Jan 09 Watch 5:56 News Wrap: Venezuela's opposition leader Maria Corina Machado arrested after protest In our news wrap Thursday, Venezuela's opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was arrested while leaving an anti-government protest in Caracas, Lebanon's parliament elected a new president, Gaza health officials say the death toll from the Israel-Hamas war has now topped… Continue watching
Jan 09 Watch 11:23 U.S. aid leaves out local groups addressing food security in Africa, critics say By Fred de Sam Lazaro One of the biggest challenges facing sub-Saharan African nations is how to help farmers withstand climate and economic headwinds and produce food for a growing population. Critics say most U.S. aid dollars are going to U.S.-based companies with little involvement… Continue watching
Jan 09 Officials deny reports of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado's arrest after anti-Maduro protest By Regina Garcia Cano, Joshua Goodman, Associated Press Aides to Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said she was detained Thursday, followed moments later by official denials, in a confusing episode that capped a day of protests seeking to block President Nicolás Maduro from clinging to power. Continue reading
Jan 09 Italy's Meloni says she doesn't believe Trump is serious about seizing Greenland and Panama Canal By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Premier Giorgia Meloni says she doesn't believe President-elect Donald Trump actually intends to use military force to seize control of Greenland or the Panama Canal. Continue reading
Jan 09 More than 46,000 Palestinians killed in Israel-Hamas war, Gaza health officials say By Wafaa Shurafa, Fatma Khaled, Associated Press Gaza's Health Ministry says the death toll from the Israel-Hamas war has climbed above 46,000. Continue reading
Jan 08 Watch 4:56 Biden administration announces its final aid package to Ukraine before Trump takes office By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn With less than two weeks left in office, the Biden administration is announcing its final shipment of weapons for Ukraine. The White House believes nearly all of this $500 million worth of weapons will arrive before the inauguration of Donald… Continue watching
Jan 08 Watch 9:35 Syria's once-empowered Alawite minority faces uncertain future after fall of Assad By Leila Molana-Allen As Syria emerges from decades of dictatorship, people in the Assad family's ancestral home of Latakia province are both overjoyed and anxious. Assad and his family are Alawite, an offshoot of Shia Islam, and the people of his former region… Continue watching
Jan 08 Mexico's President Sheinbaum gives sarcastic retort to Trump's 'Gulf of America' comment By Megan Janetsky, Associated Press Standing before a global map in her daily press briefing, Sheinbaum proposed dryly that North America should be renamed “América Mexicana” because an 1814 founding document that preceded Mexico's constitution referred to it that way. Continue reading
Jan 08 Pope Francis names first woman to head major Vatican office By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office. He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun, to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the church's religious orders. Continue reading
Jan 08 Troops recover body of hostage from Gaza tunnel, Israel's military says By Tia Goldenberg, Melanie Lidman, Associated Press Israel’s military says troops have recovered the body of an additional hostage from Gaza. Continue reading