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Middle East latest: Israeli strikes kill 30 people overnight in Gaza

Nov. 05, 2024 04:53 AM EST

Israeli strikes killed at least 30 people overnight in Gaza, according to Palestinian health officials. Strikes early Tuesday killed 10 people in the Gaza Strip, including four children and two women, and a strike late Monday on the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya killed at least 20 people,...

An Israeli airstrike kills 20 people in northern Gaza, Palestinian officials say

Nov. 05, 2024 04:29 AM EST

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza has killed at least 20 people, mostly women and children, Palestinian officials said Tuesday, as Israel wages a nearly monthlong air and ground operation in what was already the most isolated and heavily destroyed part of the...

Competitive Virginia races could play a critical role in the battle for Congress

Nov. 05, 2024 03:24 AM EST

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s marquee matchups for U.S. House races in Tuesday’s election feature tight contests in a district being vacated by three-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger and a district known to flip between Democratic and Republican control. In...

Toss-up congressional races in liberal California could determine House control

Nov. 05, 2024 01:08 AM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Republicans have been fading away in California for years, but the state has emerged again as an unlikely national battleground with the GOP dueling over a string of U.S. House seats that could be crucial to determining which party controls the chamber next year. ...

Head of Myanmar's military government visits close ally China for the first time since taking power

Nov. 05, 2024 00:27 AM EST

BANGKOK (AP) — The head of Myanmar's military government embarked Tuesday on an official visit to China, the embattled Southeast Asian nation’s most important international ally, for several regional meetings. It is the first time Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing has traveled to the...

The winner of a North Carolina toss-up race could help decide who controls the US House

Nov. 05, 2024 00:08 AM EST

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A pathway for Republicans to keep the U.S. House or for Democrats to take control of it may partially hinge on who is victorious in North Carolina's only toss-up congressional district. Democratic U.S. Rep. Don Davis, who is in his first term, and GOP opponent...

North Korea fires a barrage of ballistic missiles toward the sea ahead of US election

Nov. 04, 2024 21:58 PM EST

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired a barrage of short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Tuesday, its neighbors said, as it continued its weapons demonstrations hours before the U.S. presidential election. Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said at least seven...

Remains of nearly 30 Civil War veterans found in a funeral home's storage are laid to rest

Nov. 04, 2024 18:04 PM EST

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — For several decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities at a funeral home and cemetery in Seattle. The simple copper and cardboard urns gathering dust on shelves only had the name of each...

Germany's top diplomat is in Kyiv as Ukraine girds for impact of US election on the war

Nov. 04, 2024 14:26 PM EST

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Germany’s top diplomat arrived Monday in the Ukrainian capital on an unannounced visit, in what appeared to be a show of European support for Ukraine on the eve of a U.S. presidential election that could bring far-reaching changes in Washington’s policy toward Russia’s...

South Korea and EU worry about Russia's technology transfer in return for North Korea troops

Nov. 04, 2024 14:18 PM EST

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea and the European Union on Monday strongly condemned North Korea’s reported dispatch of troops to aid Russia’s war against Ukraine and expressed concerns that Russia could reward North Korea with transfers of sensitive technology to enhance its nuclear and...