K-pop group BTS members face possible military conscription on October 8, 2022K-pop group BTS members face possible military conscription. South Korea’s military appears to want to conscript members of the K-pop supergroup BTS for mandatory military duties, as the public remains sharply divided over whether they should be given exemptions. Lee Ki Sik, commissioner of the Military Manpower Administration, told lawmakers on Friday that it’s “desirable” […]
NYC hospitals to pay $165M to women abused by gynecologist on October 8, 2022NYC hospitals to pay $165M to women abused by gynecologist. Two New York hospitals have agreed to pay more than $165 million to 147 former patients who have accused a former gynecologist of sexual abuse and misconduct. Columbia University Irving Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian announced the agreement Friday. Last year, the two hospitals reached a […]
Palestinians: 2 killed in Israeli military raid in West Bank on October 8, 2022Palestinians: 2 killed in Israeli military raid in West Bank. Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians on Saturday in an exchange of fire that erupted during a military raid in the West Bank, according to Israeli and Palestinian accounts, in the latest confrontation that has made 2022 the deadliest year of violence in the […]
Death toll rises to 9 in blast at gas station in Ireland on October 8, 2022Death toll rises to 9 in blast at gas station in Ireland, police said Saturday, as emergency workers combed piles of rubble for more victims. Irish police said they did not expect to find more survivors from Friday’s explosion in Creeslough, County Donegal. Eight people are in hospitals after a blast tore through the Applegreen […]
Experts: Russia finding new ways to spread propaganda videos on October 5, 2022Russia has devised yet another way to spread disinformation about its invasion of Ukraine, using digital tricks that allow its war propaganda videos to evade restrictions imposed by governments and tech companies. Accounts linked to Russian state-controlled media have used the new method to spread dozens of videos in 18 different languages, all without leaving […]
Taliban report mosque blast at government ministry in Kabul on October 5, 2022 A blast struck a mosque at a government ministry building in Kabul Wednesday as workers and visitors were praying, a Taliban official said. The afternoon explosion went off inside the mosque of the Interior Ministry, which is responsible for security and law enforcement in the country. A Taliban-appointed spokesman for the Interior Ministry, […]
California woman charged with killing man over cat dispute on September 29, 2022A California woman has been charged with killing a man by ramming her car into him after accusing him of trying to run over a cat in the street, authorities said Wednesday. Hannah Star Esser, 20, was charged with murder in the death of Victor Anthony Luis, 43, and detained on $1 million bail, the […]
In Lebanon, boat tragedy kills 89 but others plan to migrate on September 24, 2022Lebanon: Thousands of Palestinians held prayers on a small soccer field in a refugee camp in northern Lebanon on Saturday, to mourn one of the scores of migrants who died after their boat sank off Syria’s coast this week, even as others vowed to undertake the same perilous voyage. Abdul-Al Abdul-Al, 24, kissed his father […]
Palestinian suspected of killing Israeli woman found dead on September 21, 2022Israel: Palestinian suspected of killing Israeli woman found dead Israeli police said Wednesday they found the body of a Palestinian man suspected of killing an 84-year-old Israeli woman after an overnight manhunt. Police said the body of the man was found in Tel Aviv, hours after he is alleged to have struck and killed the […]
Woman arrested in S. Korea after bodies found in New Zealand on September 15, 2022Seoul: Woman arrested in S Korea after bodies found. A woman was arrested in South Korea on Thursday on two murder charges from New Zealand. The bodies of two long-dead children were found last month in abandoned suitcases, authorities said. Authorities didn’t immediately say if the 42-year-old suspect was the dead children’s mother. New Zealand […]