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Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon have killed nearly 700 this week
Nearly 700 people have been killed in Lebanon this week, according to Lebanon's health ministry, as Israel dramatically escalated strikes, saying it is targeting Hezbollah’s military capacities. Over the past week, Israel has carried out several strikes in Beirut targeting senior...
Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel threatens ground operation after long-range Hezbollah missile attack
The Israeli military is preparing for a possible ground operation in Lebanon, the Israeli army chief said Wednesday as Hezbollah launched dozens of rockets into Israel, including a longer-range projectile that set off air raid sirens in Tel Aviv and across central Israel. It was the group’s...
What to know from the UN: Ukraine doesn't want the world to forget, and attention turns to Lebanon
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Sometimes the issues brought forward at the United Nations signature annual meeting may feel a bit familiar. Climate change is always in focus, especially in the past few years. There are regular disputes about who is on the security council. Pleas to stop wars and address...
New Caledonia marks anniversary of French colonization with tight security and simmering tensions
NOUMEA, New Caledonia (AP) — New Caledonia marked the anniversary on Tuesday of France's takeover of the Pacific archipelago with tight security and simmering tensions between the pro-independence Indigenous Kanak people and the white settler communities loyal to Paris. The 171st...
France has a new government. Can it solve the New Caledonia crisis after months of deadly unrest?
NICE, France (AP) — After four months of deadly unrest in New Caledonia, tensions in the French Pacific territory between the pro-independence Indigenous Kanak people and the white settler communities loyal to Paris are simmering as the vast archipelago east of Australia marks the anniversary of...
France's new government meets for the first time to discuss budget and migrant issues
PARIS (AP) — France’s new government dominated by conservatives and centrists gathered for the first time Monday as Prime Minister Michel Barnier set budget and migrant issues as top priorities. Barnier convened a meeting early morning with newly appointed ministers ahead of a...
New center-right government in France announced 2 months after divisive elections
PARIS (AP) — The French presidential palace unveiled a long-awaited new government Saturday dominated by conservatives and centrists. It came more than two months after elections that produced a hung parliament and deepened political divisions as France grapples with growing financial and...
Shocking rape trial highlights the systematic struggles French sexual abuse victims face
AVIGNON, France (AP) — The trial of dozens of men accused of raping an unconscious woman whose husband repeatedly drugged her over the course of nearly a decade has highlighted the difficulties that sexual violence victims can face in France. Dominique Pelicot, 71, and his 50...
Israel-Hamas war latest: Hezbollah leader says Israel crossed a `red line'
The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah is promising to retaliate for deadly attacks on its communication devices after Israel's defense minister announced a “new phase” of the war. Hezbollah and the Israeli military traded new strikes over the border on Thursday. Fears are increasing...
2 killed in restive New Caledonia during a French police operation
PARIS (AP) — Two people have been killed in New Caledonia during a police operation to apprehend activists suspected of involvement in deadly unrest over attempts by Paris to amend the French constitution and change voting lists in the French Pacific territory, according to French media reports...
