Jan 24 Hungary is the last holdout for Sweden’s NATO membership. So when will Orbán follow Turkey’s lead? By Justin Spike, Associated Press After more than a year of delays, and consistent urging from its Western partners to move forward with Sweden's application, the Central European country and its conservative populist prime minister, Viktor Orbán, are once again in the spotlight. Continue reading
Jan 24 Watch 4:04 Video shows apparently unarmed Palestinian with hands up shot dead in Gaza By Geoff Bennett, Zeba Warsi, Nana Adwoa Antwi-Boasiako The war in Gaza has killed more than 25,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza health ministry. Our colleagues at Independent Television News sent evidence of one more death, an apparently unarmed man walking with a group of men under a… Continue watching
Jan 24 Watch 11:44 Experts weigh in on threat posed by Iran and line U.S. is walking to avoid regional war By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn A U.S. priority since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack has been preventing violence from expanding across the region. But overnight, the U.S. launched strikes at Iranian-backed groups in both Iraq and Yemen, following attacks by those groups. Nick Schifrin reports… Continue watching
Jan 24 Heavy fighting in Gaza’s second-largest city leaves hundreds of patients stranded in hospital By Najib Jobain, Melanie Lidman, Associated Press Medics in southern Gaza say hundreds of patients and thousands of displaced people were unable to leave the main hospital in Khan Younis because of heavy fighting Wednesday. Continue reading
Jan 24 UN court ruling on South Africa’s request for order halting Israel’s Gaza offensive expected Friday By Mike Corder, Associated Press The decision is a preliminary stage of a case filed by South Africa at the International Court of Justice alleging that Israel’s military action in its war with Hamas in Gaza amounts to genocide. Israel strongly rejects the accusation and… Continue reading
Jan 24 2 cargo ships flying U.S. flags come under suspected Houthi rebel attack off Yemen By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Suspicion immediately fell on Yemen's Houthi rebels for carrying out the assault. Continue reading
Jan 24 Russia accuses Kyiv of downing military plane, killing 74 including Ukrainian POWs By Associated Press Ukrainian officials did not immediately confirm or deny Russia's claims about the crash in Russia's Belgorod border region, although they said they were looking into them. Continue reading
Jan 24 Heavy fighting in Khan Younis leaves hundreds of patients stranded in southern Gaza hospital By Najib Jobain, Melanie Lidman, Associated Press Israel has ordered residents to leave a swath of downtown Khan Younis that includes Nasser Hospital and two smaller medical facilities as it pushes ahead with its 3-month-old offensive against Hamas. Continue reading
Jan 23 Watch 4:03 News Wrap: Houthi rebels vow to continue attacks on ships in Red Sea In our news wrap Tuesday, Houthi rebels in Yemen expressed defiance after another round of Western air strikes and said they'll go on attacking ships in the Red Sea, Russian missiles killed 18 people in Ukraine, negotiators in the Senate… Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch 2:54 Deaths of IDF soldiers in Gaza mark Israel’s deadliest day since Oct. 7 Hamas attacks By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi Israel’s military announced that nearly two dozen soldiers were killed Monday in Gaza, the deadliest day for Israel since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks. Israel’s government vowed to continue the war amid fierce fighting with tens of thousands of Palestinian… Continue watching