Jun 02 Naftali Bennett is Netanyahu's former protege, now poised to become successor By Laurie Kellman, Associated Press Under a deal with centrist Yair Lapid's party, Bennett is to become prime minister leading a new government and ending Netanyahu's 12-year rule. Continue reading
Jun 02 Watch 11:00 Haiti endures an 'assault on democracy' as Moise clings to power By Yamiche Alcindor Political upheaval in the island nation of Haiti prompted the Biden administration to allow Haitians in the U.S. to renew their protected immigration status. It reverses the Trump administration's efforts to end those protections. But as Yamiche Alcindor reports, anxiety… Continue watching
Jun 02 European diplomats sees progress in latest rounds of Iran nuclear talks By Philipp Jenne, Frank Jordans, Associated Press Delegations from Russia, China, Germany, France, Britain, Iran and the U.S. have been holding talks in Vienna aimed at making Tehran comply with a 2015 deal curbing its atomic ambitions and also bringing the U.S. back into the accord. Continue reading
Jun 02 Netanyahu opponents reach coalition deal to oust Israeli prime minister By Josef Federman, Associated Press The dramatic announcement by opposition leader Yair Lapid came moments before a midnight deadline and prevented the country from plunging into what would have been its fifth consecutive election in just over two years. Continue reading
Jun 02 Ukrainian president says Russian troops remain near Ukraine By Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press Speaking Wednesday during a meeting with a group of visiting U.S. senators, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy charged that Moscow has withdrawn only a fraction of the forces it concentrated near Ukraine in April. Continue reading
Jun 02 Lebanese leaders exchange barbs as country sinks into crisis By Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press Lebanon's president and prime minister-designate have traded barbs, escalating a war of words that has for months obstructed the formation of a new government in a country hit by a devastating economic and financial crisis. Continue reading
Jun 02 Largest meat producer getting back online after cyberattack By Associated Press JBS, which has not stated publicly that the attack was ransomware, said the cyberattack affected servers supporting its operations in North America and Australia. Continue reading
Jun 02 Iran's largest warship catches fire, sinks in Gulf of Oman By Amir Vahdat, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The Iranian navy's warship caught fire and later sank Wednesday under unclear circumstances, the latest calamity to strike one of the country's vessels in recent years amid tensions with the West. Continue reading
Jun 02 Environmental disaster feared as ship sinks off Sri Lanka By Bharatha Mallawarachi, Associated Press A Navy spokesperson said the ship could cause severe pollution if it sinks at its current location off the port of Colombo. Continue reading
Jun 01 Watch 7:12 How COVID-19 is driving political, economic crises in Latin America By Ali Rogin Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Costa Rica, meeting with leaders from Central America as COVID-19 worsens across Latin America and the Caribbean. Peru on Tuesday revised its official death toll, almost tripling it — to 180,000 — making… Continue watching