World News
France’s Macron seeks to rejuvenate his presidency, says country has the ‘aces’ to succeed
By Sylvie Corbet, The Associated Press on January 16th, 2024
PARIS (AP) – President Emmanuel Macron has used a prime-time news conference to lay out plans to strengthen and better prepare France for global crises, saying: “I am convinced that we have all the aces to succeed.” The press conference is Macron’s latest effort to reinvigorate his presidency after a series of bruising domestic battles, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Qatar announces deal to allow delivery of medicine to Israeli hostages, humanitarian aid to Gaza
By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy And Melanie Lidman, The Associated Press on January 16th, 2024
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Qatar says it has mediated a deal between Israel and Hamas to allow the delivery of medication to the more than 100 Israeli hostages held captive in Gaza. The Gulf Arab country announced Tuesday that additional quantities of humanitarian aid would be delivered to Palestinians in Gaza as part of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The US strikes the Yemen-based Houthis again, hitting anti-ship missiles, US officials say
By Jon Gambrell And Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press on January 16th, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) – The U.S. launched a new strike against the Yemen-based Houthis on Tuesday, hitting anti-ship missiles in the third assault on the Iranian-backed group in recent days, two U.S. officials said. The strike came as the Iranian-backed Houthis claimed responsibility for a missile attack against the Malta-flagged bulk carrier Zografia, also on Tuesday, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Iran says it has launched attacks on what it calls militant bases in Pakistan
By The Associated Press on January 16th, 2024
Iran launched attacks Tuesday targeting what it described as bases inside Pakistan for the militant group Jaish al-Adl. The state-run IRNA news agency said missiles and drones were used in the attack. Pakistan did not immediately acknowledge the attack. Jaish al-Adl is a Sunni militant group which largely operates across the border in nuclear-armed Pakistan... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The US strikes the Yemen-based Houthis again, hitting anti-ship missiles, a US official says
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press on January 16th, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) – The U.S. launched a new strike against the Yemen-based Houthis on Tuesday, hitting anti-ship missiles in the third assault on the Iranian-backed group in recent days, a U.S. official said. The strike came as the Iranian-backed Houthis claimed responsibility for a missile attack against the Malta-flagged bulk carrier Zografia in the Red ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson ends his 2024 campaign after sixth-place finish in Iowa caucuses
By Andrew Demillo, The Associated Press on January 16th, 2024
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson dropped his long-shot bid for the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday, ending a candidacy that served as a throwback to an earlier era of the GOP but ultimately failed to resonate in a party now dominated by Donald Trump. Hutchinson’s exit came a day after ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Suspect in Long Island’s Gilgo Beach serial killings is charged with the death of a fourth woman
By The Associated Press on January 16th, 2024
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) – An architect charged in a string of slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings was accused Tuesday in the death of a fourth woman, a Connecticut mother of two who vanished in 2007 and whose remains were found more than three years later along a coastal highway in New York. Rex ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US military seizes Iranian missile parts bound for Houthi rebels in raid where 2 SEALs went missing
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press on January 16th, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) – U.S. Navy SEALs seized Iranian-made missile parts and other weaponry from a ship bound for Yemen’s Houthi rebels in a raid last week that saw two of its commandos go missing, the U.S. military said Tuesday. Meanwhile, a new ship came under suspected fire from the Houthis in the Red Sea and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Malta-flagged bulk carrier hit by missile in the Red Sea as Houthi attacks continue
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press on January 16th, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) – A Malta-flagged bulk carrier sustained damage from a missile fired at it in the Red Sea on Tuesday, Greek officials said. Though no group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, suspicion immediately fell on Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The Zografia had been heading north to the Suez Canal when it was attacked, the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vivek Ramaswamy suspends his 2024 Republican presidential bid and endorses rival Donald Trump
By Bill Barrow, The Associated Press on January 15th, 2024
Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy suspended his bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination on Monday and endorsed former President Donald Trump after a disappointing finish in Iowa’s leadoff caucuses. Ramaswamy, a 38-year-old political novice who sought to replicate Trump’s rise as a bombastic, wealthy outsider, said, “As of this moment we are going to suspend ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vivek Ramaswamy announces he’s suspending his presidential bid after a disappointing finish in Iowa
By Bill Barrow, The Associated Press on January 15th, 2024
Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy said Monday that he is suspending his 2024 Republican presidential campaign after a disappointing finish in Iowa’s leadoff caucuses. Ramaswamy, 38, endorsed his rival, former President Donald Trump. He has previously called Trump the “best president of the 21st century” even as he tried to convince Republican voters that they should ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!
