Israeli strikes pound Lebanese coastal city after residents evacuate
TYRE, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli jets struck multiple buildings in Lebanon's southern coastal city of Tyre on Wednesday, sending up large clouds of black smoke, while Hezbollah confirmed that a top...
View ArticleIsrael accuses 6 Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza of being Palestinian militants
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli army on Wednesday accused six Al Jazeera journalists covering the war in Gaza of also being current or former paid fighters for Palestinian militant groups. Al...
View ArticleTrash carried by a North Korean balloon again falls on the presidential...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Trash carried by a North Korean balloon fell on the presidential compound in central Seoul on Thursday, officials said, the second such case in recent months that raise...
View ArticleUS confirms North Korea has sent 3,000 troops to Russia for training and...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. said Wednesday that 3,000 North Korean troops have been deployed to Russia and are training at several locations, calling the move very serious and warning that those forces...
View ArticleParis conference aims to rally military and humanitarian support for Lebanon
PARIS (AP) — France on Thursday hosts an international conference for Lebanon to rally military and humanitarian aid for the country where war between Hezbollah militants and Israel has displaced a...
View ArticleMassive displacement from Israel-Hezbollah war transforms Beirut’s famed...
BEIRUT (AP) — Inside what was once one of Beirut’s oldest and best-known cinemas, dozens of Lebanese, Palestinians and Syrians displaced by the Israel-Hezbollah war spend their time following the news...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to displaying a Nazi symbol at pro-Palestinian rally
SYDNEY (AP) — A restaurateur pleaded guilty Thursday to displaying a Nazi symbol during a pro-Palestinian rally in Sydney in early October. Alan Yazbek was photographed at the Oct. 6 rally in Sydney's...
View ArticleOfficials say North Korea has sent troops to Russia. What would that mean for...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — American and South Korean officials said Wednesday that there’s evidence North Korea has dispatched troops to Russia in a potential escalation of the nearly 3-year-old war with...
View ArticleTropical storm battering Philippines leaves at least 24 people dead in...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Widespread flooding and landslides set off by a tropical storm in the northeastern Philippines on Thursday left at least 24 people dead, swept away cars and prompted...
View ArticleCanada will reduce immigration targets as Trudeau acknowledges his policy failed
TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday that Canada will significantly reduce the number of new immigrants it allows into the country after acknowledging that his government failed...
View ArticleJapan's ruling party may struggle in Sunday's vote, but its decades of...
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ’s ruling party, dogged by corruption scandals and plunging support, faces its toughest challenge in more than a decade in Sunday’s parliamentary...
View ArticleA car bomb explodes outside a police station in western Mexico, wounding 3...
ACAMBARO, Mexico (AP) — A car bomb left outside a police station in the town of Acambaro in western Mexico wounded three people, prosecutors in the violence-wracked state of Guanajuato said Thursday....
View ArticleTurkey strikes Kurdish militant targets in Syria and Iraq for a second day
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey struck suspected Kurdish militant targets in Syria and Iraq for a second day on Thursday following an attack on the premises of a key defense company that killed at least...
View ArticlePutin ends BRICS summit that sought to expand Russia's global clout but was...
KAZAN, Russia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin closed a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies on Thursday, praising its role as a counterbalance to what he called the West's...
View ArticleKing Charles tells summit the past can't be changed as leaders ask Britain to...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — King Charles III told a summit of Commonwealth countries in Samoa on Friday that the past could not be changed as he indirectly acknowledged calls from some of Britain’s...
View ArticleLithuania votes in the 2nd round of its parliamentary election, with change...
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuanians will vote Sunday in the second and final round of parliamentary elections, with the conservative governing party still in contention despite first-round gains for...
View ArticleGeorgia prepares for a divisive election which could determine its future in...
JAVAKHETI, Georgia (AP) — When Vahan Agayan goes to the polling station in Georgia’s parliamentary election Saturday, he says he and his wife will vote as directed to by officials of the ruling...
View ArticleTropical Storm Dana makes landfall along India's eastern coast, bringing...
NEW DELHI (AP) — Tropical Storm Dana made landfall along India's eastern coast late Thursday night, uprooting trees with its torrential rains and strong winds. The storm entered Odisha state with...
View ArticleVote-weary Bulgarians face a seventh general election in just over 3 years
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarians will cast ballots on Sunday in the seventh general elections in just over three years as the country faces growing political instability that might further enhance...
View ArticleEx-commander of a Ugandan rebel group has been sentenced to 40 years in prison
A former commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels was sentenced by a court in Uganda on Friday to 40 years in prison for brutal crimes committed by the group during its insurgency that started...
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