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France says it is sending helicopter carrier to eastern Mediterranean
PARIS - A French helicopter carrier will arrive in the eastern Mediterranean in the next five to six days and take up position in case a...
Oct 1, 20241 min read
North Carolina mounts massive search and rescue operation in wake of Helene
BAT CAVE, North Carolina - Crews on Monday airlifted emergency food and water into remote North Carolina towns that were cut off and...
Oct 1, 20243 min read
Israel launches ground operations in Lebanon with 'limited' raids on Hezbollah
BEIRUT - Israel said its troops had launched raids inside Lebanon on Tuesday, starting its widely expected ground operations after two...
Oct 1, 20244 min read
Over 1.6 million US customers still without power from Hurricane Helene
Over 1.6 million homes and businesses in the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida and other U.S. Southeastern and Midwestern states were still...
Oct 1, 20241 min read
Lebanese troops pull back from border as Israeli ground invasion looms
WASHINGTON/BEIRUT/JERUSALEM - Lebanese troops pulled back from the border with Israel late on Monday as a ground invasion by Israel...
Oct 1, 20244 min read
UN peacekeepers patrol southern Lebanon - what is their mandate?
UNITED NATIONS - United Nations peacekeepers were deployed to patrol Lebanon's southern border with Israel in 1978 after Israel invaded...
Oct 1, 20242 min read
Big US oil companies reveal massive payments to foreign governments
The three largest U.S. energy exploration companies paid more than $42 billion to foreign governments last year, about eight times more...
Oct 1, 20243 min read
Factbox-When and where is the Vance-Walz US vice presidential debate?
Democrat Tim Walz and Republican JD Vance will face off next week in the only scheduled U.S. vice presidential debate, a chance for each...
Oct 1, 20243 min read
Turkey's Erdogan says UN should recommend use of force if Israel not stopped
ANKARA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that the United Nations General Assembly should recommend the use of force, in...
Oct 1, 20241 min read
Putin's nuclear talk shouldn't stop NATO backing Ukraine, Stoltenberg says
BRUSSELS - NATO members should not be deterred from giving more military aid to Ukraine by Vladimir Putin's "reckless Russian nuclear...
Oct 1, 20242 min read
G7 aims to finalise deal on $50 billion loan to Ukraine by end-Oct, EU says
BRUSSELS - The Group of Seven (G7) countries want to reach a political agreement on the $50 billion loan for Ukraine by the end of...
Oct 1, 20242 min read
Factbox-Who is Sheikh Naim Qassem, Hezbollah's deputy leader who spoke on Monday?
BEIRUT - Hezbollah's deputy secretary general Sheikh Naim Qassem said the group would appoint a new leader at the earliest opportunity to...
Oct 1, 20242 min read
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