Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas blamed Israel on Tuesday for a sharp escalation of violence in the West Bank as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged calm on both sides and reaffirmed Washington's commitment to a two state solution.

Palestinian President blames Israel for violence

Israel-Palestine tensions have again flared up. Israel has raided a major West Bank area namely the old city of Nablus. At least 11Palestinians have been killed. Palestinian nurse Elias al-Ashqar's father Abdel-Hadi, who was killed during an Israeli raid in Nablus in the occupied West Bank on 23 February 2023.

Palestinian nurse's father killed in Israeli raid

The Russia-Ukraine war will complete one year on February 24 this year, however, there is no end in sight with many still unsure of what the future holds for them.

Wagner Group defector recalls horrific killings of non-submissive fighters in Ukraine

In Pics | Haiti police killings trigger fresh protests in Caribbean nation

A protest turned violent in downtown Atlanta in the wake of the death of an environmental activist who was killed after authorities said the 26-year-old activist shot a state trooper.

Protest turns violent in Atlanta, activists question official version in the latest shooting

Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz has been spared the gallows. He has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Florida jury for carrying out the massacre at Marjorie Douglas High School which claimed 17 lives back in 2018.

Parkland Shooting Trial: Nikolas Cruz spared death penalty, sentenced to life in prison

A jury spared Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz from the death penalty for killing 17 people at a Parkland high school in 2018. The jury of seven men and five women returned their verdict after seven and a half hours of deliberations, following a 60-day trial.

Parkland Shooting Verdict: Florida jury spares capital punishment

A recent study revealed that over 1.1 million sea turtles have been illegally killed over the last 30 years. According to Arizona State University scientists, over the last ten years, at least 44,000 turtles have been illegally killed and exported annually across 65 countries, despite legislation designed to protect them.

Study reveals more than a million sea turtles illegally killed over past 30 years

El Salvador has arrested some 50,000 suspected gang members since President Nayib Bukele launched a "war" in March on criminal groups terrorizing the country, the head of the country's police force announced Tuesday.

Arrest tally in El Salvador gang crackdown reaches 50,000

At least 50 civilians were killed by armed men in a rural district of northern Burkina Faso close to the border with Nigeria, this is one of the bloodiest clashes since the military coup in January.

Armed men kill over 50 in Burkina Faso, no group has claimed responsibility

The Jammu and Kashmir government transferred 177 Kashmiri Pandit teachers from various districts of the Valley to Srinagar city. The decision was taken after the recent target killings in the Kashmir Valley in which Kashmiri Pandits, Non-Locals and locals were targeted.

List of 177 Kashmiri Pandit teachers transferred by the government made public

The fallout continues over Ukraine's allegations that Russian forces ruthlessly killed civilians in Bucha. Ukrainian president Zelensky visited the town located just 37 kilometers from the capital, the president walked through the streets littered with military vehicles.

Bucha killings create shockwaves: Zelensky vows 'every Russian will learn the truth'

Saying she saw with her own eyes her two daughters killed by the Myanmar military, Rahima Khatun is hopeful the US designation of the 2017 onslaught against the Rohingya as "genocide" will bring some justice.

Rohingya in Bangladesh cheer US decision on Myanmar 'genocide'

Ethiopia on Saturday vowed to investigate and take action against uniformed soldiers and others seen in a gruesome video burning a man alive in the country's northwest.

Ethiopia vows probe into gruesome video of man on fire

Kazakhstan has been dominating headlines for days as dozens have been reported dead in the protests. Russian troopers have been sent in to help quell the unrest for now. The president has rejected any talks with the protesters he says that he has given orders to shoot, to kill without any warning.

Kazakh President vows to destroy 'Bandits', orders forces to shoot without warning

After Taliban took over Afghanistan, over 100 extrajudicial killings have been carried out allegedly in the country, the UN said on Tuesday. Most of these killings seem to have been done by the Taliban.

After Taliban takeover, over 100 extrajudicial killings held in Afghanistan, says UN

13 terrorists have been killed in 9 encounters in Kashmir Valley in the last ten days. The Jammu and Kashmir Police claims to have killed 3 out of 5 terrorists from Srinagar city.

J&K: 13 terrorists killed in 9 encounters after civilian killings

An Italian judge murdered by the mafia in Sicily takes a step towards sainthood Sunday, almost three decades after being declared a martyr by pope John Paul II. The beatification of Rosario Livatino will take place in the cathedral in Agrigento, the Sicilian town near where he was gunned down aged 38 on September 21, 1990.

Sicilian judge killed by mafia takes step to sainthood

Around 30,000 protesters took to the streets during May Day rallies in Berlin on Saturday, police said, adding nearly 100 officers were injured when some of the demonstrations turned violent.

Police, protesters clash during May Day rallies in Berlin

French Prime Minister Jean Castex paid tribute in a nationally televised ceremony on Friday to an administrative police worker stabbed to death last week at a police station, saying she was victim of "Islamist terrorism".

France pays tribute to woman police worker stabbed to death in Islamist-inspired attack

Even as the Derek Chauvin case was fresh in memory, the reading of the verdict in a Minneapolis courtroom, the shackling of the former police officer, the jubilation at what many saw as justice in the death of George Floyd, even then, blood flowed on America's streets.

One verdict, then six police killings across America in 24 hours 

Bombs hit a shelter for displaced people in Libya's capital Tripoli, killing at least seven and wounding at least 17 people. This was the latest attack on civilians in the fighting over Tripoli between eastern-based forces under military commander Khalifa Hifter and an array of militias loosely allied with the UN-supported but weak government in the capital.

Bombs kill seven in shelter for displaced in Libya

Around 25 years back, Rwanda faced one of the most heinous killings which tore the country apart. The spasm of ethnic hatred is although hard for the genocide survivors to recall the time when their loved ones were consigned to unknown graves, yet they believe that forgiveness is the only way forward.

Forgiveness is the only way forward for Rwanda genocide survivors

Of 600, around 120 were injured from live fire and tear gas

Israeli troops kill 4, injures over 600 Palestinians

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