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Hezbollah says it launches attack on Israel with large number of drones
By Josef Federman And Abby Sewell, The Associated Press on August 24th, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) – The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah announced early Sunday that it had launched an attack on Israel with a large number of drones in retaliation for the killing of one of its commanders in Beirut. Hezbollah said the attack was targeting “a qualitative Israeli military target that will be announced later” as well ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israel stages heavy airstrikes in Lebanon. It says they are pre-emptive strikes against Hezbollah
By Josef Federman And Abby Sewell, The Associated Press on August 24th, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel launched a series of intense airstrikes in southern Lebanon early Sunday in what it said was a pre-emptive strike against the Hezbollah militant group, threatening to trigger a broader regionwide war that could torpedo efforts to forge a cease-fire in Gaza. The army said Hezbollah had been planning to launch a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israel says it is staging airstrikes inside Lebanon targeting the Shiite militia Hezbollah
By The Associated Press on August 24th, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel launched airstrikes inside Lebanon early Sunday that its military said targeted positions of the Shiite militia Hezbollah. In a statement, the Israeli military accused Hezbollah of “preparing to file missiles and rockets toward Israeli territory.” “”Ž”In a self-defense act to remove these threats, the (Israeli military) is striking terror targets in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tropical Storm Hone steadily approaches Hawaii, threatening floods and fires
By Audrey Mcavoy And Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, The Associated Press on August 24th, 2024
HONOLULU (AP) – Tropical Storm Hone, whose name is Hawaiian for “sweet and soft,” drew near the islands Saturday with breezes that were expected to intensify – and increase the wildfire risk for drier parts of the state even as memories are still fresh from last year’s deadly blazes on Maui. Hone (pronounced hoe-NEH), had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!German police detain a suspect in knife attack that killed 3, state internal affairs minister says
By Daniel Niemann And Stephanie Liechtenstein, The Associated Press on August 24th, 2024
SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) – German police early Sunday detained a suspect in the Solingen knife attack that killed three people and wounded eight others, the state internal affairs minister of North Rhein Westphalia said. “We have been following a hot lead all day,” Herbert Reul told Tagesschau, the news program of the German public television ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hundreds cruise Philadelphia streets in the 15th annual Philly Naked Bike Ride
By The Associated Press on August 24th, 2024
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Hundreds of people in various states of undress cruised the streets of Philadelphia to cheers from onlookers Saturday evening in the 15th annual Philly Naked Bike Ride. The annual ride, which started in 2009, is billed as promoting cycling as a key form of transportation and fuel-conscious consumption. It is also meant ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Islamic State group claims responsibility for knife attack in Solingen, Germany that killed 3
By Daniel Niemann And Stephanie Liechtenstein, The Associated Press on August 24th, 2024
SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) – The Islamic State group Saturday claimed responsibility for a knife attack in Solingen, Germany that killed three people, according to its Amaq news site. The group said the attacker targeted Christians and is a “soldier of the Islamic State” who carried out the attack “to avenge Muslims in Palestine and everywhere.” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!German police scour a western city for a knife attacker who killed 3 at a community festival
By Daniel Niemann And Stephanie Liechtenstein, The Associated Press on August 24th, 2024
SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) – Special police units on Saturday joined the search for an unknown man who carried out a stabbing attack at a crowded festival in the western German city of Solingen, killing three people and wounding at least eight others, five of them seriously. Markus Caspers, from the counterterrorism section of the public ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!German prosecutors don’t rule out terrorism in knife attack at festival that killed 3
By Daniel Niemann And Stephanie Liechtenstein, The Associated Press on August 24th, 2024
SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) – A prosecutor says a terrorist motive has not been ruled out in a knife attack in western Germany in which three people were killed and seven wounded. Markus Caspers told a news conference on Saturday that authorities are still looking into what is behind the attack in the city of Solingen ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Roadside bomb kills at least 2 children and wounds 15 people in restive southwest Pakistan
By The Associated Press on August 24th, 2024
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) – A roadside bomb went off near a police office in restive southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least two children and wounding 15 people, authorities said. Police officials said the wounded included policemen and passersby. Local police official Mujirbur Rehman said some of those wounded were hospitalized in critical condition, adding ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!An attack at a festival in a German city kills 3 people and wounds at least 5 seriously
By Daniel Niemann And Geir Moulson, The Associated Press on August 23rd, 2024
SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) – An attacker with a knife killed three people and seriously wounded at least five late on Friday at a festival in the western German city of Solingen, authorities said. Witnesses alerted police shortly after 9.30 p.m. to an unknown perpetrator having wounded several people indiscriminately with a knife on a central ... Read More »
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