COP29: Countries agree to $300 billion annual climate finance target
Countries reached a landmark agreement on Sunday at the COP29 climate summit in Baku, setting a new annual climate finance.
World
Afghanistan, World
Republican senator blocks promotion of general who was last U.S. soldier to leave Afghanistan
Donahue became a symbol of the withdrawal when a night-vision photograph captured him boarding the final military plane out of.
World
Israeli airstrike in central Beirut leaves four dead, destroys residential building
The blast shook the city at approximately 4 a.m. local time, with Reuters witnesses reporting that at least four bombs.
World
Netanyahu condemns ICC arrest warrants as ‘antisemitic’
Israel has consistently rejected the jurisdiction of the Hague-based court
World
Israeli strikes kill 47 people in eastern Lebanon, official says
Bachir Khodr, governor of Lebanon's Baalbek-Hermel province, said at least 47 were killed and 22 wounded in Israeli strikes in.
World
ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, former Israeli defense chief and Hamas leader
The court accused Netanyahu and Gallant of crimes including the starvation of civilians in Gaza and the persecution of Palestinians.
World
US embassy in Kyiv warns of potential major air attack, closes temporarily
The warning comes a day after Ukraine deployed U.S.-provided ATACMS missiles to strike targets within Russian territory.
World
EU should allow Ukraine to strike inside Russia, top diplomat says
France indicated on Monday that it remains open to Kyiv targeting military sites within Russia.
World
Saudi Arabia executes over 100 foreign nationals in 2024, including three Afghans
The figure is nearly three times the number of foreign nationals executed annually in 2022 and 2023.
World
Russian missiles target Ukraine as winter approaches
Air defense systems could be heard engaging drones over the capital during the night.