Apr 13 Watch 3:34 News Wrap: Israel on high alert, closes airspace as Iran launches drone attack In our news wrap Saturday, Iran’s much-anticipated attack on Israel is unfolding slowly, violent unrest continued in the West Bank as the body of a missing Israeli teen was found, an attacker stabbed six people to death at a mall… Continue watching
Apr 13 Iran fires drones and ballistic missiles at Israel in massive retaliatory attack By Joseph Federman, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Booms and air raid sirens sounded in Jerusalem early Sunday after Iran launched dozens of drones and ballistic missiles toward Israel in an unprecedented revenge mission that pushed the Middle East ever closer to a regionwide war. Continue reading
Apr 13 Gunmen in southwest Pakistan killed 11 people in highway attacks on vehicles, police say By Abdul Sattar, Associated Press Pakistani police searched for gunmen who killed nine people after abducting them from a bus on a highway in the country’s southwest. The same attackers earlier killed two people and wounded six in another car they forced to stop. Continue reading
Apr 13 Israeli teen found dead in West Bank, sparking largest settler rampage since start of war in Gaza By Nasser Nasser, Jack Jeffery, Associated Press Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank went on the largest rampage against Palestinians there since the war in Gaza began, as Israel's army said Saturday the body of a missing Israeli teen was found after he was killed in a “terrorist… Continue reading
Apr 13 Crews in Turkey rescue 174 stranded people almost a day after deadly cable car accident By Associated Press The last of 174 people stranded in cable cars high above a mountain in southern Turkey were brought to safety Saturday, nearly 23 hours after one pod hit a pole and burst open, killing one person and injuring seven when… Continue reading
Apr 13 As tensions with Israel rise, Iranian forces seize a container ship near Strait of Hormuz By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Commandos from Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard rappelled from a helicopter onto an Israeli-affiliated container ship near the Strait of Hormuz and seized the vessel Saturday in the latest attack between the two countries. Continue reading
Apr 13 Man stabs 6 people to death at Sydney mall before being fatally shot by police By Rick Rycroft, Associated Press New South Wales police said they believed a 40-year-old man was responsible for the Saturday afternoon attack at the Westfield Shopping Centre in Bondi Junction, in the city’s eastern suburbs. Continue reading
Apr 12 At least a dozen killed and an estimated 15,000 displaced by flooding in Kenya By Associated Press The U.N Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, citing the Kenya Red Cross Society, said nearly 20,000 people were affected, including an estimated 15,000 people displaced due to heavy rains and flash floods across the country. Continue reading
Apr 12 Watch 4:43 Israel awaits possible retaliatory attack from Iran and proxy forces By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrián Aranda, Nana Adwoa Antwi-Boasiako Warning signs are flashing red throughout the Middle East and beyond as Israel and the U.S. await a possible Iranian response to the attack on its last week in Damascus, Syria. That Israeli airstrike killed one of Iran's senior military… Continue watching
Apr 12 Transitional council in Haiti to choose new leaders is formally established amid gang violence By Evens Sanon, Dánica Coto, Associated Press A transitional council tasked with choosing Haiti's next prime minister and Cabinet has been formally established as gangs tighten their grip on the troubled Caribbean country. Continue reading