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Traumatized by war, hundreds of Lebanon's children struggle with wounds both physical and emotional

Nov. 11, 2024 00:37 AM EST

BEIRUT (AP) — Curled up in his father ’s lap, clinging to his chest, Hussein Mikdad cried his heart out. The 4-year-old kicked his doctor with his intact foot and pushed him away with the arm that was not in a cast. “My Dad! My Dad!" Hussein said. "Make him leave me alone!” With eyes...

Israeli strikes kill dozens in Lebanon and isolated northern Gaza while Netanyahu and Trump speak

Nov. 10, 2024 23:54 PM EST

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes killed dozens of people including children on Sunday in Lebanon and isolated northern Gaza, as the world watched for signs of how the U.S. election might affect the wars between Israel and Iranian-backed militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah. ...

Militant attack on Pakistani border leaves 5 Iranian security forces dead, state media says

Nov. 10, 2024 21:24 PM EST

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A militant attack near the Pakistani border with Iran left five Iranian forces dead, the state-run IRNA news agency reported Sunday. The report said the dead were ethnic Baluch members of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard’s volunteer Basij force and were...

Drones strike Moscow as top UK official highlights Russian casualties in Ukraine

Nov. 10, 2024 12:26 PM EST

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A massive drone strike rattled Moscow and its suburbs overnight into Sunday, injuring several people and temporarily halting traffic at some of Russia's busiest airports, officials reported. Meanwhile, a huge nighttime wave of Russian drones targeted Ukraine. ...

Soldier with Yemen's exiled government opens fire, killing 2 Saudi troops and wounding another

Nov. 10, 2024 08:40 AM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A soldier for Yemen’s exiled government opened fire on Saudi troops as they exercised in eastern Yemen, killing two of them and wounding another in a rare insider attack during the kingdom's nearly decadelong war there, officials said Saturday. ...

UN nuclear head to visit Iran for talks on country's nuclear program as next Trump presidency looms

Nov. 10, 2024 06:48 AM EST

VIENNA (AP) — The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said Sunday he will travel to Iran in the coming days to hold talks regarding the country's nuclear program. The visit comes amid wider tensions gripping the Mideast over the Israel-Hamas war and uncertainty over how U.S....

Qatar suspends its mediation efforts on Gaza and the Hamas office there may have to leave

Nov. 09, 2024 20:55 PM EST

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Qatar has suspended its key mediation efforts between Hamas and Israel, it said Saturday, after growing frustration with the lack of progress on a cease-fire deal for Gaza. It wasn't immediately clear whether the remaining Hamas leadership hosted by...

5 siblings, some of them deaf, among those killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon

Nov. 09, 2024 14:10 PM EST

TYRE, Lebanon (AP) — An Israeli airstrike on the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre left at least seven people dead, among them five siblings, three of whom were deaf and mute, officials and a resident said Saturday. Elsewhere in Lebanon, Israeli airstrikes killed 31 people. The...

Lithuania's defense minister proposes ways for smoother relations between Europe and Trump

Nov. 09, 2024 12:24 PM EST

PRAGUE (AP) — European nations should not repeat the mistake of creating a barrier between them and President-elect Donald Trump but instead cooperate on issues of common interest, Lithuania’s defense minister said Saturday. Assuming that Trump will again apply what Laurynas...

Russia open to hearing Trump's proposals for ending the war, an official says

Nov. 09, 2024 11:01 AM EST

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia is open to hearing President-elect Donald Trump’s proposals on ending the war, an official said, as a Russian drone killed one person and wounded 13 in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa and the European Union foreign policy chief held talks in Kyiv after the change in...