Russia’s Belgorod region declares state of emergency after strikes by Ukraine | AP News

Russia’s Belgorod region declares state of emergency after strikes by Ukraine | AP News

Ukraine’s latest airstrike in the Belgorod region has prompted evacuations in the Russian territory. It follows Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk border region last week. Ukraine’s latest airstrike in the Belgorod region has prompted evacuations in the Russian territory. It follows Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk border region last week. Published [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull]

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11 young cancer patients evacuated from Gaza for medical treatment in Jordan | AP News

11 young cancer patients evacuated from Gaza for medical treatment in Jordan | AP News

Eleven Palestinian children with cancer have been evacuated from the Gaza Strip for medical treatment, according to the World Health Organization. Israel has mostly sealed off the territory, and its military campaign has devastated Gaza’s health system. (AP video: Mohammad Jahjouh/ Production: Wafaa Shurafa) Eleven Palestinian children with cancer have been evacuated from the Gaza

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Iraq’s Yazidis hope a new village will prompt survivors of a 2014 Islamic State massacre to return

Iraq’s Yazidis hope a new village will prompt survivors of a 2014 Islamic State massacre to return

KOCHO, Iraq (AP) — Ten years ago, their village in Iraq’s Sinjar region was decimated by Islamic State militants . Yazidi men and boys were separated and massacred, Yazidi women and children were abducted, many raped or taken as slaves. Now the survivors are coming back to Kocho, where Yazidi community leaders on Thursday announced

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