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Houthi rebels hijack an Israeli-linked ship in Red Sea, take 25 hostage

All ships belonging to the Israeli enemy or that deal with it will become legitimate targets, the Houthis said

With world's eyes on Gaza, attacks are on the rise in West Bank now

Overnight, the territory was closed off. Towns were raided, curfews imposed, teenagers arrested, detainees beaten, and villages stormed by Jewish vigilantes

South Korea military warns North Korea not to launch a spy satellite

Senior South Korean military officer Kang Hopil urged North Korea to cancel its third launch attempt immediately

Amy Yang captures her first American LPGA title, cashes in on $2 mn

Yang birdied her last two holes for a 6-under 66 to win the CME Group Tour Championship and claim the USD 2 million prize, matching the largest in women's golf

Houthi rebels hijack Israeli-linked ship in Red Sea, take 25 crew hostage

Netanyahu's office condemned the seizure as an Iranian act of terror." The Israeli military called the hijacking a very grave incident of global consequence"

Roadside bomb kills 3 in Pakistan's insurgency-hit Baluchistan province

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast but suspicion falls on Baluch nationalists turned separatist groups who have been involved in low-level insurgency for over two decades

32 babies among critically ill stranded in Gaza's Shifa hospital: UN team

The team was able to tour Shifa Hospital for an hour after about 2,500 displaced people, mobile patients and medical staff left the sprawling compound Saturday morning, said the WHO.

Sugar prices rising worldwide after bad weather damaged crops in Asia

For scores of other bakers struggling to stay afloat while enduring higher costs for fuel and flour, the stratospheric sugar prices proved to be the last straw, and they closed for good

Panicked patients, medics flee Gaza hospital as Israel looks for Hamas base

Israel's military has been searching Gaza City's Shifa Hospital for a Hamas command centre that it alleges is located under the facility, a claim Hamas and hospital staff deny.

US election: Trump energises campaign after Colorado ballot case win

A Colorado judge Friday rejected an effort to keep the GOP front-runner off the state's primary ballot, concluding that Trump had engaged in insurrection during the January 6, 2021.

Israel-Hamas war: 1st plane of wounded Palestinian children arrives in UAE

The war, now in its seventh week, was triggered by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel that killed about 1,200 people. The militant group also abducted some 240 men, women and children

Months before return possible for people evacuated over volcano in Iceland

Grindavik residents are being allowed to return for five minutes each to rescue valuable possessions and pets

SpaceX launches giant new rocket, fails 2nd test flight due to explosions

SpaceX's giant new rocket blasted off from South Texas on a test flight Saturday, seven months after the first try ended in an explosion

SpaceX prepares for its mega rocket for second test flight from South Texas

The nearly 400-foot (121-metre) Starship is the world's biggest and most powerful rocket. SpaceX's Elon Musk intends to use a fleet of them to get people to the moon and Mars

Israeli drone fires missiles at aluminum plant in southern Lebanese market

Earlier Saturday, Hezbollah said in a statement that its fighters fired a surface-to-air missile toward an Israeli Elbit Hermes 450 drone that was flying over Lebanon

Gaza communications blackout ends, hope rises for critical aid deliveries

The Palestinian telecommunications provider said it was able to restart its generators after UNRWA donated fuel

Golden Globes find new broadcast home at CBS after years of scandal

\The 81st Golden Globes will air live on CBS and stream on Paramount+ on Sunday, January 7, CBS and the Globes announced Friday. The show will also be available on the CBS app

Amazon lays off hundreds in Alexa division as it plows resources into AI

In a note to employees on Friday, Daniel Rausch, Amazon's vice president of Alexa and Fire TV, wrote that the company is eliminating certain roles because it is ditching some initiatives

Israeli troops kill 5 Palestinians, including 3 militants, across West Bank

The deaths raised to 205 the number of Palestinians killed in West Bank violence since the Gaza war erupted on October 7

Judge denies Trump's request for mistrial in his New York civil fraud case

They cited his rulings against their client, prominent role of judge's chief law clerk, the clerk's political donations, and judge's sharing of articles about case with fellow high school alumni