The Israeli military struck the West Bank city of Jenin, authorities said Friday, the third day of heavy fighting in the Palestinian territory. The Israeli military says it “struck a terrorist cell.” Such airstrikes, while common over the months-long Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip, have been rare in the West Bank in the time
BERLIN (AP) — Germany deported Afghan nationals on Friday for the first time since August 2021, when the Taliban returned to power. A government spokesman described the Afghan nationals as convicted criminals but did not immediately respond to a request for comment to clarify their offenses. Germany does not have diplomatic relations with the Taliban
Tehnologija | 29.08.2024 | access_time 17:05 Fotografija snimljena 14. avgusta 2024. prikazuje Lija Hajninga, pacijenta sa srčanom insuficijencijom koji nosi kontrolor veštačkog srca u Međunarodnoj kardiovaskularnoj bolnici TEDA, u severnom kineskom gradu Tjenđinu. (Sinhua/Jang Ven) Li Hajning, 25-godišnji pacijent iz grada Šiđijadžuang, u severnoj kineskoj provinciji Hebej, pre tri godine je podvrgnut operaciji ugradnje veštačkog
TOKYO (AP) — A slow-moving tropical storm had a far-reaching impact in much of Japan on Friday, dumping heavy rain around Tokyo and flooding roads and riverside areas in the south. Flooding was reported in a number of areas in Kanagawa prefecture, west of Tokyo, where floodwater blocked roads, stalling vehicles and traffic. Warnings for
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A mudslide triggered by heavy monsoon rain hit a house in a remote part of northwestern Pakistan, killing 12 people, mostly children, a rescue official said Friday. Inayat Ali, an official of the state-run emergency service, said the mudslide happened overnight in Upper Dir in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa near Afghanistan. He said
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Friday as markets continued to be moderately optimistic about the prospects of technology companies and the relative health of global economies. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 added 0.5% to reach 38,566.40 after data on the world’s fourth largest economy came in mostly positive. Industrial production rose 2.8% in July
Aug. 23-29, 2024 Spain’s annual Tomatina street battle took place in the eastern town of Buñol, where workers on trucks tipped more tons of overripe tomatoes into the main street of the town for participants to throw. Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Gov. Tim Walz reached out to voters in GOP strongholds in
The United States’ longest war is over. But not for everyone. Outside of San Francisco, surgeon Doug Chin has helped provide medical assistance to people in Afghanistan via video calls. He has helped Afghan families with their day-to-day living expenses. Yet he remains haunted by the people he could not save. In Long Beach, California
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Residents of Indian-controlled Kashmir are gearing up for their first regional election in a decade that will allow them to have their own truncated government, also known as a local assembly, instead of remaining under New Delhi’s direct rule. Muslim-majority Kashmir is divided between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan and claimed
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A flash flood that transformed a series of idyllic, azure waterfalls into a monstrous brown froth was ferocious but not unusual for the summer rainy season on the Havasupai reservation, one of the most remote reaches of the continental U.S. that attracts visitors worldwide. But this time the rush of
