Aug 19 Portugal goes on alert as winds drive major wildfire in Spain By Associated Press Authorities said Friday that 35 aircraft have been deployed as the blaze entered its fifth day. Continue reading
Aug 19 U.S. announces $800 million more military aid for Ukraine By Lolita C. Baldor, Matthew Lee, Associated Press Officials say the bulk of the aid package will be additional Howitzers and ammunition, including Javelin missiles that the Ukrainian military has been using effectively to try and hold off Russian forces and take back territory Moscow has gained. Continue reading
Aug 19 U.S. faces new hurdles in tantalizingly close Iran deal By Matthew Lee, Associated Press As the U.S. and Europe weigh Iran’s latest response to an EU proposal believed by most to be the West’s final offer, the administration faces new and potentially insurmountable domestic political hurdles to successfully forging a lasting agreement. Continue reading
Aug 18 Placido Domingo's name comes up in Argentina sex sect probe By Almudena Calatrava, Daniel Politi, Leonardo la Valle, Associated Press Opera star Placido Domingo's name has appeared in an investigation of a sect-like group in Argentina that also had U.S. offices and whose leaders have been charged with numerous crimes, including sexual exploitation. Continue reading
Aug 18 Brazil government removes environment chief in possible reprisal By Fabiano Maisonnave, Associated Press The action comes just days after the environmental chief granted an interview to television behemoth Globo about illegal gold mining in Yanomami Indigenous territory. Continue reading
Aug 18 Watch 4:44 News Wrap: Federal judge considers releasing redacted affidavit from Mar-a-Lago search In our news wrap Thursday, a federal judge in Florida says he's inclined to release the affidavit behind the search of former President Trump's estate with redactions, the UN calls for demilitarizing a nuclear plant in Ukraine, the death toll… Continue watching
Aug 18 Watch 7:35 Grain shipments increase out of Ukraine, potentially helping to ease global food prices By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi President Zelensky on Thursday hosted Turkey's President Erdogan and the UN Secretary-General Guterres, both architects of a deal last month that allows Ukraine to export food amid the war and a global food shortage. But has that UN-brokered deal been… Continue watching
Aug 18 Israel raids Palestinian rights groups it previously labeled as terrorists By Jalal Hassan, Fares Akram, Associated Press Rights defenders have described Israel's moves against the groups as part of a decades-long crackdown on political activists in the occupied territories. Continue reading
Aug 18 Death toll in Afghan capital mosque bombing rises to 21, police say By Rahim Faiez, Ebrahim Noroozi, Associated Press A Taliban police spokesman in Afghanistan's capital says the toll from a mosque bombing the previous evening has risen to 21 people killed with 33 others wounded in the attack. Continue reading
Aug 18 Ukraine's Zelenskyy holds talks with United Nations head and Turkey leader By Derek Gatopoulos, Suzan Fraser, Associated Press Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is meeting the U.N. chief and Turkey's leader in Lviv near Ukraine's border with Poland. Continue reading