Israel strikes Hezbollah in a huge blast targeting the militant group's leader
BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah’s headquarters in Beirut on Friday in a series of massive explosions that targeted the leader of the militant group and leveled multiple...
View ArticleAt the UN, young people push to make sure the generational shift is faster —...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — They were sharing the world stage to discuss a plan to give young people more input in decisions that shape lives. And 26-year-old Daphne Frias, talking to the head of the United...
View ArticleRussia invokes its nuclear capacity in a UN speech that's full of bile toward...
Russia's top diplomat warned Saturday against “trying to fight to victory with a nuclear power,” delivering a U.N. General Assembly speech packed with condemnations of what Russia sees as Western...
View ArticleFlooding and landslides in Nepal kill at least 66 people, with as many again...
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Flooding and landslides caused by continuous rainfall has killed at least 66 people in Nepal, and a further 69 are missing, officials said Saturday. Rain has been pouring down...
View ArticleRussian strikes on a medical center kill 9 people in the Ukrainian city of Sumy
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two consecutive Russian attacks on a medical center in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy on Saturday killed at least nine people, officials said. The first strike killed one...
View ArticleHundreds of fleeing families sleep on beaches and streets after Israel's...
BEIRUT (AP) — Smoke was still rising from Beirut’s southern suburbs Saturday morning, visible to many of the families who had fled their homes there the night before to escape Israel’s massive...
View ArticleChildren learn to cooperate early, but world leaders at the UN struggle to...
NEW YORK (AP) — Our children are told when they're little: Play nicely. Work together. Don't hit. Use your words. Multiply that by nearly 200 countries, leaders of varied backgrounds and a...
View ArticleClimate change destroyed an Alaska village. Its residents are starting over...
MERTARVIK, Alaska (AP) — Growing up along the banks of the Ninglick River in western Alaska, Ashley Tom would look out of her window after strong storms from the Bering Sea hit her village and notice...
View ArticleEuropeans, Arab and Muslim nations launch a new initiative for an independent...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — European, Arab and Islamic nations have launched an initiative to strengthen support for a Palestinian state and its institutions, and prepare for a future after the war in Gaza...
View ArticleIsrael-Hamas war latest: Israeli airstrikes kill Hezbollah leader Nasrallah
Smoke rose from Beirut’s southern suburbs Saturday after the area was pummeled by heavy airstrikes that Israel said killed multiple Hezbollah commanders, including leader Hassan Nasrallah. The...
View ArticleHezbollah confirms its leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli...
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s Hezbollah group confirmed on Saturday that its leader and one of its founding members, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in a southern suburb of Beirut. The...
View ArticleU.S. airstrikes on Syria kill 37 militants affiliated with extremist groups
BEIRUT (AP) — In Syria, 37 militants affiliated to the extremist Islamic State group and an al-Qaeda-linked group were killed in two strikes, the United States military said Sunday. Two of the dead...
View ArticleAt least 148 are dead in floods and landslides in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescuers in Nepal recovered dozens of bodies from buses and other vehicles that were buried in landslides near the capital Kathmandu, as the death toll from flooding rose to at...
View ArticleAP images offer a close-up look at the smoldering site of Nasrallah's...
BEIRUT (AP) — More than two days after a massive Israeli airstrike that killed the leader of the Hezbollah militant group, smoke is still rising from the smoldering wreckage. Israel said the Friday...
View ArticlePope wraps troubled Belgium visit by doubling down on abortion and women,...
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis wrapped up a troubled visit to Belgium on Sunday by doubling down on his traditional views on women and abortion and demanding that Catholic bishops stop...
View ArticleNorway is mulling building a fence on its border with Russia, following...
HELSINKI (AP) — Norway may put a fence along part or all of the 198-kilometer (123-mile) border it shares with Russia, a minister said, a move inspired by a similar project in its Nordic neighbor...
View ArticleIsrael's prime minister appoints a former rival to strengthen his hold on office
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed Sunday a former rival, Gideon Saar, as a member of his Cabinet, expanding his coalition and strengthening his hold on office. Under...
View ArticleWho were the 7 high-ranking Hezbollah officials killed over the past week?
BEIRUT (AP) — In just over a week, intensified Israeli strikes in Lebanon killed seven high-ranking commanders and officials from the powerful Hezbollah militant group, including the group's leader,...
View ArticleBehind the loudest issues, the UN is a world stage for disputes that are...
The world’s greatest stage is the sprawling Midtown Manhattan complex where leaders meet each year to discuss humanity’s future. The United Nations' most powerful body — the Security Council — is...
View ArticleAustria's Freedom Party secures first far-right national election win since...
VIENNA (AP) — The Freedom Party secured the first far-right national parliamentary election victory in post-World War II Austria on Sunday, finishing ahead of the governing conservatives after tapping...
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