Titanic menu sells for £84,000 at UK auction

The menu, for a meal served on April 11, 1912, is decorated with a red White Star Line burgee but the original gilt lettering is no longer visible
12 November 2023

Gaza city hospitals cut off by Israel's war on Hamas

Three newborns now reported dead in Al Shifa Hospital
12 November 2023

Displaced Gazans live in dust, fear and hunger

"I don't even have a morsel of bread to feed my kids," said Umm Yaaqub. "Since six in the morning, I have been looking everywhere."
12 November 2023

Israel-Hamas battles create havoc in Gaza hospitals

Heavy fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas trapped thousands of people in Gaza's hospitals on Sunday, with medics and aid workers warning patients will die in the crippled facilities unless there is a pause in the battle.
12 November 2023

London police arrest over 120 as pro-Palestinian rally draws counter-protests

More than 300,000 pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through central London on Saturday, with police arresting over 120 people as they sought to stop far-right counter-protesters from ambushing the main rally
12 November 2023

Israel says it's ready to evacuate babies from Gaza hospital as fighting rages

Israel's military said it was ready to evacuate babies from Gaza's largest hospital on Sunday, where Palestinian officials said two newborns died and dozens more were at risk after fuel ran out amid intense fighting in the area
12 November 2023

Netanyahu rules out role for current Palestinian Authority in post-war Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday ruled out a role for the current Palestinian Authority government in Gaza once the war between Israel and Hamas is over
12 November 2023

Arab and Muslim leaders demand immediate end to Gaza war

Saudi Arabia and other Muslim countries called on Saturday for an immediate end to military operations in Gaza, rejecting Israel's justification of its actions against Palestinians as self-defence
12 November 2023

Top US university suspends groups protesting

A prestigious US university has suspended two student groups that organised protests against Israel’s bombing campaign in Gaza, saying they violated campus policies.
11 November 2023

N Korea slams Blinken’s comments

North Korea’s foreign ministry yesterday slammed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s comments on Pyongyang’s relations with Moscow, saying the remarks would “only escalate the dangerous political and military tension” on the peninsula.
11 November 2023

Violence ‘verging on pure evil’

The UN warned Friday of soaring human rights violations in Sudan’s Darfur region and said they were “verging on pure evil,” amid escalating fighting seven months into the war between the army and paramilitaries.
11 November 2023

800 quakes rock Iceland

Iceland has declared a state of emergency, with police officials urging residents to evacuate the coastal town of Grindavík following an intense wave of earthquakes in the southwest of the country linked to a possible volcanic eruption.
11 November 2023

FBI seizes NYC mayor’s electronic devices

FBI agents seized electronic devices from New York City Mayor Eric Adams earlier this week, days after a raid on the home of his chief campaign fundraiser, according to an attorney for the mayor’s campaign.
11 November 2023

Gaza’s health system ‘on its knees’

The health care system in the Gaza Strip is “on its knees,” the head of the World Health Organization warned Friday, noting that half of the territory’s 36 hospitals are no longer functioning.
11 November 2023

Gaza hospital turned into war zone

Two premature babies died due to power cuts at Gaza’s largest hospital, Physicians for Human Rights Israel said yesterday, citing doctors there, as fighting rages around the Al-Shifa complex.
11 November 2023

Attenborough echidna spotted after six decades

An elusive echidna feared extinct after disappearing for six decades has been rediscovered in a remote part of Indonesia, on an expedition.
11 November 2023

Moscow targets Kyiv after long period of calm

A missile targeted Kyiv yesterday, ending nearly two months of relative calm in the Ukrainian capital, while frontline regions fended off waves of drone attacks overnight.
11 November 2023

Tesco outlet bans cat; shoppers threaten to boycott store

A Tesco outlet in Hornsea, England, banned a cat from entering the store because of "healthy and safety" concerns
11 November 2023

800 earthquakes rock Iceland within 14 hours

Iceland declared a state of emergency on Friday after a series of powerful earthquakes rocked the country's southwestern Reykjanes peninsula, in what could be a precursor to a volcanic eruption
11 November 2023

Columbia University suspends groups protesting Israel-Hamas war

A prestigious US university said Friday it suspended two student groups that organized protests on the Israel-Hamas war that "included threatening rhetoric and intimidation"
11 November 2023