Oct 08 2 people fatally shot as protests against Iran's government enter 4th week By Samya Kullab, Associated Press Anti-government demonstrations erupted Saturday in several locations across Iran as the most sustained protests in years against a deeply entrenched theocracy entered their fourth week. Continue reading
Oct 08 Mourners pray at Thai temple filled with keepsakes of children killed in day care shooting By Tassanee Vejpongsa, David Rising, Associated Press Grief-stricken families prayed Saturday at a Buddhist temple filled with children's keepsakes, flowers and photos of the smiling toddlers who were slain as they napped on blankets at a day care center in northeastern Thailand. Continue reading
Oct 08 Ukraine nuclear plant has lost final external power link, UN watchdog says By Associated Press Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the biggest in Europe, has lost its last remaining external power source as a result of renewed shelling and is now relying on emergency diesel generators, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Saturday. Continue reading
Oct 08 Truck bombing of Crimea bridge damages key Russian supply route, kills 3 By Adam Schreck, Vasilisa Stepanenko, Associated Press An explosion caused the partial collapse of a bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula with Russia on Saturday, damaging a key supply artery for the Kremlin's faltering war effort in southern Ukraine. Continue reading
Oct 07 WATCH: State Department says U.S. is working to provide humanitarian aid to Haiti By Associated Press The U.S. is coordinating with Haiti's prime minister and other international partners to determine how best to provide additional support. Continue reading
Oct 07 Watch 3:45 News Wrap: Hurricane Ian death toll tops 100, Uvalde suspends campus police force In our news wrap Friday, Hurricane Ian is now the second-deadliest storm to hit the U.S. mainland this century behind Hurricane Katrina, the Uvalde school district suspended its entire campus police force after intense criticism over their response to the… Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch 6:02 Voices of women inside and outside Iran on the uprising after Mahsa Amini's death By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi, Teresa Cebrian Aranda For nearly three weeks, Iranians have marched in the streets to denounce the Islamic regime that has ruled for more than 40 years. What started as a response to the killing of a young woman by the so-called "morality police,"… Continue watching
Oct 07 6 European nations agree to step up their cross-border anti-drug cooperation By Aleksandar Furtula, Associated Press Six European countries have pledged to beef up cross-border cooperation and work more closely with Latin America in the fight against organized crime. Continue reading
Oct 07 Russia focuses attacks on annexed areas of Ukraine By Adam Schreck, Associated Press The governor of the Zaporizhzhia region said Friday that Russian forces fired more missiles at the regional capital and also used used Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones there for the first time. Continue reading
Oct 07 EU summit struggles to form gas price cap plan By Lorne Cook, Karel Janicek, Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press European Union leaders are struggling to bridge significant differences over a natural gas price cap as winter approaches and Russia's war on Ukraine fuels an energy crisis. Continue reading