May 10 Indonesian police arrest 321 foreigners in online gambling crackdown By Niniek Karmini, Associated Press More than 300 foreign nationals were arrested in a raid on an alleged online gambling operation in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, police said Saturday. Continue reading
May 10 Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of violating U.S.-brokered three-day ceasefire By Associated Press Russia and Ukraine swapped accusations of breaking a U.S.-brokered ceasefire on Sunday, with both sides claiming to have suffered casualties in drone and artillery strikes over the past 24 hours. Continue reading
May 10 Passengers evacuate MV Hondius cruise ship following hantavirus outbreak By Iain Sullivan, Suman Naishadham, Associated Press Passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship began flying home Sunday aboard military and government planes after the vessel anchored in the Canary Islands. Continue reading
May 10 Trump calls Iran's response to ceasefire proposal 'unacceptable' By Jon Gambrell, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Iran sent its response to the latest U.S. proposal to end the Iran war via Pakistani mediators on Sunday, but U.S. President Donald Trump quickly rejected it in a social media post as “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!”… Continue reading
May 10 Death toll rises to 14 in Pakistan suicide attack as Pakistani Taliban breakaway group claims responsibility By Riaz Khan, Munir Ahmed, Associated Press A suicide bomber and several gunmen detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near the post in Bannu, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, late Saturday, said senior police official Sajjad Khan. Continue reading
May 09 Moscow holds scaled-back Victory Day Parade under heavy security By Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday voiced confidence in a victory in Ukraine as he oversaw a military parade on Red Square commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. Continue reading
May 09 Surfers in war-torn Gaza find rare moments of joy in the waves By Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press Despite the dire humanitarian crisis across the Gaza Strip, where a fragile ceasefire remains in place, a handful of Palestinian surfers are finding joy — and relief — riding the waves of the territory’s Mediterranean coastal waters. Continue reading
May 09 Fragile Iran ceasefire appears to hold as Iran warns the U.S. against attacks on its oil tankers and other ships By Adam Schreck, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Iran's Revolutionary Guard navy on Saturday warned that any attack on Iranian oil tankers or commercial vessels would be met with a “heavy assault” on one of the U.S. bases in the region and enemy ships, even as a tenuous ceasefire appeared… Continue reading
May 09 Israeli drone strikes kill 4 near Beirut as southern airstrikes kill at least 13 By Bassem Mroue, Associated Press The three drone strikes south of Beirut marked another escalation since a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah went into effect on April 17. Continue reading
May 09 Rescuers find 1 body after volcano eruption in Indonesia as search continues for 2 more By Associated Press Rescuers on Saturday recovered the body of an Indonesian woman who was caught in a volcanic eruption at Mount Dukono a day earlier, as search operations continued to find the bodies of two Singaporeans, officials said. Continue reading