Aug 03 Fresh clashes break out in Syria as interim government struggles to ease factional tensions By Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press New outbreaks of violence overnight into Sunday rocked Syria at two distinct flashpoints, straining a fragile ceasefire and calling into question the ability of the transitional government to exert its authority across the whole country. Continue reading
Aug 03 Krasheninnikov volcano in Russia’s Far East erupts for first time in centuries By Associated Press A volcano on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula erupted overnight into Sunday for what scientists said is the first time in hundreds of years, days after a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake. Continue reading
Aug 02 Watch 2:49 News Wrap: Dozens more aid-seekers in Gaza killed by Israeli forces, witnesses say By PBS News Weekend In our news wrap Saturday, Israeli forces killed at least 10 people after opening fire near two aid distribution sites in Gaza, Russia claims it captured a village in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, former Colombian President Uribe was sentenced to 12… Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch 5:28 Former Venezuelan detainees speak out about abuse in El Salvador’s mega-prison By Ali Rogin, Harry Zahn In July, a three-country deal released 238 Venezuelan migrants the Trump administration had rounded up and sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. Now, some of the freed men are speaking out about the physical and psychological abuse they… Continue watching
Aug 02 Israeli gunfire kills more Gaza aid-seekers as U.S. envoy meets with hostages’ families By Wafaa Shurafa, Sam Metz, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Israeli forces opened fire near two aid distribution sites run by the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation as crowds of hungry Palestinians again sought food, killing at least 10 people, witnesses and health workers said Saturday. Continue reading
Aug 02 Pope Leo XIV thrills hundreds of thousands of young Catholics at Holy Year youth festival By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Hundreds of thousands of young Catholics poured into a vast field on Rome’s outskirts Saturday for the weekend highlight of the Vatican’s 2025 Holy Year: an evening vigil, outdoor slumber party and morning Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV that… Continue reading
Aug 01 Trump officials weigh fate of $9M contraceptives stockpile feared earmarked for destruction By Lorne Cook, John Leicester, Associated Press Funded by U.S taxpayers, the family planning supplies were intended for women in war zones, refugee camps and elsewhere, according to a bipartisan letter of protest to Secretary of State Marco Rubio from two U.S. senators. Continue reading
Aug 01 Watch 6:15 News Wrap: Federal Reserve governor to resign early, giving Trump an opening to fill In our news wrap Friday, Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler resigned early, giving President Trump a position to fill, Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell has been moved from a federal prison in Florida to one in Texas, Russia launched its deadliest… Continue watching
Aug 01 EU chief’s texts to a pharma boss during pandemic were likely erased, New York Times reports By Lorne Cook, Associated Press Text messages exchanged between European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and a pharmaceutical boss during the COVID-19 pandemic were seen by her top adviser and have likely been destroyed, the New York Times reported Friday. Continue reading
Aug 01 Watch 13:23 Security contractor says he witnessed ‘barbaric’ and un-American tactics at Gaza aid sites By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a U.S. and Israeli-backed humanitarian aid initiative, has been delivering aid into Gaza since May. But since then, the U.N. says hundreds of Palestinians have been killed outside of GHF aid sites. Nick Schifrin spoke with… Continue watching