World Sep 15 Rubio affirms U.S. support for Israel’s vision of military victory in Gaza Secretary of State Marco Rubio is heading to Doha to meet with Qatar’s leaders following unprecedented Israeli strikes targeting Hamas leaders last week. Earlier Monday, Rubio appeared with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem as the two presented a…
World Sep 12 Son of detained Hong Kong journalist Jimmy Lai on Beijing’s crackdown on speech A Hong Kong court is set to deliver a verdict soon for democracy activist and media magnate Jimmy Lai, who has been detained for five years. He’s accused of sedition and collusion with foreign forces, but his supporters call the…
World Sep 11 Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro convicted of attempted coup The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, was sentenced to over 27 years in prison after he was found guilty of attempting to use military force to overturn an election and plotting to assassinate current President Luiz Inacio Lula da…
World Sep 10 ‘Putin is mocking’ Trump, Polish foreign minister says after Russian drone incursion It was an ominous series of firsts for the world’s largest military alliance. For the first time in NATO history, alliance airplanes engaged enemy targets in allied airspace, and for the first time since Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine, NATO…
World Sep 09 Israeli strike on Hamas in Qatar adds fresh volatility to already unstable region There was a dramatic escalation in an already white-hot Middle East on Tuesday. For the first time, Israel attacked Qatar, a key American regional ally and the mediator of ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas. The target was a meeting…
World Sep 08 Israel targets Gaza high-rises as Trump gives Hamas ‘last warning’ to accept ceasefire A terrorist attack killed six Israelis and wounded more than 20 at a bus stop in Jerusalem. Israel raided the West Bank town where it says the gunmen came from. At the same time, Israel's military is assaulting Gaza City,…
World Sep 05 ‘We gave everything’: Afghan allies abandoned by U.S. share fears of life under Taliban As the American war in Afghanistan ended four years ago, thousands of Afghans who had worked with the United States, and believed in the American-led war against the Taliban, were left behind. Many of them are still there after the…
World Sep 04 U.S. military strikes on suspected drug smugglers spark legal and diplomatic concerns The Trump White House is signaling a new war on drug cartels. On Monday, the president released video of what the administration says was a strike on a drug-running boat off the coast of Venezuela. Nick Schifrin takes a closer…
World Sep 03 What China’s display of military might and diplomacy mean for the U.S. There was an extraordinary display of military might on the streets of Beijing. China's parade was the culmination of several days of high-level diplomacy, without the United States, as China seeks to cement its place as a preeminent global power.