World Apr 06 Israel strikes targets in the Gaza Strip, drawing new rocket barrage The Israeli military says air-raid sirens are sounding in southern Israel, signaling renewed rocket fire from the Gaza Strip. The sirens went off early Friday shortly after Israel began bombing targets in Gaza.
World Apr 06 Militants in Lebanon fire rockets at Israel, raising tension as Passover begins Militants have fired a barrage of rockets from Lebanon at Israel on Thursday, the Israeli military said, forcing people across Israel’s northern frontier into bomb shelters, wounding at least one person and ratcheting up regional tensions as Israelis celebrated the…
World Feb 01 West Bank Palestinian community faces removal as far-right Israel vows expansion The long-running dispute over the West Bank Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar has resurfaced this week as a focus of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
World Jan 04 WATCH: State Department holds briefing after Israel demolishes part of West Bank village Residents and activists say the Israeli military has demolished homes, water tanks and olive orchards in two Palestinian villages in the south of the occupied West Bank.
World Aug 16 Israel carried out Gaza strike that killed 5 children, report says A Palestinian human rights group and an Israeli newspaper are reporting that an explosion in a cemetery that killed five Palestinian children during the latest Gaza flare-up was caused by an Israeli airstrike.
World Feb 01 Amid pandemic restrictions, China rings in the Year of the Tiger China is ringing in the Lunar New Year despite pandemic restrictions, as people gathered at temples to offer traditional prayers for the Year of the Tiger.
World Apr 29 China launches main part of its 1st permanent space station China on Thursday launched the main module of its first permanent space station that will host astronauts long term, the latest success for a program that has realized a number of its growing ambitions in recent years.
World Jan 14 WHO team arrives in Wuhan to investigate pandemic origins A global team of researchers arrived Thursday in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to conduct a politically sensitive investigation into its origins amid uncertainty about whether Beijing might try to prevent embarrassing discoveries.
World Dec 17 Moon rocks in hand, China prepares for future moon missions Following the successful return of moon rocks by its Chang'e 5 robotic probe, China is preparing for future missions that could set the stage for an eventual lunar base to host human explorers.
Science Nov 23 China launches mission to bring back material from moon surface If successful, it would be a major advance for China's space program, and some experts say it could pave the way for bringing samples back from Mars or even a crewed lunar mission.