Israel hits landmark residential tower in Rafah as Gaza truce talks stall

[ad_1] Israeli forces have struck one of the largest residential towers in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, residents said, stepping up pressure on the last area of the enclave it has not yet invaded and where more than a...

Photos: Indonesian single mother makes ends meet as autorickshaw driver

[ad_1] Her three-year-old daughter at her side, single mother Ekawati plies Jakarta’s notorious traffic in her three-wheeled autorickshaw, making ends meet as one of a growing number of Indonesian women seeking informal employment outside the home. Not that Ekawati has...

Photos: What happens to the coins tossed into Rome’s Trevi Fountain?

[ad_1] As visitors’ coins splash into Rome’s majestic Trevi Fountain carrying wishes for love, good health or a return to the Eternal City, they provide practical help to people the tourists will never meet. For hundreds of years, when in...

Photos: Bolivian women take up taekwondo amid rampant gender violence

[ad_1] A violent attack by would-be robbers steered Bolivian Lidia Mayta towards the martial art of taekwondo. Three years later, she helps train other Indigenous women to defend themselves against rampant gender-based violence in the South American country. Mayta says...

Photos: Israeli air raid hit mosque and sheltering families nearby

[ad_1] Deir el-Balah, Gaza – At dawn on Saturday, Israeli aircraft bombed a mosque next to makeshift tents housing displaced people in the city of Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. The bombing resulted in the killing of a...

Week in pictures: From firefighter protests in Seoul to prayers in Gaza

[ad_1] A roundup of some of last week’s events. [ad_2] Crime Today News | World Source | Powered by Yes Mom Hosting

Pakistan’s zoo-turned-wildlife rescue hub gives big cats new life

Islamabad, Pakistan – From the outside, one might assume that the former premises of Marghazar Zoo are now deserted. A dilapidated ticket office and overgrown foliage suggest an absence of visitors. But listen closely, and you might hear the chatter...

Photos: Norway gives Arctic foxes a helping hand amid climate woes

[ad_1] One by one, the crate doors swing open and five Arctic foxes bound off into the snowy landscape. But in the wilds of southern Norway, the newly freed foxes may struggle to find enough to eat, as the effects of climate change...

Fire rips through Bangladesh shopping centre killing 45

[ad_1] At least 45 people have been killed and dozens of others wounded in a blaze at a six-story shopping mall in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, officials said on Friday. The fire started late on Thursday at a restaurant on...