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UN chief says 6 peacekeepers killed in drone strike on a UN facility in Sudan

BY SAMY MAGDY
Dec 13, 2025 6:05 pm - A drone strike hit a United Nations facility in war-torn Sudan on Saturday, killing six peacekeepers, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said.
At least 2 killed and several more hurt in shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Dec 13, 2025 6:00 pm - At least 2 people were killed and several more injured in a shooting in the area of Brown University on Saturday, a law enforcement official said, as the Ivy League school issued an active shooter alert and urged students and staff to take shelter during the second day of final exams.
Arctic air sweeps south as residents of the Pacific Northwest remain on guard after severe flooding

By MARTHA BELLISLE
Dec 13, 2025 5:59 pm - A blast of arctic air swept south from Canada and spread into parts of the Northern U.S., while residents of the Pacific Northwest braced for possible mudslides and levee failures from floodwaters that are expected to be slow to recede.
Severe winter storm batters Gazans left with no defenses

By Yeganeh Torbati, Hazem Balousha and Suzan Haidamous
Dec 13, 2025 5:46 pm - A severe winter storm with winds and heavy rains has killed more than a dozen people across the Gaza Strip, inundating its low-lying coast, flooding thousands of tents and collapsing buildings already shaken by two years of Israeli bombardment.
Israel kills senior Hamas commander in Gaza, threatening fragile truce

By Yeganeh Torbati
Dec 13, 2025 5:39 pm - Israel killed a senior Hamas commander in Gaza on Saturday, the Israeli military said, another challenge to the shaky ceasefire between the sides brokered by the United S...
Trump’s team sees Europe’s ‘erasure.’ Europeans see a hostile US

By Ellen Francis
Dec 13, 2025 2:42 pm - A new U.S. national security strategy berating Europe has triggered a wave of acrimony across the Atlantic, enraging and dismaying European officials who say the document has turned the Trump administration’s vitriol against European democracies into formal policy.
How monogamous are humans? A study ranks us between meerkats and beavers.

By Victoria Craw
Dec 13, 2025 2:40 pm - How monogamous are humans, really? It’s an age-old question subject to significant debate. Now a University of Cambridge professor has an answer: Somewhere between the Eurasian beaver and a meerkat.
More loons are filling Maine’s lakes with their ghostlike calls

By PATRICK WHITTLE
Dec 13, 2025 1:44 pm - Loons are on the mend in Maine, filling more of the state's lakes and ponds with their haunting calls, although conservationists say the birds aren't out of the woods yet.
Trump says ‘we will retaliate’ after 3 Americans are killed in Syria

By SAMAR KASSABALI, BASSEM MROUE and SEUNG MIN KIM
Dec 13, 2025 1:21 pm - President Donald Trump said Saturday that “we will retaliate” after two U.S. service members and one American civilian were killed in a Syria attack that the U.S. blames on the Islamic State group.
Thai and Cambodian leaders agree to renew a ceasefire after days of deadly clashes, Trump says

By AAMER MADHANI
Dec 12, 2025 4:26 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on Friday that Thai and Cambodian leaders have agreed to renew a truce after days of deadly clashes had threatened to undo a ceas...

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