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Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza for the 3rd day in a row as West Bank violence intensifies

Sep. 24, 2023 12:50 PM EDT

NOUR SHAMS REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Israeli airstrikes struck militant sites in Gaza on Sunday for the third straight day, the Israeli military said, after Palestinian militants near the border fence launched incendiary balloons into Israel and threw an explosive at soldiers. The strike...

First refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh arrive in Armenia following Azerbaijan's military offensive

Sep. 24, 2023 11:50 AM EDT

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — The first refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh have arrived in Armenia, local officials reported Sunday, and more were expected to come after a 10-month blockade and a lightning military offensive this month that resulted in Azerbaijan reclaiming full control of the breakaway...

Masked gunmen attack Kosovo police and kill 1 officer in an escalation of tensions with Serbia

Sep. 24, 2023 11:33 AM EDT

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s prime minister on Sunday said one police officer was killed and another wounded in an attack he blamed on support from neighboring Serbia, increasing tensions between the two former war foes at a delicate moment in their European Union-facilitated dialogue to...

Russian airstrikes kill 2 and wound 3 in southern Ukraine as war enters 20th month

Sep. 24, 2023 11:10 AM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian airstrikes on Sunday killed two people and wounded three others in southern Ukraine's Kherson province, the region's governor reported Sunday as the war in Ukraine entered a 20th month. According to Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin, Russian forces struck the...

A Ukrainian train is a lifeline connecting the nation's capital with the front line

Sep. 24, 2023 00:18 AM EDT

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — Among the hundreds of trains criss-crossing Ukraine’s elaborate railway network every day, the Kyiv-Kramatorsk train stands apart, shrouded in solemn silence as passengers anticipate their destination. Every day, around seven in the morning, passengers...

Aid shipments and evacuations as Azerbaijan reasserts control over breakaway province

Sep. 23, 2023 18:28 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — More badly needed humanitarian aid was on its way to the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh via both Azerbaijan and Armenia on Saturday. The development comes days after Baku reclaimed control of the province and began talks with representatives of its ethnic Armenian population...

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...

Russian foreign minister lambastes the West but barely mentions Ukraine in UN speech

Sep. 23, 2023 17:01 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia's top diplomat denounced the United States and the West on Saturday as self-interested defenders of a fading international power structure, but he didn't discuss his country's war in Ukraine in his speech to the U.N. General Assembly. “The U.S. and...

Pope blames weapons industry for Russia-Ukraine war and 'martyrdom' of Ukrainian people

Sep. 23, 2023 16:13 PM EDT

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday labeled the weapons industry as being a key driver of the “martyrdom” of Ukraine’s people in Russia’s war, saying even the withholding of weapons now is going to continue their misery. Francis appeared to refer to...

Lebanese and Israeli troops fire tear gas along the tense border in a disputed area

Sep. 23, 2023 11:18 AM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese army said troops fired tear gas at Israeli soldiers in a disputed area along the tense border Saturday. No one was hurt in the incident. The area where the incident occurred is in Chebaa Farms and the Kfar Chouba hills that were captured by Israel from...