‘We are dying slowly:’ Palestinians are eating grass and drinking polluted water as famine looms across Gaza

by worldnewsday | Jan 30, 2024 | World

CNN —  Hanadi Gamal Saed El Jamara, 38, says sleep is all that can distract her children from the aching hunger gnawing at their bellies. These days, the mother-of-seven finds herself begging for food on the mud-caked streets of Rafah, in southern Gaza. She tries to...

Russian military plane crashes near Ukraine border

by worldnewsday | Jan 24, 2024 | World

What we’re covering A Russian military plane with 74 people on board has crashed in the Belgorod region of Russia, near the Ukrainian border, Russian state media reported. The region’s governor said all those on board were killed. The cause of the crash is...

Chiapas violence: Hundreds flee cartel battles in southern Mexico

by worldnewsday | Jan 23, 2024 | World

BBC – Hundreds of people have fled their homes in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas as two rival cartels battle for control of the routes they use to smuggle migrants and drugs. A local official said more than 700 residents had been displaced from their...

First “narco sub” of 2024 seized off Colombia loaded with 1,750 pounds of cocaine, drugs with scorpion logos

by worldnewsday | Jan 22, 2024 | World

The Colombian Navy seized a semi-submersible loaded with more than 1,000 pounds of cocaine in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, marking the first interception of a so-called “narco sub” of 2024, officials said in a news release. The 50-foot-long...

Iran is ‘directly involved’ in Yemen Houthi rebel ship attacks, US Navy’s Mideast chief tells AP

by worldnewsday | Jan 22, 2024 | World

JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran is “very directly involved” in ship attacks that Yemen’s Houthi rebels have carried out during Israel’s war against Hamas, the U.S. Navy’s top Mideast commander told The Associated Press on Monday. Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, the...