TikTok Star Is Killed in Third Death of Social Media Influencer in Iraq
It took less than 46 seconds for the helmeted assassin to pull over his motorcycle,…
It took less than 46 seconds for the helmeted assassin to pull over his motorcycle, walk to the driver’s side of the S.U.V., yank open the door and fire his handgun four times, killing one of Iraq’s most prominent TikTok personalities, a 30-year-old woman whose name on social media was Um Fahad. The security camera…
On a Monday morning last month, tech executives, engineers and sales representatives from Amazon, Google, TikTok and other companies endured a three-hour traffic jam as their cars crawled toward a mammoth conference at an event space in the desert, 50 miles outside Riyadh. The lure: billions of dollars in Saudi money as the kingdom seeks…
Israel has not provided evidence to support its allegations that many employees of the main U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees are members of terrorist organizations, according to an independent review commissioned by the United Nations that was released on Monday. The review did not address Israel’s allegation that a dozen employees of the agency, known…
World leaders, who had been urging Israel and Iran to de-escalate tensions, once again implored both countries to avoid any taking any further action that could set off a wider war in the Middle East while Israel is fighting Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, both allies of Iran. “Significant escalation is not in…
After a grueling hour, there was little to separate the four runners as the finish line approached. But then, one extended his hand toward another and gestured, as if waving him forward. Seconds later, another runner did the same. He Jie of China then strode ahead of the others, a recorded livestream of Sunday’s Beijing…
A stabbing attack at a crowded mall in Sydney, Australia, left six people dead and injured at least 12 others on Saturday afternoon. The rampage was the deadliest act of mass violence in the country since 2017. The authorities said that the attacker, who was identified on Sunday as Joel Cauchi, 40, was shot and…
As Eid al-Fitr approached, Amani Abu Awda’s four children began asking her for new clothes and toys — festive items that Muslims customarily buy to celebrate the holiday that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. But Ms. Abu Awda, a mother of four from northern Gaza, is now displaced with her family…
Ecuador’s decision to send police officers into the Mexican Embassy to arrest a politician who had taken refuge there inflamed tensions between two countries that were already at odds, but it may prove a political boon for the Ecuadorean president. President Daniel Noboa has been faced with flagging approval ratings amid rising violence weeks before…
President Biden threatened on Thursday to condition future support for Israel on how it addresses his concerns about civilian casualties and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, trying for the first time to leverage American aid to influence the conduct of the war against Hamas. During an evidently tense 30-minute call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
At least seven officers overseeing Iran’s covert operations in the Middle East were killed in Damascus on Monday, when Israeli warplanes struck part of the Iranian Embassy complex in the Syrian capital, according to a statement by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. The strike killed three generals in Iran’s Quds Force, the external military and intelligence service…