Israel warned on Wednesday that anyone who tries to strike them “will be met with a strong defense,” after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed to retaliate against Israel over the attack on its Syrian consulate earlier this month. “We know how to respond quickly and decisively to the territory…

A confrontation between Argentine authorities and anti-government protesters angered by President Javier Milei’s spending cuts escalated on Wednesday, as protesters blocking the capital’s key thoroughfare were forcibly dispersed and eight of the movement’s participants arrested.In a rare move, riot police officers deployed powerful water cannons, drenching demonstrators. Argentines demanding more…

After a Massachusetts mother asked for help on Facebook finding her aloof celebrity chef British husband, who allegedly ghosted her while she was pregnant, the internet rallied — finding the man who “disappeared without a trace” within hours.A thread on X, posted by @OKAYYYWOWWW, describes Ashley McGuire and her husband…

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Amanda Knox is again defending herself in an Italian court in a slander case that has the potential to remove the last legal stain against her, following her exoneration nine years ago in the 2007 murder of her British roommate, Meredith Kercher.Despite a murder conviction against…

Colombia’s influential former President Álvaro Uribe on Wednesday denounced as “political vengeance” a move by national prosecutors to bring him to trial in a case of witness tampering that has shadowed his legacy.Uribe insisted in a video message that there was no evidence against him, a day after prosecutors announced…

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s president issued a natural disaster declaration Wednesday as 44 forest fires continue to burn across the Central American country.DESPERATE YOUNG GUATEMALANS TRY TO REACH THE US EVEN AFTER HORRIFIC DEATHS OF MIGRATING RELATIVESPresident Bernardo Arévalo said that 80% of the fires were started by people.…

The double-amputee former South African track star Oscar Pistorius is struggling to find post-prison employment as members of his church see him as a “shadow” of the man he once was, according to a new report.Pistorius, now 37, served nine years of a 13-year prison sentence for fatally shooting his…

AMIZMIZ, Morocco (AP) — An earthquake months ago left parts of her home cracked and crumbling, but Fatima Barri felt wrong spending Islam’s holy month of Ramadan in a tent.Thankful to be spared by the 6.8-magnitude quake that killed thousands around her in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains, she stood in her…

Germany is one of the most visited countries in the world, attracting travelers from far and wide with its thousands of years of history, rich culture and picturesque landscapes.More than 183 million tourists visited the European country in 2023, according to the Statista Research Department.From the natural beauty of Bavaria…

A Chechen warlord has added 3,000 former Wagner mercenaries to his growing forces, giving him control over a sizable force inside the Russian army. “One of the Wagner commanders with the call sign Ratibor will join the legendary Akhmat special forces,” Chechen commander Ramzan Kadyrov said. “With him, 3,000 former fighters…