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As some universities negotiate with pro-Palestinian protesters, others quickly call the police

Apr. 26, 2024 14:33 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University students who inspired pro-Palestinian demonstrations across the country dug in for their 10th day Friday as the university’s president faced harsh criticism from faculty and campuses from California to Massachusetts wrestled with how to address protests with...

Private security firm says missile fire seen off the Yemen coast in the Red Sea near crucial strait

Apr. 26, 2024 14:16 PM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Missiles suspected to have been fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels damaged a ship traveling through the Red Sea on Friday, authorities said. The attack follows an uptick in assaults launched by the Houthis in recent days after a relative lull in their monthslong...

Ukraine's farm minister is the latest corruption suspect as Kyiv aims to undo recent Russian gains

Apr. 26, 2024 12:33 PM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian court on Friday ordered the detention of the country’s farm minister in the latest high-profile corruption investigation, while Kyiv security officials assessed how they can recover lost battlefield momentum in the war against Russia. Ukraine’s...

US says it's reviewing new information about Israeli unit accused of abuses before the war in Gaza

Apr. 26, 2024 12:08 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has determined that an Israeli military unit committed gross human-rights abuses against Palestinians in the West Bank before the war in Gaza began, but it will hold off on any decision about aid to the battalion while it reviews new information provided by Israel,...

Burkina Faso suspends BBC and Voice of America after they covered a report on mass killings

Apr. 26, 2024 11:15 AM EDT

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso suspended the BBC and Voice of America radio stations for their coverage of a report by Human Rights Watch on a mass killing of civilians carried out by the country's armed forces. Burkina Faso's communication spokesperson, Tonssira Myrian Corine...

Premature baby girl rescued from her dead mother's womb dies in Gaza after 5 days in an incubator

Apr. 26, 2024 08:13 AM EDT

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A premature Palestinian infant, rescued from her mother's womb shortly after the woman was killed in an Israeli airstrike, has died, her uncle said Friday. Sabreen Jouda died in a Gaza hospital on Thursday after her health deteriorated and medical teams...

The TikTok law kicks off a new showdown between Beijing and Washington. What's coming next?

Apr. 26, 2024 02:43 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — TikTok is gearing up for a legal fight against a U.S. law that would force the social media platform to break ties with its China-based parent company, a move almost certainly backed by Chinese authorities as the bitter U.S.-China rivalry threatens the future of a wildly popular...

Ukrainian duo heads to the Eurovision Song Contest with a message: We're still here

Apr. 26, 2024 00:49 AM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Even amid war, Ukraine finds time for the glittery, pop-filled Eurovision Song Contest. Perhaps now even more than ever. Ukraine’s entrants in the pan-continental music competition — the female duo of rapper alyona alyona and singer Jerry Heil — set off...

The Latest | Israeli strikes in Rafah kill at least 5 as ship comes under attack in the Gulf of Aden

Apr. 26, 2024 00:10 AM EDT

Palestinian hospital officials said Israeli airstrikes on the southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip killed at least five people. More than half of the territory’s population of 2.3 million have sought refuge in Rafah, where Israel has conducted near-daily raids as it prepares...

Ukraine pulls US-provided Abrams tanks from the front lines over Russian drone threats

Apr. 26, 2024 00:08 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine has sidelined U.S.-provided Abrams M1A1 battle tanks for now in its fight against Russia, in part because Russian drone warfare has made it too difficult for them to operate without detection or coming under attack, two U.S. military officials told The Associated Press. ...