Jul 30 Protesters storm Iraqi parliament in Baghdad By Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Samya Kullab, Associated Press Iraqi security forces initially used tear gas and sound bombs to try to repel the demonstrators and caused several injuries. Once inside, the protesters declared an open-ended sit-in and claimed they would not disperse until their demands are answered. Continue reading
Jul 30 Red Cross seeks access to Ukraine POW prison as Russian missiles rain down elsewhere By Susie Blann, Associated Press Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross have a duty to react after shelling of a prison complex in Donetsk province killed the POWS. Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch 5:46 News Wrap: Stifling heat persists across Pacific Northwest In our new wrap Friday, extreme heat in the Pacific Northwest kept temperatures at or above 100 degrees again with extreme condition expected through the weekend, another major inflation gauge is pointing to price hikes for some time to come,… Continue watching
Jul 29 Watch 7:50 Sister of American detained in Russia discusses his exclusion from proposed prisoner swap As Russia weighs a prisoner swap to free detained Americans Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, a third American has been held in a Russian prison for more than a year. Marc Fogel, 61, a teacher who’s lived and worked in… Continue watching
Jul 29 Blinken, Russian top diplomat speak about Griner, Whelan By Matthew Lee, Associated Press Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he has spoken to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and urged Moscow to accept a U.S. proposal to release WNBA star Brittney Griner and another American detainee, Paul Whelan. Continue reading
Jul 29 Russia, Ukraine blame each other for deadly attack on POW prison in Donetsk region By Susie Blann, Associated Press Video shot by The Associated Press showed charred, twisted bed frames in the wrecked barracks, as well as burned bodies and metal sheets hanging from the destroyed roof. Continue reading
Jul 29 Crews in Ukraine prepare to ship grain trapped by months of war By Inna Varenytsia, Associated Press Ukraine is a key global exporter of wheat, barley, corn and sunflower oil, and the loss of those supplies has raised global food prices, threatened political insecurity and helped push more people into poverty and hunger in already vulnerable countries. Continue reading
Jul 28 What's behind the storming of Iraq's parliament? By Samya Kullab, Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press Followers of Iraq's influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr came by the thousands to storm the country's parliament at his command, and they rapidly dispersed with little violence. Continue reading
Jul 28 Watch 4:16 News Wrap: House Democrats back bill to boost U.S. semiconductor industry In our news wrap Thursday, House Democrats back $280 billion bill to bolster the U.S. semiconductor industry, parts of Appalachia faced flash flooding after days of rain, the Pacific Northwest heat wave persists, Russian said there no agreement yet on… Continue watching
Jul 28 Governments increase demands to reveal private user data, Twitter says By Amanda Seitz, Associated Press Twitter is warning that governments around the globe are making more requests of the company to remove posts or snoop on accounts. Continue reading