Aug 26 Can Lebanon's battered economy survive a war between Israel and Hezbollah? By Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press Lebanon has struggled with years of political and economic crises that left it indebted, without a stable electricity supply, a proper banking system and with rampant poverty. Continue reading
Aug 26 As Israel's economy struggles, leading economists say ending the war in Gaza would help By Julia Frankel, Associated Press Nearly 11 months into the war with Hamas, Israel’s economy is struggling as the country’s leaders grind ahead with an offensive in Gaza that shows no signs of ending and threatens to escalate into a wider conflict. Continue reading
Aug 26 Protesters in Mexico march against outgoing president's judiciary overhaul plan By Megan Janetsky, Associated Press Protesters in Mexico marched in opposition to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s proposed judicial overhaul that critics say will weaken democratic checks and balances. Continue reading
Aug 26 German leader vows to step up deportations of rejected asylum-seekers after deadly knife attack By Daniel Niemann, Geir Moulson, Associated Press German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has vowed to toughen knife laws and step up deportations of rejected asylum-seekers as he visited the scene of the knife attack in which a suspected Islamic extremist from Syria is accused of killing three people. Continue reading
Aug 26 Macron says arrest of Telegram CEO was not political By Associated Press French media reported that Durov was detained at a Paris airport on Saturday on an arrest warrant alleging his platform has been used for money laundering, drug trafficking and other offenses. Continue reading
Aug 26 One of Gaza's last functioning hospitals empties out amid fears it may be engulfed in fighting By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press The Israeli military has not ordered its evacuation, but patients and people sheltering there fear it may be engulfed in fighting or targeted in a raid. Continue reading
Aug 26 Icelandic rescuers call off search after deadly ice cave collapse, saying everyone is accounted for By David Keyton, Danica Kirka, Associated Press Video showed rescuers working inside two large craters surrounded by the sand-blackened ice of the glacier in the southeastern part of the island. Continue reading
Aug 26 Gunmen kill at least 38 people in one of the deadliest days in a Pakistani province By Abdul Sattar, Munir Ahmed, Associated Press The military said security forces killed 21 insurgents in response to attacks. Continue reading
Aug 26 Russian overnight attack involved hundreds of missiles and drones, killed 4, Zelenskyy says By Illia Novikov, Associated Press The barrage of over 100 missiles and a similar number of drones began around midnight and continued after dawn on Monday in what appeared to be Russia's biggest onslaught in weeks. Continue reading
Aug 25 Watch 3:08 News Wrap: Netanyahu says Israeli strikes on Hezbollah 'not the end of the story' In our news wrap Sunday, Israel and Hezbollah traded heavy cross-border attacks, a man turned himself in to German police over Friday’s deadly knife attack, Russian missiles hammered Ukraine border towns as Ukrainian forces advanced farther into Russian territory, Hurricane… Continue watching