Oct 10 WATCH: 8 children displaced by war are reunited with their families through talks with Putin, Melania Trump says By Darlene Superville, Associated Press President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has resulted in Russia taking Ukrainian children out of their country so that they can be raised as Russian. Continue reading
Oct 10 Putin praises Trump's peace efforts, despite failure to win Nobel prize By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press “There have been cases where the committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to people who have done nothing for peace,” Putin said. “A person comes, good or bad, and (gets it) in a month, in two months, boom. For… Continue reading
Oct 10 Second earthquake follows deadly quake off southern Philippines By Jim Gomez, Associated Press Two powerful offshore earthquakes struck the same region in the southern Philippines hours apart on Friday with the first 7.4 magnitude temblor killing at least six people, setting off landslides and prompting evacuations of coastal areas nearby because of a… Continue reading
Oct 10 Violence erupts in eastern Pakistan between police and Islamists amid pro-Palestinian rally By Babar Dogar, Associated Press The clashes in the capital of Punjab province began Thursday but intensified Friday after police baton-charged the demonstrators and fired tear gas to disperse them at multiple locations. Protesters hurled stones at officers in response. Continue reading
Oct 10 Israeli military says ceasefire takes effect in Gaza By Abdel Kareem Hana, Wafaa Shurafa, Melanie Lidman, Associated Press Tens of thousands of people who had gathered in Wadi Gaza in central Gaza started walking north after the Israeli military’s announcement at noon local time. Beforehand, Palestinians reported heavy shelling in parts of Gaza throughout Friday morning, but no… Continue reading
Oct 09 Israeli Cabinet approves 'outline' of deal to release all remaining hostages held by Hamas By Samy Magdy, Melanie Lidman, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press A brief statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the Cabinet approved the “outline” of a deal to release the hostages, without mentioning other aspects of the plan that are more controversial. Continue reading
Oct 09 Gen Z protesters in Madagascar clash with police as they call for president to step down By Sarah Tetaud, Associated Press About 1,000 protesters marched in Madagascar's capital on Thursday, clashing with police who used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse them in the third week of what has been the most significant unrest in years in the Indian Ocean island… Continue reading
Oct 09 EU chief Ursula von der Leyen easily survives two more no confidence votes By Associated Press The European Union’s top official comfortably survived on Thursday two more votes of no confidence, as an overwhelming number of EU lawmakers rejected censure motions against her. Continue reading
Oct 09 Watch 7:36 Gazans and Israelis celebrate ceasefire deal with hopes for lasting peace By Nick Schifrin, Sonia Kopelev, Karl Bostic, Solveig Rennan Israel and Hamas signed the agreement President Trump proposed to pause their devastating two-year war in Gaza. Under the terms, Hamas will release all 20 living hostages in the coming days in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, while the Israeli military… Continue watching
Oct 09 Watch 7:48 'Hamas cannot remain' in Gaza for this plan to work, Israeli ambassador to U.S. says By Geoff Bennett, Dan Sagalyn As Israel and Hamas work to implement the first phase of the ceasefire deal, Geoff Bennett spoke with Israel's ambassador to the U.S., Yechiel Leiter, about what changed to make this agreement acceptable today when it wasn’t previously. Continue watching