Jul 05 Claude Lanzmann, director of 'Shoah,' dies at age 92 By Lori Hinnant, Associated Press Director Claude Lanzmann, whose 9½-hour masterpiece "Shoah" bore unflinching witness to the Holocaust, has died at 92. Continue reading
Jul 05 EU extends sanctions against Russia for 6 months By Associated Press The European Union has extended sanctions against Russia over its actions in Ukraine for another six months. Continue reading
Jul 05 Rescuers race to drain water inside Thai cave before rains By Tassanee Vejpongsa, Associated Press With more rain coming, Thai rescuers are racing to pump out water from a flooded cave before they can extract 12 boys and their soccer coach. Continue reading
Jul 05 2nd Novichok poisoning likely not deliberate, police say By Matt Dunham, Gregory Katz, Associated Press A couple in their 40s were poisoned by the same lethal toxin — developed by the Soviet Union — that almost killed Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in March. Continue reading
Jul 04 Watch 4:34 Airstrikes on rebel-held Syria create new crisis for a quarter million people More than 270,000 Syrians have fled for their lives in the last few weeks. For them, walking for hours to a desolate corner of the desert and waiting for help that is not arriving is still safer than staying at… Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch 7:07 Educated Afghan women offer economic resilience in the face of climate change and conflict By Beth Murphy Drought is drying up farms across Afghanistan, cracking the earth and threatening the only way of life the majority has ever known. It's in the fields where a new war is being waged between two forces the people can't control:… Continue watching
Jul 04 Police: 2 more exposed to same nerve agent that sickened spy By Matt Dunham, Jill Lawless, Associated Press The country's chief counterterrorism police officer said tests at Britain's defense laboratory had confirmed what many residents feared — a man and woman in their 40s had been poisoned with the same toxin that almost killed a former Russian spy… Continue reading
Jul 04 3 ways rescuers could free youth soccer team from Thailand cave By Larisa Epatko A youth soccer team and its coach spent a 12th day huddled in a damp cave Wednesday in northern Thailand as rescuers worked to come up with a plan to save them. Continue reading
Jul 04 2 people exposed to 'unknown substance,' UK anti-terror police says By Matt Dunham, Danica Kirka, Associated Press The Wiltshire Police force declared a “major incident” after a man and a woman in their 40s were hospitalized after being found unconscious Saturday at a residential building in Amesbury, eight miles from Salisbury, where a former Russian spy and… Continue reading
Jul 03 Watch 5:26 News Wrap: Thai rescue teams deliver food, scuba lessons to boys trapped in cave In our news wrap Tuesday, 12 boys and their soccer coach remain stuck in a flooded cave in Northern Thailand after being found on Monday, and it's not clear when they'll get out. Also, President Trump interviewed three more candidates… Continue watching