Sep 18 Experts had long warned 'consequences will be disastrous' if dams in Libya ignored By Samy Magdy, Associated Press The warnings came true in the early hours of Sept. 11, when residents of Derna woke up to loud explosions before floodwaters pounded the Mediterranean city. Continue reading
Sep 18 5 prisoners have flown out of Tehran, U.S. officials say By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The exchange took place after nearly $6 billion in once-frozen Iranian assets reached Qatar, a key element of the planned swap. Continue reading
Sep 18 Five Americans detained in Iran released as part of deal for $6 billion in frozen assets By Jon Gambrell, Lujain Jo, Matthew Lee, Associated Press Americans held for years in Iranian custody walked arm-in-arm off a plane into freedom. Continue reading
Sep 17 First civilian cargo ships arrive in Ukraine port since Russia's withdrawal from grain deal By Associated Press Two cargo ships arrived in one of Ukraine's ports over the weekend, using a temporary Black Sea corridor established by Kyiv following Russia's withdrawal from a wartime agreement designed to ensure safe grain exports from the invaded country’s ports. Continue reading
Sep 17 Watch 2:48 News Wrap: UAW president threatens wider auto worker strike amid wage dispute In our news wrap Sunday, talks continued between automakers and the union representing striking auto workers, South Korea’s president warned of deepening military ties between Russia and North Korea, the first two civilian cargo ships since the collapse of the… Continue watching
Sep 17 Kim Jong Un returns to North Korea after visit to Russia that set off arms deal concerns By Kim Tong-Hyung, Hyung-Jin Kim, Elise Morton, Associated Press North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is on his way home Sunday from Russia, ending a six-day trip that triggered global concerns about weapons transfer deals between the two countries locked in separate standoffs with the West. Continue reading
Sep 17 UNESCO adds ruins near ancient Jericho to list of World Heritage Sites in Palestine By Associated Press A U.N. conference voted Sunday to list prehistoric ruins near the ancient West Bank city of Jericho as a World Heritage Site in Palestine, a decision likely to anger Israel, which controls the territory and does not recognize a Palestinian… Continue reading
Sep 16 Fossil fuels under fire heading into UN summit and week of climate talks, protests By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press As a record-smashing and deadly hot summer draws to a close, the United Nations and the city that hosts it are focusing on climate change and the burning of coal, oil and natural gas that causes it. Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch 2:09 News Wrap: Lee makes landfall in Canada after lashing Northeast In our news wrap Saturday, Post-Tropical Cyclone Lee grazed New England and made landfall in Nova Scotia, negotiations resumed between the UAW and big three automakers a day after thousands of auto workers went on strike, Libya is investigating the… Continue watching
Sep 16 Watch 10:28 What's changed for women in Iran one year after Mahsa Amini's death By John Yang, Winston Wilde, Kaisha Young It has been one year since 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died after morality police arrested her in Tehran. Her death unleashed decades of pent-up anger over Iran’s clerical rule and sparked the country’s biggest protests in years. Human rights activist Nazanin… Continue watching