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Journalists' rights group says 104 media workers killed this year. Gaza stands out for 2nd year

Dec. 10, 2024 09:45 AM EST

BRUSSELS (AP) — The International Federation of Journalists said Tuesday that 104 journalists and media workers have been killed so far in 2024, with more than half of them perishing during the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. The group said that since the Oct. 7, 2023 start of...

Israel's Netanyahu vows to challenge 'absurd' corruption charges as he takes the stand in his trial

Dec. 10, 2024 07:26 AM EST

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised defiantly on Tuesday to knock down corruption allegations against him as he began testifying in his long-running trial, becoming the first sitting Israeli leader to take the stand as a criminal defendant. ...

Netanyahu is set to take the witness stand for the first time in his corruption trial in Israel

Dec. 09, 2024 14:17 PM EST

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to take to the witness stand Tuesday for the first time in his trial on corruption allegations, a pivotal point in the drawn-out proceedings that comes as he wages war in Gaza and faces an international arrest warrant for war...

Analysis: Collapse of Syria's Assad is a blow to Iran's 'Axis of Resistance'

Dec. 08, 2024 21:01 PM EST

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — For Iran’s theocratic government, it keeps getting worse. Its decadeslong strategy of building an “Axis of Resistance” supporting militant groups and proxies around the region is falling apart. First came the crushing Israeli campaign in Gaza triggered...

Gaza health officials say latest Israeli airstrikes kill at least 14 including children

Dec. 08, 2024 13:22 PM EST

DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes in central Gaza killed at least 14 people including children Sunday, Palestinian health officials said, while the bombing of a hospital in northern Gaza wounded a half-dozen patients. Israel’s military continues its latest...

Trump isn't back in office but he's already pushing his agenda and negotiating with world leaders

Dec. 07, 2024 18:54 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — He's making threats, traveling abroad and negotiating with world leaders. Donald Trump has more than a month and a half to go before he's sworn in for a second term. But the Republican president-elect is already moving aggressively not just to fill his Cabinet and...

Analysis: At dueling Mideast forums, officials ask what will happen when Donald Trump takes office

Dec. 07, 2024 13:41 PM EST

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — At glittering ballrooms in the Mideast this weekend, discussions of the wars and chaos gripping the region gave way to one central question: What's going to happen when U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office next month? Summits in both Bahrain and...

Australian leader blames antisemitism for arson that extensively damaged a Melbourne synagogue

Dec. 07, 2024 06:15 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Arsonists extensively damaged a Melbourne synagogue on Friday in what Australia’s prime minister condemned as an antisemitic attack on Australian values. The blaze in the Adass Israel Synagogue is an escalation in targeted attacks in Australia since...

AP PHOTOS: After 15 months of abandonment, hostage homes are empty memorials

Dec. 06, 2024 12:13 PM EST

KIBBUTZ NIR OZ, Israel (AP) — After 15 months of war, the homes of Israeli hostages are like time capsules of a war zone. There’s a small blue bicycle flung to the ground outside the house of the Bibas family — all of whom, including two young boys Kfir and Ariel, are still in captivity....

Hamas official says Gaza ceasefire talks have resumed after weekslong hiatus

Dec. 06, 2024 00:41 AM EST

ISTANBUL (AP) — A Hamas official said Thursday that international mediators have resumed negotiating with the militant group and Israel over a ceasefire in Gaza, and that he was hopeful a deal to end the 14-month war was within reach. Ceasefire negotiations were halted last month...