Nov 12 U.S. says it will not limit arms to Israel after seeing some progress in flow of aid to Gaza By Julia Frankel, Samy Magdy, Matthew Lee, Associated Press The Biden administration last month called on Israel to "surge" more food and other emergency aid into Gaza. It set a 30-day deadline that expires Tuesday. Continue reading
Nov 12 Pentagon secrets leaker Teixeira sentenced to 15 years in prison By Michael Casey, Associated Press The security breach raised alarm over America’s ability to protect its most closely guarded secrets and forced the Biden administration to scramble to try to contain the diplomatic and military fallout. Continue reading
Nov 11 Watch 6:49 Humanitarian chief Jan Egeland says Israel 'deliberately starving' people in Gaza By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi An independent famine review committee affiliated with the United Nations declared that across northern Gaza, starvation, malnutrition and excess mortality, are “rapidly increasing” and “famine thresholds may have already been crossed or else will be in the near future.” Nick… Continue watching
Nov 11 Stephen Miller named deputy chief of policy in new Trump administration By Associated Press Miller was a senior adviser in Trump’s first term and has been a central figure in many of his policy decisions, notably his move to separate thousands of immigrant families as a deterrence program in 2018. Continue reading
Nov 11 Afghanistan sends delegation to U.N. climate talks for 1st time since Taliban's return to power By Sibi Arasu, Associated Press Matuil Haq Khalis, who's head of the country’s environment protection agency, told The Associated Press that Afghanistan needs international support to deal with extreme weather like erratic rainfall, prolonged droughts and flash floods. Continue reading
Nov 11 Haiti's main airport shuts down amid gang violence surge, U.S. embassy says By Associated Press Haiti’s airport is temporarily closing as gangs were attempting to take control of it, the US embassy reported, the same day a new interim prime minister was expected to take over the direction of a country facing a surge of… Continue reading
Nov 11 China building nuclear reactor to power new aircraft carrier, images and documents indicate By David Rising, Didi Tang, Associated Press For the first time, a group of U.S. researchers has concluded that China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor to power future aircraft carriers. Continue reading
Nov 11 Russian drone and ballistic missile attack kills at least 6 civilians in Ukraine By Hanna Arhirova, Associated Press Officials say Russian glide bombs, drones and a ballistic missile have smashed into cities in southern and eastern Ukraine, killing at least six civilians and injuring about 30 others. Continue reading
Nov 11 Kremlin denies report Putin and Trump spoke about Ukraine war last week By Associated Press The Kremlin is rejecting reports that President Vladimir Putin spoke last week with President-elect Donald Trump about the war in Ukraine, and a spokesman for Trump refused to comment on what he called his “private calls” with world leaders. Continue reading
Nov 11 COP29 opens with calls for a path away from the climate 'road to ruin.' But the real focus is money By Seth Borenstein, Melina Walling, Sibi Arasu, Associated Press COP29 got right to the major focus of striking a new deal on how many hundreds of billions — or even trillions — of dollars a year will flow from rich nations to poor to try to curb and adapt… Continue reading