Jan 12 Watch 8:21 Syrian official faces war crime charges for overseeing brutal prison torture By Adithya Sambamurthy and Luna Watfa, REVEAL On Thursday in a German courtroom, a verdict will be rendered in the world's first trial against a high-ranking former officer in the Syrian regime for crimes against humanity. Anwar Ruslan was in charge of interrogations in a government prison… Continue watching
Jan 12 WATCH: State Department spokesperson Ned Price holds news briefing By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press North Korea said Wednesday its leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a successful flight test of a hypersonic missile he claimed would remarkably increase the country’s nuclear “war deterrent.”… Continue reading
Jan 12 Judge allows Virginia Giuffre’s lawsuit against Prince Andrew to continue By Larry Neumeister, Tom Hays, Associated Press A judge has given the green light to a lawsuit against Prince Andrew by an American woman who says he sexually abused her when she was 17. Continue reading
Jan 12 U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologizes for attending garden party during country’s lockdown By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologized for attending a garden party during Britain's first coronavirus lockdown, but brushed aside opposition demands that he resign for breaching the rules his own government had imposed on the nation. Continue reading
Jan 11 Watch 5:16 News Wrap: UN seeks record $5 billion in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan In our news wrap Tuesday, the United Nations is appealing for a record $5 billion in humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan and neighboring countries as the U.S. announced $300 million in aid. Also, the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in… Continue watching
Jan 11 Watch 7:39 Examining the human toll of China’s stringent COVID policy By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Layla Quran Chinese authorities locked down after discovering two cases of omicron in Anyang, a city of 5.5 million people about 300 miles outside Beijing. It’s the third Chinese city now in lockdown and comes less than a month before the Beijing… Continue watching
Jan 11 Russia-led security group to pull out troops, says Kazakh leader By Dasha Litvinova, Associated Press The president of Kazakhstan has announced that a Russia-led security alliance will start pulling out its troops from the Central Asian country in two days after completing its mission. Continue reading
Jan 11 U.K.’s Boris Johnson accused of breaking lockdown with garden party By Jill Lawless, Associated Press British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing a wave of public and political outrage over allegations that he and his staff flouted coronavirus lockdown rules by holding a garden party in 2020 while Britons were barred by law from meeting… Continue reading
Jan 11 Kremlin not optimistic on Russia-U.S. talks over Ukraine By Dasha Litvinova, Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press The Kremlin says the security talks with the U.S. over tensions in Ukraine have given little reason for optimism, adding that Russia would wait for the outcome of other meetings this week before deciding whether it's worth to continue negotiations. Continue reading
Jan 11 China locks down a third city ahead of Olympics, confining 5.5 million more people to their homes By Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press A third Chinese city has locked down its residents because of a COVID-19 outbreak, raising the number confined to their homes in China to about 20 million people. Continue reading