- August 19, 2024
Manhunt over boy, 11, killed playing football
A police manhunt for a man suspected of killing an 11-year-old boy with a sharp object on a football pitch
Palestinian killed as Israeli settlers torch West Bank village
Cars and homes torched in West Bank village A Palestinian man was shot dead as dozens of Israeli settlers attacked
Hamas says guards killed hostage and wounded two others
Hamas’s military wing says that two of its guards have shot and killed one Israeli male hostage held in Gaza
Russia launches counter-terror operation over Ukraine incursion
Russia has imposed a “counter-terrorism operation” regime in three regions to try to halt a surprise cross-border incursion by Ukrainian
Putin accuses Ukraine of ‘provocation’ amid alleged border incursion
President Vladimir Putin has accused Ukraine of launching “another major provocation”, after defence officials said around 300 Ukrainian troops crossed
Anti-government protests turn deadly in Bangladesh
At least 23 people have been killed in Bangladesh as clashes erupted between police and anti-government protesters who are demanding
Hamas military chief killed in air strike, Israel says
AFP Israel’s military says it has confirmed that Hamas’s military chief Mohammed Deif was killed in an Israeli air strike
Italy PM Meloni vows to ‘relaunch’ bilateral ties with China
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has said China is an “important interlocutor” in managing global tensions, as she met President
South African police arrest Libyans at ‘illegal’ military camp
Ninety-five Libyan nationals have been arrested on suspicion of receiving training at an “illegal” military camp in South Africa, police
Bodycam footage shows fatal police shooting
Illinois police have released bodycam footage that shows the chaotic moments that led to the fatal shooting of a woman