Oct 21 Hurricane Norma makes landfall in Mexico as Tammy threatens islands in Atlantic By Ignacio Martinez, Fernando Llano, Associated Press The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Norma, once a Category 4 hurricane, made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane near the resorts of Los Cabos at the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula on Saturday afternoon. Continue reading
Oct 21 At Cairo peace summit, Arab leaders express growing anger with Israel over its war in Gaza By Samy Magdy, Associated Press Egypt and Jordan harshly criticized Israel over its actions in Gaza at a summit on Saturday, a sign that the two Western allies that made peace with Israel decades ago are losing patience with its two-week-old war against Hamas. Continue reading
Oct 21 Desperately needed aid trickles into besieged Gaza as Egypt’s border crossing opens By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy, Joseph Krauss, Associated Press The border crossing between Egypt and Gaza opened Saturday to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory for the first time since Israel sealed it off following Hamas' bloody rampage two weeks ago. Continue reading
Oct 21 Civilians suffer casualties as Russia renews push to take eastern Ukrainian towns By Nebi Qena, Associated Press At least three civilians were killed and others wounded in Ukraine on Friday and Saturday, as Russian forces continued to shell areas across the country and pushed forward near an embattled eastern city, local Ukrainian officials reported Saturday. Continue reading
Oct 21 In southern Gaza, a tent camp for displaced Palestinians reawakens old traumas By Isabel DeBre, Najib Jobain, Associated Press The impromptu construction of the tent city in Khan Younis to shelter scores of Palestinians who lost or fled their homes during the past days of intense Israeli bombardment has elicited anger, disbelief and sorrow across the Arab world. Continue reading
Oct 21 Father of American teen hostage freed by Hamas says she is ‘doing very good’ By Claire Savage, Melissa Perez Winder, Lisa Baumann, Associated Press The father of freed American teen hostage Natalie Raanan said Friday she’s doing well following two weeks in captivity after she and her mother were abducted in Israel by Hamas and held in Gaza. Continue reading
Oct 21 Live updates: What’s happening on Day 14 of the Israel-Hamas war By Associated Press Aid deliveries have begun moving into the besieged Gaza Strip, two weeks after the militant group Hamas rampaged through southern Israel and Israel responded with airstrikes. Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch 4:08 American mother and daughter kidnapped by Hamas are first hostages released from Gaza By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrián Aranda Two Americans held hostage for nearly two weeks by Hamas following the terror attacks of October 7 are free tonight. Judith Raanan and her daughter Natalie were released Friday evening after mediation by the government of Qatar. Nick Schifrin reports. Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch 6:41 Israeli airstrike hits Greek Orthodox church in Gaza, killing more than a dozen By Leila Molana-Allen, Zeba Warsi, Eliot Barnhart Air strikes continued to pound Gaza Friday as the Israeli invasion force sat ready near the Gaza border. On the Egyptian side of that border, aid shipments still await entry to Gaza as the U.N. secretary-general visited the site and… Continue watching
Oct 20 Violent threats across the country disrupt Muslim groups raising support for Palestinians By Matthew Barakat, Associated Press A national Muslim civil rights group is moving its annual banquet out of a Virginia hotel it says received bomb and death threats. Continue reading