Jun 26 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after U.S. legal saga ends By Rick Rycroft, Rod McGuirk, Associated Press WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia on Wednesday, hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that concludes a drawn-out legal saga. Continue reading
Jun 25 Watch 7:00 News Wrap: Israel’s Supreme Court says military must draft ultra-Orthodox Jewish men In our news wrap Tuesday, Israel's Supreme Court ruled the military must draft ultra-Orthodox Jewish men for mandatory service, Kenya's president vowed to maintain calm after protesters stormed the nation's parliament, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for two… Continue watching
Jun 25 Watch 5:32 UNICEF chief on the hunger crisis afflicting millions of children in Sudan and Gaza By Geoff Bennett A high risk of famine persists across the Gaza Strip with 96 percent of people there facing high levels of acute food insecurity. In Sudan, there is growing evidence that the civil war, now in its second year, is creating… Continue watching
Jun 25 WATCH: U.S. ‘urgently seeking’ diplomatic agreement to prevent Israel-Hezbollah escalation, Austin says By Associated Press “Another war between Israel and Hezbollah could easily become a regional war, with terrible consequences for the Middle East, and so diplomacy is by far the best way to prevent more escalation,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. Continue reading
Jun 25 Extremist groups are expanding in Africa, fueling worries about attacks on the U.S. or Western allies By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press U.S. defense and military officials described the threats and their concerns about growing instability in Africa, where a number of coups have put ruling juntas in control, leading to the ouster of American troops and a decline in U.S. intelligence… Continue reading
Jun 25 UN to Israel: Aid operations across Gaza will be suspended without improved safety By Samy Magdy, Ellen Knickmeyer, Matthew Lee, Associated Press The ultimatum is the latest in a series of U.N. steps demanding Israel do more to safeguard aid operations from strikes by its forces and to curb growing lawlessness hindering humanitarian workers. Continue reading
Jun 25 WATCH: Aid for Gaza brought by sea is piling up on beach, Pentagon says By Associated Press More than 6,800 metric tons, or 15 million pounds, of food and aid has flowed through the U.S. military-built pier in Gaza. However, the U.S. says very little of it has left the storage area and is stacking up on… Continue reading
Jun 25 Iran’s supreme leader calls for ‘maximum’ turnout in presidential election as he issues warning to reformist candidate By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Iran’s supreme leader issued a thinly veiled warning to the sole reformist candidate in the country’s upcoming presidential election. Continue reading
Jun 25 Chinese lunar probe returns to Earth with world’s first samples from the far side of the moon By Huizhong Wu, Associated Press Chinese scientists anticipate the returned samples will include 2.5 million-year-old volcanic rock and other material that scientists hope will answer questions about geographic differences on the moon's two sides. Continue reading
Jun 25 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s plane leaves Bangkok to U.S. for plea deal and later freedom By Jintamas Saksornchai, Alanna Durkin Richer, Eric Tucker, Associated Press The official WikiLeaks account on X said Assange is heading toward Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. commonwealth in the Pacific, where he's scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday. Continue reading