Delta apologizes after official X account says ‘I’d be terrified’ of employees with Palestinian flag pins
Delta Airlines apologized Thursday after its X account sympathized with a post that incorrectly said two flight attendants with Palestinian flag pins were wearing “Hamas badges.” An X user by the handle “ilikeTeslas” had tweeted Tuesday: “Since 2001 we take our shoes off in every airport because a terrorist attack in US soil. Now More...
Biden looks to French elections to boost his political case — but it’s complicated
WASHINGTON — As President Joe Biden faces increasing calls to leave the presidential race from members of his own party, he’s sought to bolster his case for staying in by pointing across the Atlantic More...
Burkina Faso adopts draft law to criminalize homosexuality
Burkina Faso’s military junta said it has adopted the draft of an amended family code that criminalizes homosexuality. The West African nation has been among just 22 out of 54 countries on the continent More...
Islamic State leader’s wife sentenced to death by Iraqi court
An Iraqi court issued a death sentence against one of the wives of the late brutal Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, alleging that she was complicit in crimes committed against Yazidi women captured More...
Mother of American missing in Bahamas shielded daughter’s trans identity
The mother of an American woman who went missing in the Bahamas last month while on a monthlong yoga retreat revealed that her daughter is transgender, a detail she said she had withheld out of fear it might More...
Photo surfaces of Lionel Messi with Lamine Yamal as a baby
When Joan Monfort took photos of Lionel Messi with a baby for a charity calendar almost 17 years ago, he knew the long-haired young man would make it big in soccer. He could not have imagined the little boy More...
Manhunt launched in U.K. for crossbow-armed triple murder suspect
LONDON — A man suspected of using a crossbow to kill three women from the same family in a house north of London was captured by police Wednesday at a local cemetery. Kyle Clifford was taken into custody More...
Dozens killed as ‘4 schools in the last 4 days’ struck in Gaza
At least 25 people were killed and dozens more wounded in the fourth strike on or near a school in the Gaza Strip in just four days, health officials in the enclave said late Tuesday. Dozens of people were More...
Elephants trample tourist to death after he left car for photos
Elephants trampled to death a Spanish tourist at a wildlife reserve in South Africa after he left his vehicle and approached a herd to take photographs, police and local government authorities said Tuesday. The More...
Russia aims to undermine Biden in November election, intel officials say
Russia’s efforts to influence this year’s U.S. election through information warfare have the same aim as in previous elections — to undermine President Joe Biden’s campaign and the Democratic Party and More...
