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UN force says Israeli work on Syrian frontier saw 'severe violations' of cease-fire after AP report

Nov. 12, 2024 10:15 AM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — United Nations peacekeepers warned Tuesday that the Israeli military has committed “severe violations” of a cease-fire deal with Syria as its military continues a major construction project along the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-occupied...

NATO's Rutte calls for more Western support for Ukraine, warns of Russian alliances

Nov. 12, 2024 09:58 AM EST

PARIS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has called on Western allies to provide Ukraine with further support “to change the trajectory of the conflict” with Russia. Speaking ahead of a meeting Tuesday in Paris with French President Emmanuel Macron, Rutte said: “We must...

Israeli strikes hit Beirut suburbs and kill 31 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, medics say

Nov. 12, 2024 09:46 AM EST

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes killed at least 31 people in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, including 11 at a makeshift cafeteria in an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone, medics said. In Lebanon, warplanes struck Beirut’s southern suburbs and killed five people east...

Aid groups say Israel misses US deadline to boost humanitarian aid entering Gaza

Nov. 12, 2024 09:23 AM EST

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has failed to meet U.S. demands to allow greater humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip, where conditions are worse than at any point in the 13-month-old war, international aid organizations said Tuesday. The obstacles facing aid distribution were on this...

Blinken is heading to Europe for urgent talks on Ukraine after Trump's election

Nov. 12, 2024 08:44 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to Europe for urgent meetings on Ukraine with NATO and European Union officials following last week’s U.S. presidential election and the return of Donald Trump to the White House in January. The State Department will...

Doctor accused of criticizing Russia's war in Ukraine is convicted and given over 5 years in prison

Nov. 12, 2024 08:41 AM EST

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A doctor accused of criticizing the war in Ukraine in front of a patient was convicted Tuesday of spreading false information about the Russian military and sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison, part of an unrelenting Kremlin crackdown on dissent. Dr. Nadezhda...

Democrat Ruben Gallego wins Arizona US Senate race against Republican Kari Lake

Nov. 12, 2024 08:25 AM EST

PHOENIX (AP) — Democrat Ruben Gallego has been elected Arizona’s first Latino U.S. senator, defeating Republican Kari Lake and preventing Republicans from further padding their Senate majority. Gallego’s victory continues a string of Democratic successes for the Senate in a...

EU top diplomat nominee strongly backs Ukraine and underlines China's links to the war

Nov. 12, 2024 06:24 AM EST

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union must back Ukraine against Russia for as a long as it takes and persuade the United States that its strategic interests in China are tied up in the outcome of the war, the woman nominated as the bloc’s top diplomat for the next five years said Tuesday. ...

Theater festival offers solace in Burkina Faso, a nation torn by violence

Nov. 12, 2024 05:41 AM EST

OUGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — The last three years have been tough for Fanta Charlotte Dabone, a mother of three from the conflict-battered West African country of Burkina Faso. She fled her village after it was attacked by extremists, leaving her husband and her farm behind....

A suspected attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels sees explosions near ship in Red Sea

Nov. 12, 2024 05:20 AM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A suspected attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels saw multiple explosions strike near a vessel traveling through the Red Sea on Tuesday, though no damage was immediately reported by the ship, authorities said. The attack comes as the rebels continue...