Fears of famine grow in Gaza as aid agencies suspend deliveries

by worldnewsday | Feb 25, 2024 | World

A UNICEF official warned that Gaza was “poised to witness an explosion in preventable child deaths, which would compound the already unbearable level of child deaths in Gaza.” By Molly Hunter and Bill O’Reilly JERUSALEM — As crowds of hungry people crowded...

One of the world’s biggest cities may be just months away from running out of water

by worldnewsday | Feb 25, 2024 | World

Mexico CityCNN —  Alejandro Gomez has been without proper running water for more than three months. Sometimes it comes on for an hour or two, but only a small trickle, barely enough to fill a couple of buckets. Then nothing for many days. Gomez, who lives in Mexico...

Letters to the Editor: Hamas’ attack was horrible, but Israel’s slaughter of Gaza civilians is genocidal

by worldnewsday | Feb 25, 2024 | World

To the editor: It broke my heart to read the article by Dr. Irfan Galaria, a Virginia surgeon who recently volunteered in the Gaza Strip. I was struck by what he said about people who died quickly in bombings being the lucky ones. The children and others in Gaza who...

El Salvador’s Bukele tells US conservatives to ‘put up a fight’

by worldnewsday | Feb 23, 2024 | World

The president of El Salvador told American conservatives to “put up a fight” against the “global elites” in order to get their country back. “The people of El Salvador have woken up, and so can you,” Nayib Bukele said in a speech at...

Civilians recover belongings after Rafah bombardment

by worldnewsday | Feb 23, 2024 | World

A young boy stands within a blast crater following an overnight Israeli bombardment in Rafah, southern Gaza on Feb. 23, 2024. Israel plans to approve hundreds of new homes in occupied West Bank The Associated Press Israel plans to approve the construction of more than...

A small chapel in Gaza City offers sanctuary to Palestinians, as Israeli strikes wipe out entire families in the north

by worldnewsday | Feb 22, 2024 | World

CNN — A small, curly-haired boy walks wearily through the chapel of St. Philip, in Gaza City, northern Gaza, as Israeli drones whir overhead. Smashed concrete and blown-up buildings surround the luminous white walls and pink, stained-glass windows of the church, which...