As dust settles in Gaza City amid truce, residents return to razed homes The Times of Israel Palestinians return to ruins where homes once stood as Israel awaits remains of hostages PBS Photos: Ceasefire in Gaza brings reunions amid devastation : The Picture Show NPR ‘This is not Gaza’: Palestinians return to war-torn neighborhoods amid fragile ceasefire ABC News … Read more
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro recorded its hottest day in at least a decade when temperatures reached 44 degrees Celsius (111 F) on Monday as residents flocked to the ocean to try to cool off. It was the highest temperature since the southeastern Brazilian city started a climate alert system just over … Read more
Residents in Goma, the largest city in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), were fleeing on Monday after the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group claimed to have captured the regional hub from Congolese forces as fighting escalated despite calls from the United Nations Security Council for the rebels to withdraw. Gunshots rang … Read more
Leaflets dropped on a Lebanon border village urging residents to leave were unsanctioned, the Israeli military has said. The leaflets, which were released on Sunday, were the first evacuation order that residents of south Lebanon have received amid 11 months of cross-border fire between Hezbollah and Israel, sparked by the war on Gaza. However, Israel’s … Read more
Geoff Bennett: The Indian Medical Association has called for a 24-hour withdrawal of services in protest starting Saturday, though they say essential services will still be provided. Final hurricane preparations are under way in Bermuda as Ernesto churns closer to its coastlines. The Category 2 storm is strengthening as it moves up the Atlantic, packing … Read more
Trail of destruction: Occupied West Bank residents take stock Al Jazeera English Israel Intensifies Raids Against Palestinians in West Bank The Wall Street Journal ‘Our children won’t forget’: Grief and anger over Israeli raids on West Bank camps • FRANCE 24 FRANCE 24 English IDF says it wrapped up operation in West Bank’s Tulkarem refugee camp after 45 … Read more