• News Wrap: Russian shelling takes more Ukrainian lives on 500th day of war

    News Wrap: Russian shelling takes more Ukrainian lives on 500th day of war

    Jul 08, 2023 09:50 PM EDT

    ... On this, the 500th day of the war in Ukraine, more Russian shelling took more Ukrainian lives. The attack on the eastern Ukrainian town of Lyman killed at least eight civilians and wounded 13 others. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy marked the day with a video showing him on Snake Island ...

  • Zelenskyy marks 500 days of war, honors Ukraine's soldiers in speech on Snake Island

    Zelenskyy marks 500 days of war, honors Ukraine's soldiers in speech on Snake Island

    Jul 08, 2023 07:49 PM EDT

    Lyman is a few kilometers (miles) from the front line, where Russian troops have recently intensified fighting in the forests of Kreminna. The U.K. Ministry of Defense said in its latest intelligence update that the eastern town of Bakhmut that was captured by the Russians in May has seen ...

  • WATCH: Swedish admission to NATO 'making progress,' alliance head Stoltenberg says

    WATCH: Swedish admission to NATO 'making progress,' alliance head Stoltenberg says

    Jul 06, 2023 03:55 PM EDT

    ... s anti-terrorism laws and the lifting of arms restrictions. "However, the legislative changes now need to be reflected in practice," he said. He also lamented a series of demonstrations that have taken place in Sweden. In a new development just before the meeting, a Turkish man was found guilty ...

  • Philadelphia district attorney discusses what needs to be done to curb gun violence

    Philadelphia district attorney discusses what needs to be done to curb gun violence

    Jul 05, 2023 10:45 PM EDT

    ... also carried with him a ghost gun that he did not actually use during this incident before he was apprehended. Amna Nawaz: You have been lamenting in the last couple of the lack of gun safety laws in Pennsylvania. We know the city of Philadelphia has tried in the past ...

  • Quran burnings has left Sweden torn between free speech and respecting minorities

    Quran burnings has left Sweden torn between free speech and respecting minorities

    Jul 05, 2023 09:25 PM EDT

    ... Stockholm and Pakistan asked the U.N. Human Rights Council to schedule a special session on the issue. Outside the Muslim world, Pope Francis also lamented the incident. Meanwhile, the Swedish government issued a statement saying it “strongly rejects the Islamophobic act committed by individuals in Sweden,” adding that it ...

  • Russia says it stopped Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow, Kyiv does not claim responsibility

    Russia says it stopped Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow, Kyiv does not claim responsibility

    Jul 04, 2023 04:43 PM EDT

    Russian shelling of Pervomaiskyi, a city in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, wounded 31 civilians, Kharkiv Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said Tuesday. Nine children, including two babies, were among the wounded, he said. Oleksandr Lysenko, mayor of the city of Sumy in northeastern Ukraine, said that three people were killed and ...

  • Russia attempts 1st drone strike on Kyiv in 12 days, all are shot down

    Russia attempts 1st drone strike on Kyiv in 12 days, all are shot down

    Jul 02, 2023 02:46 PM EDT

    Meanwhile, Ukraine’s military reported that the most intense fighting continued in Ukraine’s industrial east, with attacks focused around Bakhmut, Marinka and Lyman in the country’s Donetsk province, where 46 combat clashes took place. Ukrainian forces were advancing amid a “massive offensive” on the southern and northern flanks ...

  • More than 1,300 arrested after 4th night of riots in France, Macron cancels trip abroad

    More than 1,300 arrested after 4th night of riots in France, Macron cancels trip abroad

    Jul 01, 2023 05:42 PM EDT

    Clichy was the birthplace of weeks of riots in 2005 that shook France, prompted by the deaths of two teenagers electrocuted in a power substation while fleeing from police. One of the boys lived in the same housing project as Seck. Like many Clichy residents, he lamented the violence targeting ...

  • Brazil's top electoral court bars Jair Bolsonaro from running for office for 8 years

    Brazil's top electoral court bars Jair Bolsonaro from running for office for 8 years

    Jun 30, 2023 07:08 PM EDT

    Speaking to reporters in Minas Gerais, Bolsonaro lamented that the trial was unfair and politically motivated. “We’re going to talk with the lawyers. Life goes on,” he said when asked what his next step would be. He called the ruling an attack on Brazilian democracy. “It’s a rather ...

  • Actor Alan Arkin, who won Oscar with 'Little Miss Sunshine,' dies at 89

    Actor Alan Arkin, who won Oscar with 'Little Miss Sunshine,' dies at 89

    Jun 30, 2023 04:41 PM EDT

    ... vaudeville partners, "The Sunshine Boys." On television, Arkin appeared in the short-lived series "Fay" and "Harry" and played a night court judge in Sidney Lumet's drama series "100 Centre Street" on A&E. He also wrote several books for children. WATCH: The issues behind possible Hollywood writers’ strike ...