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The Latest | Airstrikes and rocket fire on Lebanon-Israel border as death toll climbs
The death toll from Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon has climbed to 16, including several militants and members of paramedic groups, according to Lebanese state media and the militant organizations. And in northern Israel, one man was kille...
Blinken says Israeli assault on Gaza's Rafah would be a 'mistake' and isn't needed to defeat Hamas
CAIRO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday a major Israeli ground assault on the southern Gaza town of Rafah would be "a mistake" and "unnecessary" to defeating Hamas, underscoring the further souring of relations between...
Russia says 40 dead, 145 injured in concert hall raid; Islamic State group claims responsibility
MOSCOW (AP) — Several assailants burst into a large concert hall in Moscow on Friday and sprayed the crowd with gunfire, killing at least 40 people, injuring more than 100 and setting fire to the venue in a brazen attack just days after President...
What we know after the Islamic State group claims responsibility for Moscow massacre
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed at least 133 people, the most deadly attack in Russia in years. Though the U.S. says it has evidence backing up...
UN demand for Gaza cease-fire provokes strongest clash between US and Israel since war began
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council on Monday issued its first demand for a cease-fire in Gaza, with the U.S. angering Israel by abstaining from the vote. Israel responded by canceling a visit to Washington by a high-level...
Kyiv endures a third bombardment in 5 days as Russia steps up targeting of Ukrainian cities
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched missiles against Kyiv for the third time in five days and also targeted other regions Monday as Moscow escalated its aerial bombardment of Ukrainian cities while the front line in the war remains largely...
Heavy fighting rages around Gaza's biggest hospital as Israel raids it for a second day
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Explosions and shootings shook the Gaza Strip's biggest hospital and surrounding neighborhoods as Israeli forces stormed through the facility for a second day Tuesday. The military said it had killed 50 Hamas militants in...
US defense chief vows continued aid to Ukraine, even as Congress is stalled on funding bill
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin vowed Tuesday that the U.S. will continue to support Ukraine's war effort against Russia, even as the U.S. Congress remains stalled over funding to send additional weapons to the...
Why Israel is so determined to launch an offensive in Rafah
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is determined to launch a ground offensive against Hamas in Rafah, Gaza's southernmost town, a plan that has raised global alarm because of the potential for harm to the hundreds of thousands of civilians sheltering there. P...
South Korean defense chief says North Korea has supplied 7,000 containers of munitions to Russia
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has shipped around 7,000 containers filled with munitions and other military equipment to Russia since last year to help support its war in Ukraine, South Korea's defense minister said Monday. Shin Won-sik...
Cease-fire talks with Israel and Hamas are expected to resume on Sunday in Qatar
CAIRO (AP) — Stalled talks aimed at securing a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war are expected to resume in earnest in Qatar as soon as Sunday, according to Egyptian officials. The talks would mark the first time both Israeli officials and Hamas...
Schumer's rebuke of Netanyahu shows the long, fragile line the US and allies walk on interference
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Israeli officials were quick to express outrage after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sharply criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the war in Gaza and called for Israel to hold new...
Netanyahu snaps back against growing US criticism after being accused of losing his way on Gaza
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu railed Sunday against growing criticism from top ally the United States against his leadership amid the devastating war with Hamas, describing calls for a new election as "wholly...
Russia says it killed 234 fighters while thwarting an incursion from Ukraine
Ukrainian long-range drones smashed into two oil facilities deep inside Russia on Tuesday, officials said, while an armed incursion claimed by Ukraine-based Russian opponents of the Kremlin unnerved a border region just days before Russia's president...
Pentagon to give Ukraine $300 million in weapons even as it lacks funds to replenish US stockpile
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will rush about $300 million in weapons to Ukraine after finding some cost savings in its contracts, even though the military remains deeply overdrawn and needs at least $10 billion to replenish all the weapons it has...
Biden will announce plans for a temporary aid port on Gaza's coast as cease-fire talks stall
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will announce Thursday that the U.S. military will set up a temporary port off Gaza, senior administration officials said, acting amid an international push to create a sea route for food and other aid as U.N....
A ship with Gaza aid is preparing to inaugurate a sea route from Cyprus to the war-ravaged strip
LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — A ship bearing humanitarian aid was making preparations to leave Cyprus and head for Gaza, the European Commission president said Friday as international donors launched a sea corridor to supply the besieged territory that...
US forces fly in to beef up security at embassy in Haiti and evacuate nonessential personnel
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The U.S. military said Sunday that it had flown in forces to beef up security at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti and allow nonessential personnel to leave. The aircraft flew to the embassy compound, the U.S. Southern Command...
An effort to get aid to Gaza by sea is moving ahead. But the first ship is still waiting in Cyprus
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A U.S. Army vessel carrying equipment to build a temporary pier in Gaza was heading to the Mediterranean on Sunday, after U.S. President Joe Biden announced plans to increase aid deliveries by sea to the besieged...
Blinken attends urgent meeting with Caribbean leaders as Haiti's violent crisis grows
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Caribbean leaders in Jamaica on Monday in an urgent push to solve the spiraling crisis in Haiti, while pressure grows on Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry to resign or agree...
Gaza cease-fire talks fail to achieve a breakthrough with Ramadan just days away, Egypt says
CAIRO (AP) — Three days of negotiations with Hamas over a cease-fire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages failed to achieve a breakthrough on Tuesday, Egyptian officials said, less than a week before the start of the Muslim holy month of...
Ukraine claims it has sunk another Russian warship in the Black Sea using high-tech sea drones
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine claimed Tuesday it has sunk another Russian warship in the Black Sea using high-tech sea drones as Kyiv's forces take aim at targets well behind the war's front line. Russian authorities did not confirm the claim. The...
Biden's closest allies are stepping up pressure on White House to do more to ease suffering in Gaza
WASHINGTON (AP) — More of President Joe Biden's top Senate allies are demanding that the U.S. act directly to ease Palestinian civilian suffering in Gaza and are joining calls to cut military aid if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
North Korea threatens to take military moves in response to US-South Korean drills
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea called the ongoing South Korean-U.S. military drills a plot to invade the country, as it threatened Tuesday to take unspecified "responsible" military steps in response. The North's warning came a day after the...
Few Americans want US more involved in current wars in Ukraine and Gaza, AP-NORC poll finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the U.S. navigates involvement in the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, few Americans want the country to take a more active role in solving the world's problems, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for...