Oct 25 Israeli airstrikes escalate across Gaza, destroying homes and killing dozens of people at a time By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy, Ravi Nessman, Associated Press The Health Ministry in Gaza says hundreds of people were killed in the past day as a result of Israeli airstrikes. Continue reading
Oct 25 Japan's Supreme Court says required sterilization surgery to officially change gender is unconstitutional By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press The ruling applies to the sterilization portion of the law only, and does not address the constitutionality of requiring sex-reassignment surgery in general. Continue reading
Oct 25 Hurricane Otis weakens over southern Mexico after battering Acapulco as a Category 5 storm By José Antonio Rivera, María Verza, Associated Press Otis rapidly intensified Tuesday, growing from a tropical storm to a Category 5 monster in 12 hours. Continue reading
Oct 25 Live updates: What's happening in the Israel-Hamas war as U.N. warns relief efforts for Gaza imperiled By Associated Press The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says its relief operations across the Gaza Strip will need to be sharply curtailed amid crippling Israeli airstrikes. Continue reading
Oct 24 Anger boils in Morocco's earthquake zone as protesters demand promised emergency aid By Associated Press Many in the town of Amizmiz and the surrounding villages have relocated to tents after seeing their neighbors die and their homes leveled by the quake. Continue reading
Oct 24 Watch 5:14 A look at life inside Gaza amid airstrikes and worsening humanitarian crisis By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi Israel intensified its bombing of Gaza, launching 400 airstrikes Tuesday across the Palestinian territory. Foreign ministers from around the world met at the United Nations urging a ceasefire to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza. With constant bombing and dwindling necessities,… Continue watching
Oct 24 Watch 5:02 Israel steps up raids and deadly strikes in occupied West Bank By Leila Molana-Allen, Solveig Rennan, Nana Adwoa Antwi-Boasiako In the West Bank, tensions are also reaching a boiling point. Since the Hamas attack in southern Israel, 95 Palestinians have been killed in clashes with Israeli troops, arrest raids and attacks by Jewish settlers. Another 1,250 Palestinians have been… Continue watching
Oct 24 Watch 7:44 Netanyahu adviser discusses hostages held by Hamas and risks of continued Israeli bombing By Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn and Sarah Cutler, Columbia Journalism Fellow While Israel prepares for an expected ground invasion of Gaza, about 200 people are still being held there by Hamas. Amna Nawaz discussed the hostage situation with Mark Regev, a senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a… Continue watching
Oct 24 Lebanon PM visits troops at the country's tense southern border with Israel By Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press Lebanon's caretaker prime minister has visited troops deployed near the border with Israel and U.N. peacekeepers as Hezbollah militants and Israeli troops clash for a third week. Continue reading
Oct 24 Stranded at a closed border as airstrikes continue, foreign nationals in besieged Gaza await evacuation By Isabel DeBre, Najib Jobain, Associated Press For more than a week, their governments have advised them to wait at Gaza's Rafah crossing in preparation for evacuation through Egypt. But nothing has happened. Continue reading