Mar 09 Israel cuts off its electricity supply to Gaza as ceasefire talks with Hamas remain in limbo By Melanie Lidman, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Sunday’s announcement comes a week after Israel cut off all supplies of goods to the territory to over 2 million people. It has sought to press Hamas to accept an extension of the first phase of their ceasefire, while Hamas has pressed to start… Continue reading
Mar 08 Iran’s supreme leader rejects talks after Trump sends letter seeking new nuclear deal By Associated Press Speaking to a group of officials on Saturday, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said he rejects a push for talks by a “bullying government” because they would be aimed at imposing restrictions on Iranian missile range and its influence in the… Continue reading
Mar 08 Watch 2:06 News Wrap: Russian airstrikes kill at least 20 people in Ukraine In our news wrap Saturday, Russian launched aerial attacks on Ukraine for a second night since the Trump administration stopped sharing satellite images with Kyiv, clashes in Syria over the last two days have left more than 1,000 people dead,… Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch 4:56 The historical reality of land ownership in South Africa amid Trump’s criticisms By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery, Gerard Edic There’s an escalating dispute between President Trump and South Africa over a new land policy that he says discriminates against the country’s white minority. On Truth Social Friday, Trump criticized what he called the “terrible” treatment of farmers and offered… Continue watching
Mar 08 Pope Francis responding well to therapy, showing ‘gradual, slight improvement,’ Vatican says By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press The 88-year-old pope, who has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, has remained stable, with no fever and good oxygen levels in his blood for several days, doctors reported in a Vatican… Continue reading
Mar 08 Heavy Russian strikes kill more than 20 people in Ukraine as U.S. withholds intelligence By Associated Press When asked Friday if Russian President Vladimir Putin was taking advantage of the U.S. pause on intelligence-sharing to attack Ukraine, Trump responded: “I think he’s doing what anybody else would.”… Continue reading
Mar 08 More than 1,000 people in Syria have died in 2 days of clashes and revenge killings, monitors say By Bassem Mroue, Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press The death toll from two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 1,000, a war monitoring group said Saturday, making it one of… Continue reading
Mar 08 South Korea’s impeached President Yoon released from prison as he awaits trial By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press South Korea’s impeached conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol was released from prison on Saturday, a day after a Seoul court canceled his arrest to allow him to stand trial for rebellion without being detained. Continue reading
Mar 07 Panama says it will release 112 migrants deported from the U.S. and held in a remote camp By Megan Janetsky, Associated Press Panama announced Friday that it will allow 112 migrants deported from the United States who have been held in a remote camp in the Darien region since last month to move about the country freely until they decide on their next course… Continue reading
Mar 07 Pope Francis hits 3-week mark of hospitalization for double pneumonia By Nicole Winfield, Maria Cheng, Associated Press Doctors not involved in the pope's care said after three weeks of acute care in the hospital for double pneumonia, they would have hoped to have seen improvement and warned that he was increasingly at risk of secondary infections the longer he… Continue reading