Posts by Riah Stelmack
Israel says mother not among four hostages’ bodies returned by Hamas
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key Takeaways The Israeli military has said it has confirmed the identities of two children whose remains were handed over by Hamas along with two others’,…
Read MoreOld clip falsely shared as showing Kenyan ex-leader’s reaction to losing 2025 AUC race
Kenya’s former leader Raila Odinga lost the race to lead the African Union Commission (AUC) to Djibouti’s foreign affairs minister in elections held in Ethiopia in February 2025. A TikTok video purports to show Odinga acting outraged following his defeat. But the claim is false: the footage was filmed in March 2023 when Odinga was…
Read MoreI’m a Luxury Travel Writer—These 6 Resorts Are Perfect for The White Lotus’ Next Destination
If there’s one show that understands the sometimes absurd nature of luxury travel, it’s The White Lotus. I’ve been obsessed with this show since Season 1 —watching privileged, beautiful, and deeply dysfunctional people spiral into chaos at five-star resorts is my idea of top-tier entertainment. Season 3, set in Thailand, is particularly exciting for me.…
Read MoreBodies of youngest Hamas hostages returned to Israel — but their mother wasn’t, Israel says
Hamas released the bodies of four Israeli hostages Thursday, parading four black caskets on a stage against a backdrop of propaganda slogans and behind white missiles spattered with red paint bearing the phrase “they were killed by USA bombs.” In what is likely to be one of the defining images of the war in the…
Read MoreThe Middle East’s first ‘Dark Sky’ destination is betting big on astrotourism
Editor’s Note: This CNN Travel series is, or was, sponsored by the country it highlights. CNN retains full editorial control over subject matter, reporting and frequency of the articles and videos within the sponsorship, in compliance with our policy. Sara Sami remembers the first time she really saw the stars. The 38-year-old Bahraini photographer and…
Read MoreIsraeli family mourns ‘man of peace’ as body returned from Gaza
From her house in east London, British-Israeli Sharone Lifschitz never gave up hope that her 84-year-old father Oded would return from the horror of Hamas captivity, after more than 500 days. He was a man of peace, a campaigner for, and a friend of, Palestinians. He was dragged from his home by Palestinian gunmen on…
Read MoreBody returned from Gaza is not Bibas mother, Israeli military says
One of four bodies returned from Gaza to Israel on Thursday is not hostage Shiri Bibas, as claimed by Hamas, the Israeli military said. The news that Shiri Bibas, 33, and her two sons, Ariel and Kfie, who would now be aged five and two, were dead triggered an outpouring of grief in Israel. The…
Read MoreThree empty buses explode near Tel Aviv, no injuries, police report
At least three empty buses exploded on Thursday evening in a southern suburb of Tel Aviv in what police see as a “suspected terrorist attack,” they said. There were no injuries, according to initial reports. The Haaretz newspaper first reported that two empty buses exploded in Bat Yam and later a third bus exploded. TV…
Read MoreThousands demonstrate in Israel after handover of hostage remains
Thousands of people in Israel have turned out for demonstrations in the wake of the handover of four bodies of Israelis abducted by Islamists in the Gaza Strip. Thousands came to downtown Tel Aviv on Thursday evening, several Israeli media outlets reported. The forum of hostage families had called for one of the large gatherings…
Read MoreExplorers Discover First Pharaoh Tomb in Over 100 Years
A British-Egyptian team of researchers has discovered what it says is the first pharaoh’s tomb in over a century. As the BBC reports, the team discovered the tomb of King Thutmose II in the Western valleys of the Theban Necropolis, near Luxor, Egypt. “It is an extraordinary moment for Egyptology and the broader understanding of…
Read MoreBrazil’s top court justice orders X to pay $1.4 million fine for non-compliance
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered X to pay 8.1 million Brazilian reais ($1.4 million) in fines for failing to comply with judicial orders, according to a judicial ruling. The ruling, signed on Wednesday and made public by the court on Thursday, said the social media platform refused to…
Read MoreMissing tomb of Egyptian pharaoh solves one of ancient Egypt’s great mysteries
CAIRO — A long lost tomb of an Egyptian pharaoh has been found, the country’s antiquities ministry said Tuesday, answering a great mystery of one of ancient Egypt’s most prosperous eras. King Thutmose II of the 18th dynasty, who reigned during the 15th century B.C., was the husband of one of ancient Egypt’s greatest pharaohs,…
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