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Israeli military tour of northern Gaza reveals ravaged buildings, toppled trees, former weapons lab

Nov. 09, 2023 11:58 AM EST

INSIDE THE GAZA STRIP (AP) — An Israeli tank rolls across a sandy moonscape, surrounded by rubble. Damaged buildings are visible in every direction. Toppled trees lie along the Mediterranean shoreline. The Israeli military escorted international journalists into the northern Gaza...

Military-ruled Myanmar hosts joint naval exercise with Russia, its close ally and top arms supplier

Nov. 07, 2023 14:04 PM EST

BANGKOK (AP) — The military-run Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar is holding its first joint naval exercise with Russia, state media reported Tuesday, with the countries carrying out maneuvers in the Andaman Sea. Reports in the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper said...

Civilians fleeing northern Gaza's combat zone report a terrifying journey on foot past Israeli tanks

Nov. 07, 2023 10:36 AM EST

BUREIJ REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip (AP) — What was once Gaza’s busiest thoroughfare has become a terrifying escape route for Palestinian civilians fleeing combat on foot or on donkey carts. On their way south, those running for their lives said they raised their hands and waved white flags to move...

Protesters calling for Gaza cease-fire block road at Tacoma port while military cargo ship docks

Nov. 06, 2023 17:37 PM EST

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters calling for a cease-fire in Gaza blocked traffic Monday at the Port of Tacoma, where a military supply ship had recently arrived. Organizers said they opposed the Israel-Hamas war and targeted the vessel — the Cape...

China keeps up military pressure on Taiwan, sending 43 planes and 7 ships near self-governing island

Nov. 01, 2023 08:23 AM EDT

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan said Wednesday that China sent 43 military aircraft and seven ships near the self-ruled island, the latest sign that Beijing plans no let-up in its campaign of harassment, threats and intimidation. Taiwan's Defense Ministry said the figure was current...

Yemen's Houthi rebels claim attacks on Israel, drawing their main sponsor Iran closer to Hamas war

Oct. 31, 2023 20:58 PM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen's Houthi rebels for the first time Tuesday claimed missile and drone attacks targeting Israel, drawing their main sponsor Iran closer into the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip and further raising the risks of a regional conflict erupting. ...

Russia accuses Ukraine of damaging a nuclear waste warehouse as the battle for Avdiivika grinds on

Oct. 28, 2023 10:37 AM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia accused Ukraine on Saturday of damaging a nuclear waste storage facility in a drone strike on the Kursk nuclear power plant while fighting raged on for the control of the key eastern city of Avdiivika, where Russians apparently suffered heavy losses. ...

US fighter jets strike Iran-linked sites in Syria in retaliation for attacks on US troops

Oct. 27, 2023 22:01 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. fighter jets launched airstrikes early Friday on two locations in eastern Syria linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Pentagon said, in retaliation for a slew of drone and missile attacks against U.S. bases and personnel in the region that began early last week. ...

‘Grounded,’ a new opera about a female fighter pilot turned drone operator, prepares to take off

Oct. 26, 2023 11:22 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 10 years after it was first imagined as an opera, “Grounded” is ready to take flight. With music by Jeanine Tesori and a libretto adapted by George Brant from his own play, “Grounded” tells the story of an F-16 fighter pilot who becomes pregnant and...

Russian drone debris downed power lines near a Ukraine nuclear plant. A new winter barrage is likely

Oct. 25, 2023 09:53 AM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia fired almost a dozen Shahed drones against Ukrainian targets and falling debris from an intercepted drone damaged power lines near a nuclear plant in the country's west, knocking out electricity to hundreds of people, officials said Wednesday. Ukraine’s air force...