Look to the eastern horizon shortly before midnight on Oct. 12 to see the moon rising majestically with the red giant Betelgeuse and the stars of the constellation Orion. Jupiter will be close on their heels.
Head out an hour before midnight…

Look to the eastern horizon shortly before midnight on Oct. 12 to see the moon rising majestically with the red giant Betelgeuse and the stars of the constellation Orion. Jupiter will be close on their heels.
Head out an hour before midnight…

Authorities in Israel and Gaza are preparing for the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners ahead of a Monday deadline for the swap stipulated in the ceasefire deal that could end the two-year war in Gaza.
Hamas is meant to release…

Yousef Birzeit, an economics professor at Birzeit University, says the cost to rebuild Gaza will be far greater than the UN, European Union and World Bank estimate of about $50bn.
Published On 12 Oct 2025

A video circulating on social media shows security guards escorting New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani away from a Manhattan square after angry protesters confronted him, shouting “Antisemite.”
In the footage, Mamdani…

Published On 12 Oct 2025
A military unit in Madagascar says it is taking control of the country’s security forces as President Andry Rajoelina alleged an “attempt to seize power…

Bridget Phillipson warned there is no “cast-iron guarantee” of enduring peace and international efforts must continue to secure longer-term stability, as she defended the UK’s role in the talks.
The Education Secretary insisted Britain had…

A Plymouth-based ship has intercepted three small boats travelling across the Gulf of Oman carrying £35m worth of illegal narcotics, the Royal Navy has said.
Commando snipers from…

Funding has been secured to start building new social housing in Plymouth.
Plymouth Community Homes (PCH) said the city council had been given £5m from the government which, combined with £14.2m of loans and subsidies it had raised, would enable…