Oct 15 UN shelters in besieged Gaza run out of water as Israeli ground offensive looms By Najib Jobain, Samya Kullab, Associated Press Water has run out at U.N. shelters across Gaza as thousands packed into the courtyard of the besieged territory's largest hospital as a refuge of last resort from a looming Israeli ground offensive and overwhelmed doctors struggled to care for… Continue reading
Oct 15 Live updates: What's happening on Day 9 of the Israel-Hamas war By Associated Press Hundreds of thousands of Gaza residents sought to heed Israel’s order to evacuate roughly the northern half of the territory, while others huddled at hospitals in the north on Sunday. Continue reading
Oct 14 Biden urges Palestinian and Israeli leaders to allow humanitarian aid to the region By Matthew Lee, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press President Joe Biden on Saturday spoke with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, urging the leaders to allow humanitarian aid to the region and affirmed his support for efforts to protect civilians. Continue reading
Oct 14 Ukraine reports nonstop Russian assaults on key eastern city as fierce fighting continues By Associated Press Ukrainian officials reported intense combat as Russian forces relentlessly assaulted the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka for a fifth consecutive day Saturday. Continue reading
Oct 14 Watch 3:29 Israel prepares for next phase of war as Gaza residents scramble to flee By Leila Molana-Allen, Jorgen Samso, Ali Rogin, Harry Zahn, Satvi Sunkara Tension continues to build across Gaza as the Israeli military readies coordinated strikes by land, air and sea. Israel has ordered 1.1 million residents of northern Gaza to evacuate, while Hamas is urging them to stay in their homes. Special… Continue watching
Oct 14 Watch 1:34 News Wrap: France increases security amid rising concerns of extremist violence In our news wrap Saturday, France is on high alert after a fatal stabbing of a teacher by a suspected Islamic extremist, New Zealand elected its most conservative leadership in years, Australia voters rejected a referendum to create a committee… Continue watching
Oct 14 Watch 6:39 Defense Secretary Austin says U.S. will do 'everything we can' to support Israel By Nick Schifrin, Kaisha Young, Claire Mufson U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the Pentagon will give Israel everything it needs to wage war on Hamas, even as it continues its support of Ukraine in its war with Russia. Foreign affairs and defense correspondent Nick Schifrin sat… Continue watching
Oct 14 Watch 5:24 Why thousands of migrants are being detained by the U.S. as witnesses By John Yang, Harry Zahn and Sarah Cutler, Columbia Journalism Fellow Over the past 20 years, tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants have been sent to jail and held as potential witnesses in human smuggling cases, many for six months or longer. A New York Times investigation examined this largely overlooked… Continue watching
Oct 14 Gaza residents struggle to follow Israeli evacuation order amid critical water shortage By Wafaa Shurafa, Joseph Krauss, Associated Press Palestinians struggled Saturday to flee from areas of Gaza targeted by the Israeli military while grappling with a growing water and medical supply shortage ahead of an expected land offensive a week after Hamas’ bloody, wide-ranging attack into Israel. Continue reading
Oct 14 France on edge as bomb threats prompt evacuation of Louvre Museum, Versailles Palace By Angela Charlton, Jeffrey Schaeffer, Associated Press The Louvre Museum in Paris and Versailles Palace evacuated visitors and staff Saturday after receiving bomb threats, police said. The French government started deploying 7,000 troops to increase security around the country after a fatal school stabbing by a suspected Islamic extremist. Continue reading