The CNN analysis suggests that an Israeli tank fired an artillery round that killed Reuters journalist Yaser Murtaja during an incident that occurred on October 12, 2018 as he was covering a protest in the Gaza Strip. According to the news network, the round that caused Murtaja’s death was fired from an Israeli tank and […]Read More

Yes, images from the Gaza Strip depicting Israeli soldiers detaining dozens of men, stripped to their underwear, have been reported widely by international media. In October 2018, dozens of Palestinian men were seen being rounded up by Israeli soldiers and stripped to their underwear before being taken away for questioning in an overnight security operation […]Read More

According to media reports, heavy rains throughout East Africa have caused widespread destruction and led to the deaths of more than 300 people in the past few weeks. The hardest-hit countries have been Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi. The floods have caused major displacement of people as entire villages and towns are […]Read More

Climate change is already causing sea levels to rise worldwide, and the situation is expected to get worse in the future. Sea level rise due to climate change is likely to cause significant flooding in many cities, particularly those built on low-lying land near the coastline. Cities that have hosted climate summits, such as Copenhagen, […]Read More

The recently discovered seamount, which is located in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Guatemala, is the tallest ever recorded in the region. It rises 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) above the sea floor and is nearly twice the height of the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, at 830 meters (2,722 feet).Read More

Scientists at the University of Vermont have discovered a type of tiny living robot that is powered by human cells. The robot is made up of genetically-engineered human immune cells that are able to move autonomously and interact with their environment. The robots have been compared to nanorobots in terms of scale and compared to […]Read More

Gilad Shalit. The capture and subsequent captivity of Gilad Shalit, a soldier in the Israeli Defense Forces, by a Palestinian militia group, Hamas, has served as an international humanitarian issue since Shalit′s abduction in 2006. Witnesses, including former Hamas members and independent captives held alongside Shalit have attested that the Israeli soldier endured psychological and […]Read More

The hostages released in the Israel-Hamas deal so far are: Gilad Shalit, Avera Mengistu, Hisham al-Sayed, Juma Ibrahim Abu Ghanima, and Zaid al-Najar.Read More

The hostages released on Friday were two professors from the American University of Afghanistan, Kevin King and Timothy Weeks.Read More

Scientists from the University of Utah have discovered a mysterious cosmic ray that originated from outside our Milky Way galaxy, recording the highest-energy particle ever seen in our cosmic neighborhood. The cosmic ray was detected on October 17th, 2019 in a test set-up of a cosmic-ray observatory located at the university’s slide-show campus in Salt […]Read More