Sep 28 Who was Hassan Nasrallah, the longtime leader of Hezbollah assassinated by Israel? By Bassem Mroue, Associated Press Nasrallah's death comes amid a dizzying escalation in the nearly yearlong conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, since the war in Gaza started, and more than three decades after he took leadership of the Iranian-backed militant group following the killing of… Continue reading
Sep 28 Biden calls Israeli strike killing Hezbollah leader Nasrallah a ‘measure of justice’ By Aamer Madhani, Matthew Lee, Associated Press The White House sees the death of Nasrallah as a huge blow to Hezbollah. At the same time, the administration has sought to tread carefully as it has tried to contain Israel's war with Hamas, which, like Hezbollah, is backed… Continue reading
Sep 28 Watch 7:54 What to know about Israel’s killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah By Nick Schifrin, Ali Rogin, Satvi Sunkara Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is reverberating across the region, raising fears of retaliation from Iran and a wider war. Nick Schifrin reports from Tel Aviv and joins John Yang to discuss the latest developments and what to… Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch 2:15 News Wrap: Vance and Walz campaign in battleground states days before VP debate In our news wrap Saturday, vice presidential candidates JD Vance and Tim Walz campaigned in the battleground states of Pennsylvania and Michigan, two separate Russian drone attacks in northeastern Ukraine killed nearly a dozen people, and SpaceX launched a mission… Continue watching
Sep 28 WATCH: Russian foreign minister invokes nuclear capacity in UN speech condemning the West By Edith M. Lederer, Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Russia's top diplomat warned Saturday against “trying to fight to victory with a nuclear power,” delivering a U.N. General Assembly speech packed with condemnations of what Russia sees as Western machinations in Ukraine and elsewhere — including inside the United… Continue reading
Sep 28 17 people killed in pair of mass shootings in same neighborhood of rural South Africa town By Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press Seventeen people, including 15 women, were killed in two mass shootings that took place in close proximity to each other in a rural town in South Africa, police said Saturday. Continue reading
Sep 28 At UN, China warns against ‘expansion of the battlefield’ in Russia’s war with Ukraine By Ted Anthony, Associated Press Three days before his communist government turns 75, China's foreign minister warned fellow leaders Saturday against an “expansion of the battlefield” in Russia's war with Ukraine and said the Beijing government remains committed to shuttle diplomacy and efforts to push… Continue reading
Sep 28 Hezbollah confirms its leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Beirut By Bassem Mroue, Melanie Lidman, Associated Press The Lebanese Health Ministry said six people were killed and 91 injured in the strikes, which leveled six apartment buildings. Iran announced Saturday that a prominent general in its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard sanctioned by the U.S. died in the same… Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch 7:31 News Wrap: Israel strikes Hezbollah HQ in Beirut In our news wrap Friday, Israel struck Hezbollah's central headquarters in Beirut and flattened several residential buildings, New York Mayor Eric Adams pleaded not guilty to bribery and other charges in federal court and the Justice Department charged three members… Continue watching
Sep 27 Watch 4:11 Zelenskyy visits Trump as election holds high stakes for Ukraine’s future By Stephanie Sy, Eliot Barnhart Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is heading back to his home country after a whirlwind week of meetings with leaders in the U.S. His final sit-down was with Donald Trump, whose current presidential bid holds high stakes for U.S. support for… Continue watching