RAFAH, Gaza Strip — An Israeli strike flattened a home Thursday in an area of southern Gaza that the military had declared a safe zone as Israeli troops pressed their assault in the nearby city of Khan Younis. Palestinian hospital officials said the blast killed at least 12 people, almost all of them children. Israel’s … Read more
TOKYO — A passenger plane collided with a Japanese coast guard aircraft and burst into flames on the runway of Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday, officials said. NHK TV reported that all occupants of Japan Airlines flight JAL-516, believed to total 379 people, got out safely before the plane was entirely engulfed in flames. The … Read more
The family of a 23-year-old Buckhead man says he and his dog have been found safe. According to a missing persons report obtained by Channel 2 Action News, 23-year-old Jordan Kustas was reported missing by his mother, Lara Harrison, on Monday from his home on Morosgo Drive. Harrison told police the last time she heard … Read more
For Palestinians in Gaza, there’s nowhere left to go. They were already packed tightly before the war, hemmed in by a years-long Israeli and Egyptian blockade. During the current conflict, few parts of the enclave have been spared bombardment, and Israel’s often haphazard and confusing evacuation orders have pushed the displaced into ever-shrinking “safe” areas. … Read more
Planning a vacation? Here are the countries that pose the maximum risk for travelers in 2024 — and also the ones that are the safest — according to International SOS. The risk assessment firm, in its 2024 Risk Map, has ranked these countries based on several metrics, including security, medical dangers as well as the … Read more
CAIRO — Fighting between Sudan’s military and a notorious paramilitary group forced up to 300,000 people to flee their homes in a province that had been a safe haven for families displaced by the devastating conflict in the northeastern African country, the U.N. said Thursday. The fighting erupted in the city of Wad Medani, the … Read more
TikTok In September, TikTok debuted TikTok Shop, an e-commerce platform integrated into the app that offers followers a new way to find and purchase products on their TikTok feed. When TikTok Shop first launched, I was admittedly indifferent and skeptical; however, the deals, the convenience — and the pressures of holiday shopping — got to … Read more
A Rochester Institute of Technology student who had been missing for more than three weeks has been found safe. Matthew Grant, 22, was located and has been reunited with his family, according to a press release by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday. Details were not released regarding Grant’s whereabouts or how he was … Read more
Kody Brown has opened up about feeling unsafe in his relationship with his now ex-wife, Meri Brown. Their love life underwent significant changes after they embraced polygamy, and the Brown family patriarch added three more wives. After years of estrangement, Meri officially ended their virtually non-existent relationship in the season 18 finale of the family’s TLC … Read more
BEIRUT — Gaza has always been a small, crowded space with hardly any exits. Now the world for Palestinians there has shrunk to the size of whatever refuge they can find. The strip is 25 miles (40 kilometers) long by some 7 miles (11 kilometers) wide. More than a month into the war, Israeli troops … Read more