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US says latest Rafah deaths won't change Israel policy, military aid
Trevor Hunnicutt, Reuters | Posted May 28 - 3:55 p.m. | Save Story
The Biden administration said on Tuesday it was closely monitoring the probe into a deadly Israeli airstrike it called tragic, but that the recent deaths in Rafah didn't constitute a major ground operation there that crosses any U.S. red lines.
Papua New Guinea orders evacuations after landslide; thousands feared buried
Lewis Jackson and Renju Jose, Reuters | Updated May 28 - 12:46 p.m. | Save Story
Papua New Guinea ordered thousands of residents to evacuate from the path of a still-active landslide on Tuesday after parts of a mountain collapsed burying at least 2,000 people, according to government estimates.
At least 17 are killed, 12 missing, when a stone quarry collapses in India
Wasbir Hussain, Associated Press | Posted May 28 - 7:19 a.m. | Save Story
A stone quarry has collapsed in India's northeast due to heavy rain triggered by a tropical storm, killing 17 quarry workers and leaving 12 missing.
Utah National Guard soldiers on humanitarian medical mission to Morocco
Shara Park, KSL-TV | Posted May 27 - 7:33 p.m. | Save Story
A special humanitarian medical mission is underway in the Kingdom of Morocco involving 82 soldiers from the Utah National Guard.
Utah family obtains legal assistance to help get children they adopted out of Haiti
Alex Cabrero, KSL-TV | Posted May 27 - 6:24 p.m. | Save Story
In hopes of getting their two adopted children out of Haiti, a Utah family has joined with more than 20 other families in hiring the Fox Rothschild law firm, which deals with difficult international adoptions.
Netanyahu acknowledges 'tragic mistake' after Rafah strike kills dozens of Palestinians
Melanie Lidman, Tia Goldenberg and Samy Magdy, Associated Press | Updated May 27 - 3:14 p.m. | Save Story
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged that a "tragic mistake" was made after an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah killed at least 45 people in a tent housing camp.
Hamas rocket attack from Gaza sets off air raid sirens in Tel Aviv for the first time in months
Wafaa Shurafa, Tia Goldenberg And Samy Magdy, Associated Press | Posted May 26 - 11:20 a.m. | Save Story
Hamas has fired a barrage of rockets from Gaza that set off air raid sirens as far away as Tel Aviv for the first time in months. The show of resilience came more than seven months into Israel's air, sea and ground offensive.
Utah man declined $100K offer to travel to Congo on 'security job' that was covert coup attempt
Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press | Posted May 26 - 9:47 a.m. | Save Story
The friend of a prominent Congolese opposition leader's son said he turned down a six-figure offer to travel there as part of the family's security detail in what turned out to be a failed coup attempt.
American missionary couple killed by gang in Haiti, family says
Andy Rose, AnneClaire Stapleton and Hande Atay Alam, CNN | Updated May 25 - 7:51 a.m. | Save Story
A married couple from the U.S. who were serving as missionaries in Haiti were killed there on Thursday, family members said. They were part of a group called Missions in Haiti.
Italian teenage computer wizard set to become the first saint of the Millennial generation
Associated Press | Updated May 24 - 8:10 p.m. | Save Story
Pope Francis has paved the way for the canonization of the first saint of the millennial generation, attributing a second miracle to a 15-year-old Italian computer whiz who died of leukemia in 2006.
Bodies of 3 more hostages are recovered from Gaza
Sam Mednick, Associated Press | Updated May 24 - 5:41 p.m. | Save Story
Israel's army says the bodies of three more hostages killed on Oct 7. were recovered overnight from Gaza.
World Court orders Israel to halt assault on Gaza's Rafah
Stephanie van den Berg and Anthony Deutsch, Reuters | Posted May 24 - 3:51 p.m. | Save Story
Judges at the top United Nations court ordered Israel on Friday to immediately halt its military assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, in a landmark emergency ruling in South Africa's case accusing Israel of genocide.
US will announce $275M more in artillery and ammunition for Ukraine, officials say
Tara Copp and Matthew Lee, Associated Press | Posted May 23 - 1:04 p.m. | Save Story
Two U.S. officials say the Biden administration is expected to announce an additional $275 million in military aid for Ukraine on Friday.
Stage collapse at campaign rally in northern Mexico kills at least 9 people, injures 121
Alberto Mendoza, Associated Press | Updated May 23 - 11:04 a.m. | Save Story
The collapse of a stage in heavy winds at a campaign rally in northern Mexico has killed at least nine people, including a child, and injured 121, the governor of Nuevo Leon state said Thursday.
Several injured passengers on turbulence-hit Singapore flight need spinal surgery, hospital says
Chalida Ekvitthayavechnukul, Associated Press | Posted May 23 - 10:10 a.m. | Save Story
A Bangkok hospital says several of the more seriously injured people who were on the Singapore Airlines flight that hit severe turbulence will need spinal surgery.
There's a scratch-and-sniff stamp ahead of the Paris Olympics. What does it smell like?
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted May 22 - 6:36 p.m. | Save Story
France's La Poste has issued a unique scratch-and-sniff stamp as part of an effort to highlight the nation's heritage ahead of the 2024 Summer Games in Paris.
Aviation experts to begin probe of Singapore Airlines turbulence incident that left British man dead
Napat Kongsawad, Associated Press | Posted May 22 - 9:29 a.m. | Save Story
Aviation investigators have arrived in Bangkok to learn how and why severe turbulence sent a Singapore Airlines plane into a sudden dive that tossed passengers and crew around the cabin, leaving a British man dead and dozens others injured.
Flights from Utah to Mexico at risk after feds nix Delta-Aeromexico partnership
Art Raymond, Deseret News | Posted May 22 - 6:21 a.m. | Save Story
Utah business and political leaders say an order issued earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Transportation to cancel an agreement between Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico will negatively impact the state.
