Aug 08 Watch 7:19 News Wrap: Storm system blasts eastern U.S. with severe weather In our news wrap Tuesday, a storm system blasted the Northeast with severe weather, there's new evidence of global warming affecting Antarctica with sea ice at a record low, the Supreme Court reinstated a federal regulation aimed at curbing the… Continue watching
Aug 08 Watch 10:16 Casualties mount as Ukraine’s counteroffensive continues slow progress By Amna Nawaz, Teresa Cebrian Aranda, Dan Sagalyn This has been a long and brutal summer in Ukraine as Kyiv's counteroffensive continues to retake lands now occupied by Russia. A leading British military think tank reported that the Ukrainian operation is going more slowly than expected, and it… Continue watching
Aug 08 Months of conflict in Sudan has displaced over 4 million people, a UN official says By Jack Jeffery, Associated Press The spokesperson for the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday that the fighting has triggered disease outbreaks and an increase in malnutrition across the country. Continue reading
Aug 08 Niger’s junta rejects diplomatic UN visit over ‘atmosphere of menace’ By Sam Mednick, Associated Press Niger’s military junta has refused the latest diplomatic attempt to get the ousted president freed and reinstalled. Continue reading
Aug 08 Rwanda genocide survivors criticize UN court’s call to indefinitely halt elderly suspect’s trial By Ignatius Ssuuna, Associated Press His trial, which started last year at the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in The Hague, was halted in June because his dementia left him unable to participate in proceedings. Continue reading
Aug 08 Pakistan’s imprisoned former PM Khan appeals his conviction and 3-year sentence By Munir Ahmed, Associated Press A Pakistani lawyer says his client, former Prime Minister Imran Khan, is asking a top court in Islamabad to suspend his conviction and three-year prison sentence in a graft case. Continue reading
Aug 08 Thousands of scouts evacuated from coastal South Korean campsite ahead of tropical storm By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press The 37,000 Scouts, who hailed from 156 countries and were mostly teenagers, folded up their tents before boarding over 1,000 vehicles for the evacuation that began Tuesday morning. Continue reading
Aug 08 Russia accused of targeting rescue workers with ‘double tap’ missile strike By Hanna Arhirova, Associated Press Russia has since the start of the war aimed artillery and missiles at the exact same spot it struck around 30 minutes earlier, often hitting emergency workers who had deployed at the scene. Continue reading
Aug 07 Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi reinstated to India’s Parliament after Supreme Court order By Associated Press His reinduction is likely to strengthen the opposition's effort to corner Narendra Modi's government ahead of a no-confidence motion this week over deadly ethnic violence that has roiled India's northeastern state of Manipur. Continue reading
Aug 07 NATO, EU send aid to Slovenia after devastating floods that killed at least 6 and left many homeless By Associated Press NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg spoke by phone with Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob on Monday, expressing his condolences and NATO's strong solidarity with Slovenia, a NATO statement said. Continue reading