara ahead of Sunday's upper house election.
Pulitzer-winning photojournalist Danish Siddiqui from India, was killed while on duty during the clashes in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The reuters photojournalist 2 days ago had penned down a witness account of the violence perpetrated by the Taliban in Afghanistan as the US military withdraws from the country.
As Britain grieves his death, so do some Pacific tribes people who revere him as a spiritual figure. For decades, two villages on the Vanuatuan island of Tanna have revered the Duke of Edinburgh as a god-like spiritual figure.
Takuo Aoyagi, a Japanese engineer whose pioneering work in the 1970s led to the modern pulse oximeter, a lifesaving device that clips on a finger and shows the level of oxygen in the blood and that has become a critical tool in the fight against the novel coronavirus, died on April 18 in Tokyo
American animation director and producer Gene Deitch has died at age 95. The beloved artist passed away in Prague, where he lived with his wife and fellow animator Zdenka Najmanova. Munro won the Oscar for Animated Short Film in 1961, becoming the cartoon produced outside the U.S. to earn the honor.
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is now a public health emergency of international concern, killing more than 1,600 people and infecting more than 69,000 worldwide. Here's what makes this strain so unusual and what you can do to protect yourself.
Houthi rebels and the Yemeni government agreed to a prisoner swap, setting a positive note for the start of the talks. These are the first peace talks in more than two years, with half of Yemen's population facing starvation as a result of the civil war.
The feisty writer, editor and publisher was responsible for such iconic characters as Spider-Man, the X-Men, Thor, Iron Man, Black Panther and the Fantastic Four — 'nuff said.
Jamal Khashoggi disappeared after visiting the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. In an announcement made in Riyadh, the Saudi general prosecutor also claimed that Khashoggi, who was critical of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was involved in a "quarrel and fighting by hand" which led to his death.
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