Gaza militants fired rockets Tuesday after the death in Israeli custody of a leading figure in the Islamic Jihad group, who had been on hunger strike for nearly three months.. The cross-border fire followed the death of Khader Adnan, who had been on hunger strike since his detention by Israeli forces in February in the northern West Bank.
The lead negotiator of Colombia's National Liberation Army said Monday the guerilla movement hoped to reach a preliminary ceasefire with the government "that works 100 percent." . "It's not a ceasefire for the end of the conflict, it is a preliminary ceasefire.
Israel has undergone major societal transformations during its 75 years of existence, which have left the nation confronting deepening divisions.. At the helm of the Zionist movement which preceded the state of Israel, the Ashkenazi community for years "held the political, judicial and economic levers," said Sylvaine Bulle, a sociologist at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS).
From her modest home in the blockaded Gaza Strip, Amina al-Dabai remembers the very different world in which she grew up more than seven decades ago.. - 'Injustice does not last' - Hassan al-Kilani, born in 1934 in Burayr village just north of the Gaza Strip, said he would only accept compensation if there was a political agreement.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday he plans to visit South Korea next week for talks with President Yoon Suk Yeol, as the two US allies pursue warmer ties.. In further efforts to thaw ties, Japan's trade ministry said last week it had started the process to add South Korea back to a so-called "white list" of trusted trade partners, having downgraded it in 2019. kh/kaf/qan
Spanish farmer Juan Francisco Abellaneda's salads and watermelons fill the shelves of European supermarkets winter and summer.. But many farmers are not convinced.
Australia announced a sweeping crackdown on vaping Tuesday, accusing tobacco companies of hooking the next "generation of nicotine addicts" by deliberately targeting teenagers.. "Just like they did with smoking, Big Tobacco has taken another addictive product, wrapped it in shiny packaging and added flavours to create a new generation of nicotine addicts."
A Kenyan taxi driver turned pastor, who allegedly preached that starvation brought salvation, Paul Mackenzie Nthenge was under scrutiny years before 109 of his followers were found dead.. - 'Heinous acts' - "I don't really know what got into him," former follower Katana said about Nthenge.
Bitter and tough, the coca leaf chewed throughout the South American Andes for thousands of years as a natural pick-me-up has been getting an appetizing makeover in Bolivia.. In recent years, there have been clashes between coca leaf producers and police in Bolivia in a dispute over control of commercialization of the plant. str-jac-vel/ag/mlr/bfm
Two pastors are due to appear on Tuesday before Kenyan courts suspected of being behind the deaths of at least 109 people found buried in what has been dubbed the "Shakahola forest massacre".. The two men are in detention and scheduled to appear in courts in different towns on Tuesday.
