Dec 15 U.S. and Israel agree combat in Gaza will take months amid growing American unease with death toll By Karin Laub, Najib Jobain, Bassem Mroue, Associated Press U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan spoke Friday with Israeli officials amid growing American unease about the mounting death toll in Gaza. He met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas later in the day about the besieged enclave's postwar future. Continue reading
Dec 15 Prince Harry wins phone hacking case in landmark victory against British tabloid misconduct By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Prince Harry's victory against Mirror Group Newspapers is a landmark moment in the long saga of lawbreaking by Britain's tabloids. Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch 3:14 Israel says Gaza war will continue ‘more than several months’ amid pressure for cease-fire By William Brangham, Eliot Barnhart With global pressure on Israel growing over the war in Gaza, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his top lieutenants Thursday. U.S. criticism of Israel's operations, which have killed more than 18,000… Continue watching
Dec 14 Guyana says it refuses to bow to Venezuela in dispute over oil-rich territory By Bert Wilkinson, Associated Press The small South American nation of Guyana says it refuses to bow to its larger neighbor Venezuela before the two countries met in the latest chapter of a bitter dispute over an oil and mineral-rich territory claimed by both. Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch 3:25 News Wrap: Authorities arrest 7 accused of plotting Europe terror attack In our news wrap Thursday, authorities in Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands arrested seven people accused of plotting terror attacks, the U.S. House overwhelmingly passed a defense policy bill today worth $886 billion, Kenya's military intensified efforts to evacuate hundreds… Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch 9:04 Putin vows to press on with Ukraine invasion despite heavy Russian losses By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Jonah Anderson Russian President Vladimir Putin held his first press conference that included international media in more than two years and insisted that he would continue to wage war in Ukraine until all his goals were met. Much of what he had… Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch 5:55 Gaza civilians caught in crossfire face new threat with spread of deadly diseases By William Brangham, Zeba Warsi The United Nations says Gaza’s health system has virtually collapsed, and Gazans who have survived daily bombings now face the risk of disease amid chronically overcrowded hospitals. William Brangham discussed that with Avril Benoit, the executive director of Doctors Without… Continue watching
Dec 14 European Union agrees to open membership negotiations with Ukraine By Raf Cassert, Samuel Petrequin, Associated Press The decision represented a stunning reversal for a country at war that had struggled to find the necessary backing for its membership aspirations and long faced opposition from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Continue reading
Dec 14 In first visit to U.S. military headquarters in Germany, Zelenskyy expressed optimism about U.S. aid By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press In a social media post after he left, he expressed optimism about getting additional American aid, which has been hung up in Congress. Continue reading
Dec 14 Finland closes its entire border with Russia again due to influx of migrants at 2 crossings By Jari Tanner, Associated Press Dozens of migrants without proper documentation or visas were reported to have arrived at the two checkpoints by late Thursday. Continue reading