Unidentified assailants on Tuesday wounded four news photographers in the violence-wracked southern Mexican city of Chilpancingo, authorities said.Prosecutors in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero said all four had been taken to a hospital, but did not say whether their wounds were serious.All of the journalists appeared to work for…

France will ban smoking on all beaches, in public parks, forests and some other public areas as part of a national anti-tobacco plan presented by the health minister on Tuesday.UK PROPOSES GRADUAL INCREASE IN LEGAL SMOKING AGE TO PHASE OUT YOUTH SMOKINGTobacco products cause 75,000 avoidable deaths a year in…

Sierra Leone’s government has arrested 13 of its own military officials in connection with attacks that allegedly amounted to a failed coup attempt.The suspects tried to “overthrow the elected government of Sierra Leone,” Information Minister Chernor Bah said of the attacks, which took place in the West African nation’s generally…

close Video A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck near the eastern Caribbean island of Barbados on Tuesday. No immediate damage was reported. ICELAND VOLCANIC ERUPTION WATCH: OFFICIAL SAYS AUTHORITIES COULD GET AS LITTLE AS ‘30 MINUTES NOTICE’The quake occurred some 30 miles south-southwest of the capital of Bridgetown at a depth…

Finland will close its remaining border crossing with Russia after accusing Moscow of flooding its borders with migrants over the Nordic nation’s decision to join NATO earlier this year.Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo told reporters on Tuesday that his government will close its last open border crossing with Russia due…

Eleven people have been killed and at least 75 others are injured after an elevator at a mine in South Africa broke and plunged down hundreds of feet, the mine operator said Tuesday.The incident occurred on Monday afternoon at a platinum mine in Rustenburg, which is around 60 miles northwest…

Israel’s military chief shared his country’s priorities in the current Israel-Hamas war during a press briefing on Tuesday and revealed what the Israeli army intends to do after the current cease-fire expires.Israeli army Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Herzi Halevi said Tuesday that Israel’s first goal was to secure the safe…

Israel’s military is accusing the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas of “violating” its current cease-fire agreement following a series of explosions and gunfire in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said “Over the last hour, 3 explosive devices were detonated adjacent to IDF troops in 2 different…

The wife of the Ukrainian military intelligence chief who once vowed to “keep killing Russians anywhere on the face of this world until the complete victory of Ukraine” has been poisoned, reports say. Marianna Budanova, the spouse of Kyrylo Budanov, is suffering from poisoning by heavy metals, Reuters is reporting, citing…

The North Korean government reported votes for opposition candidates in local elections for the first time in decades. Supreme leader Kim Jong Un’s regime said Tuesday that just under 1% of the voting population cast a ballot against selected candidates. It marks the first time the government has acknowledged votes against the…