"Civil war has broken out in Lod." That is how Mayor Yair Revivo described the situation after violence exploded in the mixed Arab-Jewish Israeli town, lying 15km (9 miles) south-east of Tel Aviv. Protests by Israeli Arabs in the town turned into f...
Amazon has won a court battle over €250m (£215m) in taxes it had been ordered to pay Luxembourg. The European Commission had ordered the tech giant to repay the funds as back taxes, alleging that Amazon had been given unfair special treatment. But ...
A Pacific football fish, a spooky looking creature similar to that featured in the film Finding Nemo, has washed up on a beach in California. It's a species of anglerfish that somehow found its way from ocean depths to the shores of Newport Beach. ...
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has said he is being investigated by anti-corruption prosecutors over allegations that he made false statements to a parliamentary commission. MPs have been investigating claims of nepotism, including the appointme...
Ellen DeGeneres is to end her long-running US talk show in 2022 after 19 years on the air. "As great as this show is, and as fun as it is, it's just not a challenge any more," she told the Hollywood Reporter. The announcement comes just months afte...
The deadly exchange of fire between Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli military has escalated significantly, with the UN fearing a "full-scale war". More than 1,000 rockets have been fired by Palestinian militants, Israel says. ...
In a choked voice, Parasuram Maurya described desperately running from one hospital to another to save his father from Covid-19. Sundar Maurya, a farmer from the south-western town of Narainapur, complained of breathing difficulties and tested posit...
Colorado officials say the gunman who killed six people at a birthday party at the weekend was upset that he had not been invited. Police say Teodoro Macias, 28, fatally shot his girlfriend, Sandra Ibarra-Perez, 28, and five relatives before turning...
US Republicans are to vote on whether to oust one of their leaders, Liz Cheney, over her repeated criticism of former President Donald Trump. The Wyoming lawmaker, daughter of ex-US Vice-President Dick Cheney, is expected to lose her third-ranking p...
Israel has declared a state of emergency in the central city of Lod after rioting by Israeli Arabs, as conflict between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants intensified. Cars were set alight and a father and daughter -both Israeli Arabs – died w...
