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While surfing off the coast of West Sumatra, Indonesia, an Italian surfer was killed when a sharp-billed fish pierced him in the chest. Giulia Manfrini, 36, experienced a “freak accident” while surfing in the isolated Mentawai Islands, according to James Colston, her business partner. Colston posted a statement on Instagram …

Many of Hamas’s top leaders have been killed since the group attacked Israel on 7 October 2023, dealing it a severe blow. Here’s what has happened to Hamas’s most prominent figures: Yahya Sinwar Yahya Sinwar, a senior leader of Hamas, orchestrated the 7 October attacks, which resulted in approximately 1,200 …

Members of a Malaysian religious group accused of human trafficking and child sexual abuse continued to commit crimes even after a major police crackdown, authorities said. The Islamic World Ikhwan Group (GISB) made international headlines in September when police rescued 402 minors suspected of abuse in 20 nursing homes. Authorities …

South Korean Author Han Kang Wins Nobel Prize for Literature, Marking a Historic First South Korean poet and novelist Han Kang has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature for her deeply poetic and hauntingly powerful works. Known for addressing themes of trauma, suffering, and the fragility of human …

Russian intelligence is on a mission to “sow continued chaos on the streets of Britain and Europe,” the MI5 chief said. In a rare public address, Ken McCallum warned that Britain faces the “most complex and interconnected” threat it has ever faced. He said MI5 has also responded to 20 …

As fighting continues in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, Israel held a ceremony on October 7, 2023, to commemorate the victims of Hamas’ mass killings and kidnappings. A year after the attacks that left about 1,200 people dead and 251 hostages taken, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli forces …

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to US scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Lubkun for their work on microRNAs. Their discoveries help explain how complex life arose on Earth and how the human body is made up of so many different tissues. MicroRNAs influence how …

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines and South Korea have signed a memorandum of understanding to conduct a feasibility study for the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP). The memorandum was signed on Monday, October 7, between the Department of Energy and Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. Ltd. It was signed …

MANILA, Philippines – Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto has accused a rival candidate in next year’s mayoral election of having ties to Miru Systems, a South Korean company that won a P18-billion contract for automatic counting machines to be used in the 2025 midterm elections. Sotto made the allegations after …

A few meters from the burnt houses of Kibbutz Beeri, Simon King tends his sunlit plot. The streets around him are eerily quiet, broken only by the sounds of nearby airstrikes. This community was hit by a horrific attack about a year ago when gunmen from Hamas and other groups …