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January 04, 2024
Baghdad Airstrike Kills Commander of Iran-Backed Militia

BAGHDAD — Officials say an airstrike on the logistical support headquarters of an Iran-backed militia in central Baghdad has killed a high-ranking militia commander.
January 04, 2024
Italy's Meloni Calls for Strategic Investments in Africa to Slow Migration

ROME — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has told her European Union partners that curbing migration flows from African countries has less to do with offers of charity than strong partnerships coupled with strategic investments in those nations.
January 04, 2024
US Calls for UN Response to Houthi Attacks on Red Sea Shipping

UNITED NATIONS — The United States called on the U.N. Security Council Wednesday to take urgent action against Yemen’s Houthi rebels for attacking ships in the key Red Sea trade route and warned their longtime financier Iran that it has a choice to make about continuing to provide support to the rebels.
January 04, 2024
Israel's Mossad Chief Vows to Hunt Down Hamas Members After Senior Figure Killed

JERUSALEM — The chief of Israel’s Mossad intelligence service vowed Wednesday that the agency would hunt down every Hamas member involved in the October 7 attack on Israel, no matter who they are, a day after the deputy head of the Palestinian militant group was killed in a suspected Israeli strike in Beirut.
January 04, 2024
Biden 2024 Campaign Warns of Threat to US Democracy

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is starting the campaign year by evoking the Revolutionary War to mark the third anniversary of the deadly U.S. Capitol insurrection and visiting the South Carolina church where a white gunman massacred Black parishioners.
January 03, 2024
At Least 20 Killed in Event Honoring Slain Iranian General

TEHRAN, Iran— Explosions at an event honoring a prominent Iranian general slain in a U.S. airstrike in 2020 have killed at least 20 people and wounded 40 others. The state-run IRNA news agency quoted Dr. Mohammad Saberi, the head of Kerman emergency services, for the figure.
January 03, 2024
Israel on Alert After Senior Hamas Leader Killed in Beirut Strike

BEIRUT — Israel was on high alert for an escalation with Hezbollah on Wednesday after one of the top leaders of the Palestinian Hamas was killed in a strike in Beirut widely blamed on Israel, heightening the risk of a broader Middle East conflict.
January 03, 2024
Americans See Foreign Policy as a Top 2024 Election Issue, Says Poll

In this time of war overseas, more Americans think foreign policy should be a top U.S. priority for 2024. That's according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, which finds international concerns and immigration rising in importance with the public.
January 03, 2024
Uganda Moves to Restrict Popular Homemade Boozy Banana Drink

MBARARA — At least once a week, Girino Ndyanabo’s family converges around a pit in which bananas have been left to ripen. The bananas are peeled and thrown into a wooden vat carved like a boat, and the patriarch steps in with bare feet.
January 02, 2024
Harvard President Steps Down In Controversy Over Antisemitism, Plagiarism

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard University President Claudine Gay has resigned amid plagiarism accusations and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say unequivocally that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the school’s conduct policy.
January 02, 2024
Senior Hamas Official, 3 Others Killed in Beirut Explosion

An explosion in Beirut on Tuesday killed Saleh Arouri, a top official with the Palestinian militant group Hamas and three others, officials with Hamas and the Lebanese group Hezbollah said.
January 02, 2024
Turkey Arrests 33 People Accused of Spying for Israel

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's state-run news agency says authorities have detained 33 people suspected of spying on behalf of Israel.
January 02, 2024
Peter Magubane, South Africa's Apartheid Photographer, Dies at Age 91

CAPE TOWN — Peter Magubane, a fearless photographer who captured the violence and horror of South Africa's apartheid era of racial oppression, and was entrusted with documenting Nelson Mandela's first years of freedom after his release from prison, has died. He was 91.
January 01, 2024
Israel Pulling Thousands of Troops From Gaza, Focusing on Enclave's South

TEL AVIV — Thousands of Israeli soldiers are being shifted out of the Gaza Strip, the military said Monday, in the first significant drawdown of troops since the war began as forces continued to bear down on the main city in the southern half of the enclave.
January 01, 2024
Israel Grapples with the Need to Rehabilitate Wounded Soldiers

RAMAT GAN, ISRAEL — The number of Israeli soldiers wounded in the war with Hamas is growing. Given the large numbers of wounded, advocates worry the country is not prepared to address their needs.
January 01, 2024
US Museum Documents Civil Rights History in South Carolina

ORANGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA — Cecil Williams spent decades photographing South Carolina's civil rights history. Now he's excited all that work will have a permanent home in the U.S. citiy of Orangeburg.
January 01, 2024
2024: A Year of Challenges to US Democracy, Say Analysts

Over the past three years, the world’s oldest democracy has been tested in ways not seen in decades. Another big test for democracy awaits in 2024, with former President Donald Trump again running for the White House in a contest against President Joe Biden.
January 01, 2024
Former Ugandan Olympic Medal Winner Fatally Attacked in Kenya

ELDORET, Kenya — Police in Kenya say they are investigating the slaying of three-time Ugandan Olympian Benjamin Kiplagat. A local police official says Kiplagat's body was found with stab wounds inside his brother’s car on Sunday morning.
December 31, 2023
Australian Cities Among the First to Ring in the New Year

AUCKLAND - Sydney and Auckland are among the world's first major cities to ring in 2024, with revellers cheering spectacular fireworks displays that lit up the skies over Sydney Harbor and New Zealand’s tallest structure, Sky Tower.
December 31, 2023
DRC President Felix Tshisekedi Declared Winner of Disputed Election

KINSHASA — Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi won reelection with more than 70% of the vote, the country's election commission said Sunday.

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