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Israel reopens Gaza crossing for Palestinian laborers after sealing it over rising tensions

Sep. 28, 2023 04:24 AM EDT

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel reopened a main crossing with the Gaza Strip on Thursday, allowing thousands of Palestinian laborers to enter the country for the first time since sealing it last week. The crossing reopens after weeks of violent protests along Gaza's frontier...

9 years later, families of 43 missing Mexican students march to demand answers in emblematic case

Sep. 26, 2023 23:54 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Chanting from one to 43, relatives of students abducted nine years ago counted out the number of the missing youths as they marched through Mexico City Tuesday to demand answers to one of Mexico's most infamous human rights cases. With President Andrés Manuel...

Israel strikes militant sites in Gaza as unrest continues, no casualties

Sep. 26, 2023 13:53 PM EDT

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes hit several targets in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the country's military said, after Palestinian protesters flocked for the 12th straight day to the enclave's frontier with Israel — demonstrations that have devolved into violent clashes with...

South Korean opposition leader attends court hearing on arrest warrant for alleged corruption

Sep. 26, 2023 00:53 AM EDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Coming off a 24-day hunger strike, South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung appeared in front of a judge on Tuesday who will decide whether he will be arrested on broad corruption allegations. Walking slowly with a cane, Lee, a former presidential...

As Gen. Milley steps down as chairman, his work on Ukraine is just one part of a complicated legacy

Sep. 26, 2023 00:08 AM EDT

OSLO, Norway (AP) — On a frigid U.S. air base in Germany, the top U.S. military officer was in his element. Striding along the training area in his fatigues, Army Gen. Mark Milley bellowed at the Ukrainian troops gathered around him. “Slava Ukraini!” he hollered, again and...

Video shows California deputy slamming 16-year-old girl to the ground outside football game

Sep. 25, 2023 18:05 PM EDT

VICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A viral video shows a Southern California sheriff's deputy slamming a teenage girl to the ground during a fight outside a Friday night high school football game, a use of force her mother says sent the 16-year-old to the hospital with injuries to her head and spine. ...

The chairman of Hong Kong's leading journalist group gets jail term for obstructing a police officer

Sep. 25, 2023 08:39 AM EDT

HONG KONG (AP) — The chairman of Hong Kong’s leading journalist group received a five-day jail term after he was found guilty of obstructing a police officer on Monday in a case that sparked concerns about the city's declining press freedom. Ronson Chan, chairman of the Hong...

Israel strikes Gaza for the second time in two days after Palestinian violence

Sep. 23, 2023 18:00 PM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli airstrikes hit a militant site in Gaza on Saturday for the second time in as many days, the Israeli army said, after Palestinian militants sent incendiary balloons into Israeli farmland and Palestinian protesters threw stones and explosives at soldiers at the separation...

French activists protest racism and police brutality while officers are on guard for key events

Sep. 23, 2023 11:52 AM EDT

PARIS (AP) — Families, community groups and far-left activists marched in cities around France on Saturday to decry racism and police brutality, putting authorities on edge at a time when French police are deployed en masse for a string of high-security events. Lingering anger over...

At the edge of the UN security perimeter, those with causes (and signs) try to be heard

Sep. 22, 2023 19:16 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Daniel Pedro came to the U.S. from Angola five months ago. He works construction in the New York City borough of Queens. Kadija Tyler made the journey from Senegal to Harlem. She works in sales in a department store. Neither is a full-time activist. But they and...