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Israeli troops and Hamas militants battled Wednesday in the Gaza Strip with the war putting increasing pressure on Palestinian civilians who are facing more difficulty finding shelter and access to humanitarian aid. Israel’s military said Wednesday it had carried out airstrikes on about 250 targets in the Gaza Strip during the past day. The United […]
LIMA, PERU — Peru’s constitutional court ordered the “immediate release” of imprisoned former President Alberto Fujimori, according to a court document published on Tuesday, marking the latest chapter in a dizzying legal saga for the controversial former leader. Fujimori, 85, is serving a 25-year sentence for human rights abuses and corruption during his decade-long rule through […]
North Korea said on Saturday it would consider any interference with its satellite operations a declaration of war and would mobilise its war deterrence if any attack against its strategic assets were imminent. Pyongyang would respond to any U.S. interference in space by eliminating the viability of U.S. spy satellites, state media KCNA reported, citing […]
EL ALTO, BOLIVIA — When they first started climbing the Andes peaks, they could hear the ice crunching under their crampons. These days, it’s the sound of melted water running beneath their feet that they mostly listen to as they make their ascents. Dressed in colorful, multilayered skirts, a group of 20 Indigenous Bolivian women — […]
Israel intensified its deadly bombardment of the Gaza Strip Saturday as renewed fighting with Hamas entered a second day following the collapse of a weeklong cease-fire. Israeli military officials said Saturday more than 50 Hamas targets in the Khan Yunis area of southern Gaza were pounded by aerial, naval and ground forces. The military said […]
Fighting between Hamas and Israel has resumed in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces said Friday. The resumption, the IDF said, follows Hamas’ violation of a temporary truce and the militant group’s launching of a rocket attack on Israel. Even as the sounds and smells of war return to Gaza, international mediators are continuing to negotiate […]
TOKYO — Japan’s coast guard has found a person and debris in the ocean where a U.S. military Osprey aircraft carrying eight people crashed Wednesday off southern Japan, officials said. The cause of the crash and the status of the person and the others on the aircraft were not immediately known, coast guard spokesperson Kazuo Ogawa […]
JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON — Hamas said its armed wing has handed over 13 Israeli hostages and four foreign nationals to the International Red Cross in Gaza Saturday night. The group is traveling to Egypt’s shared border with the enclave, a Qatari source told Reuters. Qatar Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed Al Ansari echoed this in an earlier social media […]
Ukraine said Wednesday Russia launched 14 drones and a cruise missile as part of its latest attacks. The Ukrainian air force said its air defenses downed all of the drones, which were directed at parts of central, southeastern and western Ukraine. There were no immediate reports of major damage or casualties. The Ukrainian military also […]
GAZA/TEL AVIV, ISRAEL — Some hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip following the militant group’s attack last month on Israel could be released as early as Thursday, after an agreement announced by Qatar that includes Israeli forces pausing their attacks on Gaza for four days. Qatar said Hamas would release 50 women and children, […]
