4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (420+ words) AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP Israel on Tuesday ordered the closure of Britain's consulate in Jerusalem as retaliation after London led Western sanctions over violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Israel said it would also expel British…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (237+ words) Animated satire "South Park" said Tuesday it was changing its name to "South America," in an apparent dig at US President Donald Trump's bid to rename swathes of the world. The announcement from the Emmy Award-winning show follows Trump's recent…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (428+ words) AARON MILESTONE / AFP New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced on Tuesday the release of tens of thousands of documents showing the city did not disclose all it knew about air toxicity after 9/11. The release comes ahead of the 25th anniversary of…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (456+ words) Thai authorities said Wednesday they are investigating a Bangkok clinic where a Nigerian-born British businessman and influencer underwent a penis enlargement procedure that led to his death. A coroner in London last month ruled that the March 6 death of Igho…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (307+ words) ANNA ZIEMINSKI / POOL / AFP South Africa's government turned to the top court Tuesday to halt the auction in the United States of objects belonging to Nelson Mandela, arguing they are part of the country's heritage. The four-year legal battle involves…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (522+ words) At least five people were killed when an Amazon cargo plane overshot a runway after it landed Sunday at Miami International Airport, crashed into vehicles and caught fire, officials said. Miami-Dade County fire chief Ray Jadallah told reporters that in…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (390+ words) Handout / Equal Earth / AFP The United Nations General Assembly voted Friday to adopt a new world map that makes the African continent bigger while shrinking North America and Europe, drawing ire from Washington. Aimed at "a more accurate representation" of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (587+ words) Greg Derr / Pool / AFP A judge declared a mistrial Friday after a jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict in the high-profile case of an American woman who killed her three young children. Lindsay Clancy, 36, acknowledged strangling Cora, five,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (580+ words) Chandan Khanna / AFP Two powerful hurricanes and a strengthening tropical storm were churning through the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, where waters were being warmed by a historically strong El Niño climate episode. Hurricane Lowell intensified to a Category 5 storm Wednesday,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (348+ words) JOSEPH PREZIOSO / AFP A US judge on Wednesday sent jurors back for a final push toward a verdict in Lindsay Clancy's triple murder trial after they deadlocked for a second time, raising the prospect of a mistrial. Clancy, 36, does not…...