Nov 12 At least 42 migrants presumed dead after boat capsizes off Libyan coast, UN says By Fatma Khaled, Associated Press At least 42 people are missing and presumed dead after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Libya last week, the U.N.'s migration agency said on Wednesday. Continue reading
Nov 12 Top Ukrainian ministers submit their resignations as major corruption scandal unfolds By Samya Kullab, Associated Press As Russia’s renewed attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure cause rolling blackouts ahead of winter, a major embezzlement and kickbacks scandal involving the state-owned nuclear power company has put top officials under scrutiny. Continue reading
Nov 12 Starmer refuses to say whether he will urge Trump to drop his threat to sue BBC By Pan Pylas, Associated Press Keir Starmer has refused to say whether he would urge Donald Trump to drop his threat to sue the BBC for a billion dollars over the broadcaster’s edit of a speech he made after losing the 2020 presidential election. Continue reading
Nov 12 Ukraine’s foreign minister presses for support at G7 as Russia targets the energy grid By Rob Gillies, Matthew Lee, Associated Press Top diplomats from the Group of Seven industrialized democracies have met with Ukraine’s foreign minister as Kyiv tries to fend off relentless Russian aerial attacks that have brought rolling blackouts across the country. Continue reading
Nov 12 Israel’s president says ‘shocking’ settler violence against Palestinians in West Bank must end By Melanie Lidman, Julia Frankel, Associated Press Israel's president says authorities must take decisive action to stop “shocking and serious” Jewish settler violence against Palestinian civilians and Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank. Continue reading
Nov 12 UN watchdog hasn’t been able to verify Iran’s stockpile of near-weapons grade uranium in months By Stephanie Liechtenstein, Associated Press The International Atomic Energy Agency has been unable to verify Iran's near weapons-grade uranium stockpile since Israel struck its nuclear sites in June. According to the IAEA's last report in September, Iran has a stockpile of uranium enriched up to… Continue reading
Nov 12 Trump urges Israel to pardon Netanyahu, sparking concerns over U.S. influence By Melanie Lidman, Associated Press President Donald Trump has urged Israel to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a corruption case. Netanyahu is the only sitting Israeli prime minister to be indicted, facing charges of fraud, breach of trust, and accepting bribes. Continue reading
Nov 12 Indian government calls deadly car explosion a terror attack by ‘anti-national forces’ By Aijaz Hussain, Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press Earlier Wednesday, authorities said several suspects had been arrested in the disputed Kashmir region as part of the investigation into the blast Monday near the historic Red Fort monument that killed eight people and injured several others. Continue reading
Nov 11 Watch 5:31 News Wrap: Kansas county to pay $3 million for police raid on newspaper In our news wrap Tuesday, Marion County, Kansas, will pay $3 million and formally apologize for a police raid on a newspaper in 2023, the Justice Department says it will investigate security at UC Berkeley after protests outside a Turning… Continue watching
Nov 11 Watch 7:13 BBC under scrutiny over edit of Trump’s speech on Jan. 6 By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas, Dan Sagalyn President Trump is threatening to sue the BBC for $1 billion, claiming a documentary misrepresented his role in the Jan. 6 attack. Trump’s legal team says the BBC edited video to look like he urged supporters to “fight like hell”… Continue watching