Sep 29 Watch 8:29 People in Lebanon fear echoes of past all-out war with Israel in latest airstrikes By Leila Molana-Allen, Kaisha Young Israel kept up its bombardment of Hezbollah in Lebanon on Sunday and also targeted strikes at Houthi fighters in Yemen, another Iran-backed militant group. President Biden said all-out war in the Middle East has to be avoided and that he… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch 1:59 News Wrap: Russia strikes Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia with guided bombs In our news wrap Sunday, the remnants of Hurricane Helene continue to wreak havoc across the Southeast, Midwest and parts of the Appalachians, more than 100 Ukrainian drones were shot down over Russia after Russian guided bombs pummeled the Ukrainian… Continue watching
Sep 29 Austria's far-right Freedom Party wins its first national election since WWII By Stephanie Liechtenstein, Associated Press The Freedom Party secured the first far-right national parliamentary election victory in post-World War II Austria on Sunday, but its chances of governing were unclear. Continue reading
Sep 29 Wrapping up Belgium visit, Pope doubles down on his views and calls abortion doctors 'hitmen' By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Pope Francis revisited thorny topics of his trip to Belgium during his in-flight press conference coming home, praising Belgium’s late King Baudouin as a “saint” for having abdicated for a day in 1990 rather than sign legislation legalizing abortion. Continue reading
Sep 29 Israeli airstrikes kill 7th senior Hezbollah official in Lebanon and hit Houthi targets in Yemen By Melanie Lidman, Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press The Israeli military said Nabil Kaouk, the deputy head of Hezbollah's Central Council, was killed on Saturday. Hezbollah confirmed his death, making him the seventh senior Hezbollah leader slain in Israeli strikes in a little over a week. Continue reading
Sep 29 Flooding and landslides near capital of Nepal kill at least 148 people, leave dozens missing By Binaj Gurubacharya, Associated Press Rescuers in Nepal recovered dozens of bodies from buses and other vehicles that were buried in landslides near the capital Kathmandu, as the death toll from flooding rose to at least 148 with dozens missing, officials said Sunday. Continue reading
Sep 28 Who was Hassan Nasrallah, the longtime leader of Hezbollah assassinated by Israel? By Bassem Mroue, Associated Press Nasrallah's death comes amid a dizzying escalation in the nearly yearlong conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, since the war in Gaza started, and more than three decades after he took leadership of the Iranian-backed militant group following the killing of… Continue reading
Sep 28 Biden calls Israeli strike killing Hezbollah leader Nasrallah a 'measure of justice' By Aamer Madhani, Matthew Lee, Associated Press The White House sees the death of Nasrallah as a huge blow to Hezbollah. At the same time, the administration has sought to tread carefully as it has tried to contain Israel's war with Hamas, which, like Hezbollah, is backed… Continue reading
Sep 28 Watch 7:54 What to know about Israel's killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah By Nick Schifrin, Ali Rogin, Satvi Sunkara Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is reverberating across the region, raising fears of retaliation from Iran and a wider war. Nick Schifrin reports from Tel Aviv and joins John Yang to discuss the latest developments and what to… Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch 2:15 News Wrap: Vance and Walz campaign in battleground states days before VP debate In our news wrap Saturday, vice presidential candidates JD Vance and Tim Walz campaigned in the battleground states of Pennsylvania and Michigan, two separate Russian drone attacks in northeastern Ukraine killed nearly a dozen people, and SpaceX launched a mission… Continue watching