What to know about the growing conflict between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah
CAIRO (AP) — This week saw a dizzying escalation in the 11-month-old conflict between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah. First came two days of exploding pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah —...
View ArticleThousands of exploding devices in Lebanon trigger a nation that has been on...
BEIRUT (AP) — Chris Knayzeh was in a town overlooking Lebanon's capital when he heard the rumbling aftershock of the 2020 Beirut port blast. Hundreds of tons of haphazardly stored ammonium nitrates...
View ArticleSri Lankans vote in a presidential election that will decide how it recovers...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans began voting Saturday in a presidential election that will determine the course of the country's recovery from its worst economic crisis and resulting political...
View ArticleUnversed in UNGA? Stumped by SDGs? Here's a handy glossary of UN General...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly's yearly meeting of world leaders is here — and with it, an array of acronyms, abbreviations, titles and terms that can be confounding to observers....
View ArticleSwiss police detain several people in connection with suspected death in a...
GENEVA (AP) — Police in northern Switzerland said Tuesday that several people have been detained and a criminal case opened in connection with the suspected death of a person in a “suicide capsule.”...
View ArticleHead of United Nations calls global situation 'unsustainable' as annual...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the United Nations warned the gathered leaders of nations Tuesday that impunity, inequality and uncertainty are driving modern civilization toward “a powder keg that...
View ArticleTren de Aragua gang started in Venezuela's prisons and now spreads fear in...
MIAMI (AP) — Former federal agent Was Tabor says his phone has been lighting up with calls from police departments around the U.S. for advice on how to combat the growing threat from the Venezuelan...
View ArticleUS Navy replenishment ship operating in Mideast was damaged after refueling...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A U.S. Navy replenishment ship operating in the Middle East sustained damage and the cause was under investigation, officials said Tuesday. The USNS Big Horn was...
View ArticleHurricane John dissipates into a tropical depression after hitting Mexico’s...
MARQUELIA, Mexico (AP) — Former Hurricane John dissipated over Mexico on Tuesday after barreling into the country’s southern Pacific coast overnight, leaving two dead and a trail of destruction in its...
View ArticleTropical Storm Helene is expected to become a hurricane. Florida residents...
Tropical Storm Helene formed Tuesday in the Caribbean Sea and could strengthen into a major hurricane while moving north toward the U.S., forecasters said. Heavy rains and big waves already lashed the...
View ArticleUS Treasury sanctions a chain of ice cream shops and a pharmacy tied to the...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday said it sanctioned two Mexican businesses — an ice cream chain and a local pharmacy — for allegedly using proceeds of fentanyl trafficking to...
View ArticleIran's present tells the UN that his country wants to play a 'constructive...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran’s new president signaled to world leaders Tuesday that he wants to open a “constructive” chapter in his country’s international relations — but he made clear that everyone...
View ArticleIsrael bombards Hezbollah, killing a top commander, while families flee...
BEIRUT (AP) — Kg rockets, missiles and drones into northern Israel in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza and its ally Hamas, a fellow Iran-backed militant group. Israel has responded with...
View ArticleEswatini opposition party claims its leader was poisoned in an assassination...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Eswatini's main opposition leader was poisoned in an assassination attempt, his party claimed Wednesday, putting renewed scrutiny on the southern African country that is...
View ArticleBahamas seeks help to pay off debt brought by huge storms, result of climate...
NEW YORK (AP) — The Bahamas is stuck in a financial pickle, much of it because of the whims of climate change, bureaucracy and the fossil fuel industry, said its prime minister, who adds that he is...
View ArticlePutin lowers threshold of nuclear response as he issues new warnings to the...
MOSCOW (AP) — In a strong, new warning to the West, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that any nation’s conventional attack on Russia that is supported by a nuclear power will be considered a...
View ArticleRemains of South African freedom fighters arrive home from Zimbabwe and Zambia
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The remains of 42 South African freedom fighters who died while exiled in Zimbabwe and Zambia during the struggle against white minority rule arrived in the country Wednesday,...
View ArticlePope expels a bishop and 9 other people from a Peru movement over 'sadistic'...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis took the unusual decision Wednesday to expel 10 people – a bishop, priests and laypeople -- from a troubled Catholic movement in Peru after a Vatican investigation...
View ArticleTrump says Ukraine is 'dead' and dismisses its defense against Russia's invasion
Former President Donald Trump described Ukraine in bleak and mournful terms Wednesday, referring to its people as “dead” and the country itself as “demolished," and further raising questions about how...
View ArticleThousands are pouring into Syria, fleeing worsening conflict in Lebanon
JDEIDET YABOUS, Syria (AP) — Families fleeing the escalating conflict in Lebanon poured into Syria in growing numbers on Wednesday, waiting for hours in heavy traffic to reach the relative safety of...
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