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Two U.S. scientists win Nobel Prize in medicine, physiology for discovery of microRNA
Molecular biologist Gary Bruce Ruvkun, co-recipient of the Nobel Prize awarded in physiology or medicine for his work on the discovery of MicroRNA, poses for a portrait at his home…
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Hamas hostage Idan Shtivi confirmed killed in Oct. 7 attack on Israel music festival
Idan Shativ was killed Oct. 7, 2023, during Hamas' attack on the Nova music festival. Some 1,200 Israelis were killed that day, in the attack that launched the ongoing Israel-Hamas…
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Stranded Himalayan climbers rescued after two days
This oblique image was taken in 2015 from the International Space Station as astronauts flew over the Himalaya range in China near the Indian border. The peaks reach altitudes in…
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Israel orders the evacuation of Beirut amid blasts
1 of 2 | Smoke rises as a result of an Israeli airstrike in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday. EPA-EFE/STRINGER Israeli Defense Forces have…
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Palestinian prisoners face rape, death in Israeli prisons, commission alleges
A shocking number of Palestinian prisoners taken captive by Israel have died in Israeli prisons since last October as Israeli soldiers and guards continue to be accused of rape and…
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Hezbollah successor Hashem Safieddine missing after Israel strike
Presumed Hezbollah leader Hashem Safieddine has been missing since an Israeli air strike targeted an underground Hezbollah command bunker on Wednesday. Photo by Wael Hamzeh/EPA-EFE…
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21 dead in central Bosnia flooding, landslides caused by torrential rain
1 of 3 | Rescue workers dig through rubble left by landslides and flooding caused by torrential rains Thursday night into Friday morning in the Donja Jablanica village…
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Global rise in oil prices expected if Israel targets Iranian fields
Am Israeli attack on Iran's oil reserves might cause a significant rise in the cost of crude oil and correspondingly higher gas prices in the United States. File Photo by John…
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2-year-old boy ‘trampled to death’ aboard migrant boat in English Channel
Migrants cross the English Channel on a small boat with a French warship in the background on March 6. French officials said a 2-year-old boy was "trampled to death" aboard an…
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Tropical Storm Milton forms in Gulf; Florida threatened again
1 of 3 | Tropical Storm Milton formed in the Gulf of Mexico and is forecast to impact Florida as a hurricane. Satellite image courtesy National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
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