Residents who returned to the northern Gaza town of Jabaliya on Friday had expected to find mass devastation but said they were still shocked by the level of ruin they saw after three weeks of an Israeli offensive on the dense, urban area. “The destruction is indescribable,” said Mohammad Awais, who returned with his family…
Israeli forces have pulled out of Jabalia in northern Gaza, after a three-week offensive there which saw tens of thousands of civilians flee the area. The military said “hundreds of terrorists [had been] eliminated” and 10km (6 miles) of tunnels destroyed during the operation. Pictures from Jabalia show widespread destruction, with multi-storey buildings reduced to…
A recently discovered guitar that John Lennon used to record multiple Beatles songs in the 1960s before it went missing for 50 years has sold at auction for $2.9 million, becoming one of the most valuable pieces of memorabilia from the band. The 12-string acoustic guitar, called the Hootenanny, was believed to be lost after…
Colombia’s Congress has passed a bill which will ban bullfighting across the Andean country from 2027. The ban is the culmination of a vocal campaign by animal rights activists, who have long argued the practice is cruel. Bullfighting was introduced in Colombia by the Spanish during colonial times and became very popular, drawing thousands of…
An Israeli airstrike on the southern Gaza city of Rafah that killed dozens of displaced Palestinians drew widespread international condemnation Monday, with world leaders calling for an investigation into the attack and intensifying the pressure for Israel to end its military campaign in the south. President Emmanuel Macron of France said Monday he was “outraged”…