Jan 01 Watch 10:19 North Korea’s Kim promises ‘denuclearization,’ but where does diplomacy stand? Six months after a landmark summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un seemed to keep the two nations from the precipice of war, Kim says North Korea won't make, test or give away nuclear weapons --… Continue watching
Jan 01 Watch 8:02 Water crisis may make Gaza Strip uninhabitable by 2020 By Fred de Sam Lazaro In the Gaza Strip, 97 percent of freshwater is unsuitable for human consumption, and raw sewage pours into the Mediterranean Sea. Facilities for desalinating and treating water function on only a limited basis, as Israel controls the flow of fuel… Continue watching
Jan 01 Russians arrest former U.S. Marine on espionage charges By Lynn Berry, Associated Press The arrest comes as U.S.-Russian ties are severely strained, in part over Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Continue reading
Jan 01 U.S. and Israel officially withdraw from UNESCO By Thomas Adamson, Associated Press The withdrawals will not greatly impact UNESCO financially, since it has been dealing with a funding slash ever since 2011 when both Israel and the U.S. stopped paying dues after Palestine was voted in as a member state. Continue reading
Dec 31 Watch 4:38 News Wrap: House Democrats to propose funding plan In our news wrap Monday, the partial government shutdown reached day 10, but House Democrats are formulating a plan that could end it. Their forthcoming proposal would fund the Department of Homeland Security into early February, allocating $1.3 billion for… Continue watching
Dec 31 Watch 7:16 ‘Systemic shortfalls’ obscure true civilian cost of U.S. airstrikes against ISIS The U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria released its latest estimate of civilians killed by U.S. airstrikes since 2014. Over the past four years, 1,139 civilians were killed by accident. But how was this figure calculated, and is… Continue watching
Dec 31 Watch 6:33 Arid Middle East faces political battles over water shortfalls The Middle East is facing a water crisis, and the divisions between Israel and Palestinians have only exacerbated the problem. But whereas Israel is a pioneer in desalination and produces much of its own water, in Gaza, Palestinians struggle with… Continue watching
Dec 31 Guatemala village mourns child who died in U.S. Border Patrol custody By Sonia Pérez D., Associated Press On Christmas Eve, Felipe Gomez Alonzo became the second Guatemalan child this month to die while in U.S. custody near the Mexican border. Continue reading
Dec 31 PHOTOS: How the world is welcoming 2019 By Associated Press Revelers around the globe are bidding farewell Monday to a year filled with challenges to many of the world's most basic institutions, including politics, trade, alliances and religion. Continue reading
Dec 31 AP report: Yemen’s food donations are being snatched from the starving By Maggie Michael, Associated Press Documents reviewed by The Associated Press and interviews show that thousands of families in the city of Taiz are not getting international food aid intended for them — often because it has been seized by armed units that are allied… Continue reading