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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces intercepted one of the remaining Gaza flotilla boats, stopping the vessel when it was about 82 nautical miles (around 150 kilometers or 95 miles) from Gaza, according to the flotilla’s website tracker. A livestream on the website showed Israeli forces in a dinghy pulling up to the boat, called the …
NAIROBI, May 19 (Reuters) – French aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres on Tuesday accused South Sudan’s government of blocking humanitarian access to opposition-controlled areas and said all parties involved in an ongoing conflict in the impoverished country were exploiting aid for political and military ends. Clashes between the military and fighters loyal to detained First …
Thousands are under evacuation orders in California as a fast-moving wildfire threatens homes. Plus, an American doctor is among the latest confirmed Ebola cases amid a widening outbreak. All that and all that matters in today’s Eye Opener.
Police in Spain have said their investigation into the death last year of the Mango clothing chain’s founder Isak Andic remains open, amid multiple reports by Spanish media saying his son has become a suspect. Andic, 71, died in December after plunging more than 300 feet while hiking with his eldest son Jonathan in the …
Soldiers who survived the Iranian drone strike in Kuwait tell CBS News the U.S. Army ignored a request for more medical support weeks before the deadly attack. Some of the survivors say at least one of the six soldiers who were killed in the March 1 attack could have been saved.
A Pakistani court sentenced a man to death on Tuesday for murdering a teenage influencer last year, after she had repeatedly rejected his advances. Sana Yousaf’s murder in June drew nationwide condemnation and reignited debate over women’s safety, after some online comments — alongside condolences — blamed her for her own death. A judge announced to …
Voters are going to the polls Tuesday for primaries in several states, including in the key battleground states of Georgia and Pennsylvania, while in Kentucky, Trump foe GOP Rep. Thomas Massie faces a challenger backed by the president. In Alabama, voters are weighing in on four out of seven House races, while the other three …
A U.S. Army unit asked to bulk up medical support weeks before a fatal Iranian strike on their command post in Kuwait, but they were ignored, soldiers told CBS News. Some of the survivors of the attack also said at least one soldier who was killed could have been saved if there had been more …
May 19 (Reuters) – China’s armed forces secretly trained about 200 Russian military personnel in China late last year and some have since returned to fight in Ukraine, according to three European intelligence agencies and documents seen by Reuters. While China and Russia have held a number of joint military exercises since Moscow’s full-scale invasion …
LONDON, May 19 (Reuters) – British prosecutors said on Tuesday that they were confident of announcing who might face criminal charges over the 2017 blaze that ravaged London’s Grenfell Tower killing 72 people before next June, the 10th anniversary of the disaster. The fire was Britain’s deadliest in a residential building since World War Two …