The escalating military confrontation between the United States and Houthi militants is threatening to deepen a humanitarian crisis in Yemen, where aid groups were already struggling to meet the country’s needs, relief workers have warned. Nearly a decade of civil war in the Arabian Peninsula country has driven millions of people from their homes, deepened … Read more
WAJIMA, Japan — Aftershocks threatened to bury more homes and block roads crucial for relief shipments, as the death toll from the earthquakes that rattled Japan’s western coastline last week reached 100 on Saturday. Among the dead was a 5-year-old boy who had been recovering from injuries after boiling water spilled on him during Monday’s … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave TEL AVIV — Ayelet Samerano, whose 21-year-old son Jonathan was abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, watched on television Friday night as Israel’s ground and aerial attacks on Gaza ramped up. The expanded military operation with ground troops caught her by surprise. Israeli officials had not warned … Read more