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Palestinian authorities reported that Israeli airstrikes in Rafah, a city in southern Gaza, resulted in the deaths of at least five police officers on Saturday, amid escalating tensions and the prospect of an Israeli ground invasion. Simultaneously, Israel announced that it had eliminated three Hamas members in Rafah, including two high-ranking military figures, on the same day. A separate airstrike …

Iran’s chief diplomat issued a stark warning during his visit to Beirut on Saturday amidst escalating tensions between Israel and Lebanon, particularly with the involvement of Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas, in the ongoing conflict that began on October 7 with Israel and the Palestinian militant group in Gaza. He stated that any significant Israeli assault on Lebanon would mark …

During the night, Israeli military actions targeted the village of Houla in southern Lebanon, resulting in one fatality and nine injuries among individuals exiting a mosque after prayers, according to reports from the National News Agency of Lebanon. The incident involved artillery shelling and a drone missile strike directed at the mosque, with children reported among the injured. This violent …

Donald Trump, aspiring for the White House again, has controversially stated he would “encourage” Russia to target NATO members failing to fulfill their financial commitments. This stance marks his most radical criticism yet of the military alliance, which he has frequently questioned. Amid discussions in the U.S. Congress regarding additional aid for Ukraine on the eve of the second anniversary …

In Somalia, three soldiers from the United Arab Emirates and a Bahraini officer were killed during a terrorist attack at a location where they were involved in training activities for the Somali national army, according to an announcement from the UAE’s defense ministry on Saturday. The ministry described the incident as a terrorist attack targeting the soldiers as they fulfilled …

Amid rising tensions and the looming threat of an Israeli military incursion into Gaza’s southernmost city, Rafah, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has assured “safe passage” for civilians displaced in the area. In a recent interview, Netanyahu reaffirmed his commitment to extend the military operation against Hamas into Rafah, despite global concerns over potential mass casualties in an area densely …

A recent scientific investigation has revealed that the tectonic plates beneath the Pacific Ocean are experiencing separation. These plates, part of Earth’s lithosphere, essentially float on the asthenosphere, a semi-fluid layer, and their movement is a fundamental aspect of plate tectonics. Researchers from the University of Toronto have identified significant undersea faults that stretch for hundreds of kilometers and reach …

In discussing the phenomenon known as “Snowball Earth,” Dr. Adriana Dutkiewicz, an ARC Future Fellow, paints a picture of a time when our planet was almost entirely encased in ice, with ice sheets stretching from the poles to the equator around 700 million years ago. This period, characterized by a dramatic drop in global temperatures, has long puzzled scientists regarding …