Aug 09 Watch 4:47 Israel and Hamas seem to pull back from the brink of war after violence flares Israel and militant group Hamas have agreed to a tentative truce to calm tensions that have risen dramatically in recent days and the last 24 hours. Militants have fired rockets and mortars toward Israeli towns, while Israeli jets pounded targets… Continue watching
Aug 09 Watch 5:20 What new U.S. sanctions for Skripal attack say to Russia The Trump administration on Wednesday announced new sanctions on Russia in response to Moscow’s use of a nerve agent on a former Russian double-agent and his daughter earlier this year in Britain. Russia has denied any involvement. William Brangham gets… Continue watching
Aug 09 Watch 6:00 Nagasaki survivor visits the U.S. town that fueled his city’s destruction Of the thousands of people who have toured the world's original large-scale plutonium reactor in Hanford, Washington, Mitsugi Moriguchi is the first to come in a radiation-blocking jumpsuit. And there's a good reason: Moriguchi is believed to be the first… Continue watching
Aug 09 British Museum to return looted antiquities to Iraq By Associated Press The returned antiquities were seized by British police in 2003 from a now-defunct London art dealer. Continue reading
Aug 09 Yemen rebels say Saudi coalition airstrike in north kills 50 By Ahmed Al-Haj, Associated Press SANAA, Yemen — An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Shiite rebels hit a bus driving in a busy market in northern Yemen on Thursday, killing least 50 people including children and wounding 77, Yemen's rebel-run Al Masirah TV said… Continue reading
Aug 09 Israel launches scores of airstrikes as Gaza fire persists By Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press JERUSALEM — Israeli warplanes struck dozens of targets in the Gaza Strip and three people were reported killed there, while Palestinian militants from the territory fired scores of rockets into Israel in a fierce burst of violence overnight and into… Continue reading
Aug 09 Third strong earthquake shakes Lombok as death toll tops 300 By Andi Jatmiko, Associated Press TANJUNG, Indonesia — The Indonesian island of Lombok was shaken by a third big earthquake in little more than a week Thursday as the official death toll from the most powerful of the quakes topped 300. Continue reading
Aug 09 Argentine Senate rejects legalizing elective abortion By Luis Andres Henao, Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina's Senate on Thursday rejected a bill to legalize elective abortion, a defeat for a grassroots movement that came closer than ever to achieving the decriminalization of the procedure in the homeland of Pope Francis. Continue reading
Aug 08 Watch 4:29 A new lust for elephant skin jewelry could decimate Myanmar’s giants By Nsikan Akpan The poaching of African elephants, where they are murdered for their ivory tusks, is well-documented. But halfway around world in Myanmar, their cousins are 10 times more endangered and facing a new serious threat. Poachers are taking the skin of… Continue watching
Aug 08 Venezuela Supreme Court orders arrest of opposition leaders By Scott Smith, Associated Press The moves threaten to deepen the country's political crisis as opposition lawmakers accuse the government's ruling part of using the alleged attack to clamp down on the opposition. Continue reading