NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Israel reportedly carried out a series of airstrikes across southern and northeastern Lebanon just ahead of the Dec. 31 deadline for the terrorist organization Hezbollah to disarm. The strikes hit Hezbollah infrastructure sites and launching sites in a military compound that the terror organization uses to train…
AP Photo/File Arnett reported on the Vietnam and Gulf Wars during his career (pictured here in Saigon, Vietnam, in 1963) Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and war correspondent Peter Arnett has died at the age of 91, US media has reported. Arnett won the international reporting prize in 1996 for his Vietnam War coverage at the Associated…
Australia’s race discrimination commissioner says social media companies have allowed racist and antisemitic hate to flow “unchecked” – and warned of an imminent outbreak of racially motivated violence after the Bondi beach terror attack. “There are some that say you can turn the tap of online hate off,” Giridharan Sivaraman said on Thursday afternoon. “It’s…
Brazil’s congress has approved a bill to reduce the prison term of Jair Bolsonaro, the former president who was sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for masterminding an attempted coup to overturn the 2022 elections. Approved last week by the lower house and late on Wednesday by the senate, the bill now goes…
NEW YORK (AP) — The last major meteor shower of the year, known as the Ursids, peaks soon, bringing glowing streaks to nighttime and early morning skies. Compared to other meteor showers, it’s more subdued, but experts say it’s still worth a glimpse. Meteor showers happen when space rocks hit Earth’s atmosphere at extremely high…
US announces $11bn arms sales to Taiwan In other news, the Trump administration has announced a huge arms sale worth about $11bn to Taiwan. If approved by Congress, it would be the largest-ever American weapons package to Taiwan, exceeding the total amount of $8.4bn in US arms sales to Taiwan during the Biden administration. The…
Thailand says it has bombed a “logistics centre” near the Cambodian town of Poipet, known for being a major casino hub and the biggest land crossing between the two countries. The bombings come as renewed border clashes show no sign of abating. Cambodia’s defence ministry said Thai forces dropped two bombs, while the Thai side…
Rainfall on Iran’s Hormuz Island briefly transformed the coastline of its Red Beach into a striking natural scene this week, as red soil flowed into the sea and turned the water shades of deep red. The beach is known for its vivid red sand and cliffs, created by high concentrations of iron oxide. When rain…
A Briton who fought in Ukraine has been sentenced to 13 years in a maximum-security prison, the Russian Prosecutor-General’s office has said. Hayden Davies, a former British soldier who Russia has called a mercenary, was reportedly captured in Ukraine’s Donbas region in late 2024 or early 2025 while serving with the country’s foreign legion. He…
Bishop Ronald A. Hicks is the new Archbishop of New York Diocese of Joliet hide caption toggle caption Diocese of Joliet VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV tapped Bishop Ronald A. Hicks of Joliet, Illinois, to lead the influential Archdiocese of New York, replacing Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who led New York’s 2.8 million Catholics…