DHL Cargo Plane Crashes And Skids Into House In Lithuania, Killing At Least 1
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — A DHL cargo plane crashed on approach to an airport in Lithuania’s capital and skidded into a house Monday morning, killing a Spanish crew member but not harming anyone on the ground. The cause is under investigation. A surveillance video showed...
Israeli Strike Wounds Director Of North Gaza’s Main, Barely Operational Hospital
Israeli strikes this weekend on what’s considered north Gaza’s main hospital have resulted in about a dozen wounded staff, including the barely operational medical facility’s director, amid the region’s worsening humanitarian catastrophe. For 50 days, Israeli forces have incessantly attacked the territory’s northernmost region, which...
Since Gaza Siege, Israel Has Cracked Down On Its Dissenting Palestinian Citizens
UMM AL-FAHM, Israel (AP) — Israel’s yearlong crackdown against Palestinian citizens who speak out against the war in Gaza is prompting many to self-censor out of fear of being jailed and further marginalized in society, while some still find ways to dissent — carefully. Ahmed...
Many In Gaza Eat Just Once A Day, As Israel’s Aid Blockade Worsens Hunger Crisis
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Yasmin Eid coughs and covers her face, cooking a small pot of lentils over a fire fed with twigs and scrap paper in the tent she shares with her husband and four young daughters in the Gaza Strip. It...
NATO Head And Trump Meet In Florida For Global Security Talks
BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and the head of NATO have met for talks on global security, the military alliance said Saturday. In a brief statement, NATO said Trump and its secretary general, Mark Rutte, met on Friday in Palm Beach, Florida. “They...
Israeli Airstrikes Kill At Least 20 In Central Beirut As Diplomats Push For Cease-Fire
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli airstrikes Saturday in central Beirut killed at least 20 people, officials said, as the once-rare attacks on the heart of Lebanon’s capital continued without warning while diplomats scrambled to broker a cease-fire. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said 66 people were wounded...
German Ex-Leader Says She Felt ‘Sorrow’ At Trump’s Comeback, Recalls Awkward Non-Handshake
BERLIN (AP) — Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she felt “sorrow” at Donald Trump’s return to power and recalls that every meeting with him was “a competition: you or me.” In an interview with German weekly Der Spiegel published Friday, Merkel said that Trump...
Penguin That Swam From Antarctica To Australia Is Returned To Sea After Exhausting Trip
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The only emperor penguin known to have swum from Antarctica to Australia was released at sea 20 days after he waddled ashore on a popular tourist beach, officials said Friday. The adult male was found on Nov. 1 on Ocean Beach...
International Criminal Court Issues Arrest Warrants For Netanyahu And Hamas Officials
THE HAGUE (AP) — The world’s top war-crimes court issued arrest warrants Thursday for the leaders of Israel and Hamas, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing them of crimes against humanity in connection with their war that began more than a year ago. The...
Ukraine Says Russia Launched Intercontinental Ballistic Missile For First Time In The War
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine says Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile overnight targeting Dnipro city in the central-east of the country, which, if confirmed, would be the first time Moscow has used such a missile in the war. In a statement Thursday on the...
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