Palestinians "need the bombs to stop," Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said Sunday as he made an impassioned plea for a ceasefire in Gaza, speaking during a St Patrick's Day reception at the White House.

Fears of global disasters have sparked a "buying frenzy" for luxury doomsday shelters among billionaires like Zuckerberg and Gates.

After Canada's housing costs have increased by more than $200,000, many families have taken to living in tent-like structures, known as yurts.

The World Food Programme said that it was forced to pause deliveries after its aid convoys had endured "complete chaos and violence due to the collapse of civil order".

Mozambique's government confirmed Tuesday that tens of thousands have been driven from their homes by a wave of jihadist attacks in the restive north, but rejected calls for a state of emergency.

Their stories painted a stark picture of the human cost of war, highlighting the challenges faced by those who are left behind to grapple with grief and loss.

The Duchess of Sussex marked the opening of The Oli Juste Wing at Mayhew animal charity on Feb. 21, 2024 with a video message.

As Israel vows to move towards Rafah, UNICEF says that more than 17,000 children have been left unaccompanied or separated from their parents in the Gaza Strip.

UNFPA responded to the situation of menstruating females in Gaza and spoke to International Business Times UK about what they are doing to tackle the period of poverty.

The UK and its partners are mounting pressure on Israel for a two-state solution during the UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron's visit to Israel as the UK partnered with Qatar to send humanitarian aid to Gaza.

An estimated 425,000 internally displaced Palestinians remain trapped as Israel says that it "encircled" the southern city of Khan Younis.

With blocks on humanitarian aid deliveries, women and girls in Gaza are witnessing the most severe cases of period poverty.

A battle is brewing over plans to turn so-called spy tunnels beneath central London into "one of the world's most unique cultural experiences", pitting a global financier against local residents.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have adopted a new chicken named Sinkie from Ellen DeGeneres.

Five migrants died and a sixth was in a critical condition on Sunday after trying to reach Britain from northern France in freezing temperatures, the French maritime authority said.

The number of people unaccounted for after Japan's New Year's Day earthquake more than tripled on Monday to 323 while the death toll rose to 168, according to local authorities.

Five Western countries including the UK have legally supported claims of genocide against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice but refuses to call out Israel's war on Hamas.

At least 126 people have lost their lives in the 7.5-magnitude earthquake.

Japanese rescuers scrambled to search for survivors Wednesday as authorities warned of landslides and heavy rain after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 55 people.

Research shows that a record number of children have been forced into temporary accommodation this winter, including shipping containers and shared rooms.

The country is hit by quakes regularly as it sits on top of three tectonic plates.

Jubilant crowds bid farewell on Sunday to the hottest year on record, closing a turbulent 12 months marked by clever chatbots, climate crises and devastating wars in Gaza and Ukraine.

Israeli forces on Thursday battled Hamas in Gaza where air strikes and urban combat rocked the southern city of Khan Yunis, near where many hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians have sought refuge.

Homelessness in rural England has risen by 40 percent in five years with many sleeping in the open air, tents or makeshift shelters, a British rural charity said on Tuesday.

The 18-year-old girl was strangled to death, according to police.

Israel's economy has significantly decreased and companies continue to collapse after the country lost 8% of its workforce to the Israeli Defence Forces.

Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have feuded over the years, with Musk previously accusing Bezos of taking himself "a bit too seriously".

Israeli forces battled Hamas militants in southern Gaza on Tuesday, prompting a UN warning of an "even more hellish scenario" as fighting pushes civilians into a steadily shrinking area of the besieged territory.

The conflict between Hamas and Israel is pushing Palestinian civilians further south and making them question whether anywhere is truly safe.

Seoul's spy agency has claimed that Pyongyang may have received support from Russia.