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Trump hotel attracted would-be judges, ambassadors, pardon-seekers, House Democrats say

By BERNARD CONDON
Oct 18, 2024 11:19 am - Judges seeking appointments to the federal bench. Wealthy Republicans hoping for ambassadorships. Criminals who wanted pardons.
South Korean intelligence says North has sent troops to aid Russia’s war in Ukraine

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG
Oct 18, 2024 7:19 am - South Korea's spy agency said Friday that North Korea has dispatched troops to support Russia's war against Ukraine, a development that could bring a third country into the war and intensify a standoff between North Korea and the West.
Biden says Western allies must keep aiding Ukraine as he meets European partners before election

By JOSH BOAK and GEIR MOULSON
Oct 18, 2024 7:16 am - U.S. President Joe Biden said it's important for Ukraine's Western allies to “sustain our resolve” in supporting the country as he held meetings Friday with European partners, with the upcoming U.S. presidential election casting a long shadow over his visit to Germany.
Hamas official confirms Sinwar's death, as Hezbollah vows a new phase of war with Israel

By JULIA FRANKEL
Oct 18, 2024 7:12 am - Hamas confirmed Friday that its leader, Yahya Sinwar, was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, and the militant group reiterated its stance that hostages taken from Israel a year ago will not be released until there is a cease-fire in Gaza and a withdrawal of Israeli troops.
Who was Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader Israel says it killed?

By BASSEM MROUE
Oct 17, 2024 1:29 pm - BEIRUT — Yahya Sinwar masterminded an attack on Israel that shocked the world, unleashing a still-widening catastrophe with no end in sight. In Gaza, no figure loomed...
Trump says he is the ‘father of IVF’ at all-women town hall event

Andrew Jeong, Patrick Svitek
Oct 17, 2024 10:12 am - Former president Donald Trump described himself as the “father of IVF” during an all-female town hall event in Georgia, telling attendees that he would support in vitro f...
Zelenskyy says 10,000 North Koreans could join Russian forces in Ukraine as he pushes ‘Victory Plan’

By LORNE COOK, MIKE CORDER and RAF CASERT
Oct 17, 2024 9:35 am - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday his country has intelligence information that 10,000 troops from North Korea are being prepared to join Russian forces fighting against his country, warning that a third nation wading into the hostilities would turn the conflict into a “world war.”
Vance says ‘no’ when asked whether Trump lost 2020 election

By THOMAS BEAUMONT
Oct 17, 2024 8:07 am - The answer was the most specific Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance has been on the subject, and a departure from past answers he has offered about the election Trump continues to say without evidence was decided fraudulently in favor of Democrat Joe Biden.
Israel confirms Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in Gaza

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY
Oct 17, 2024 7:44 am - Israeli forces in Gaza killed Hamas’ top leader Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of last year’s attack on Israel that sparked the war, the military said Thursday. Troops appeared to have run across him unknowingly in a battle, only to discover afterward that a body in the rubble was Israel’s most wanted man.
US long-range B-2 stealth bombers target underground bunkers of Yemen’s Houthi rebels

By JON GAMBRELL
Oct 17, 2024 7:38 am - The U.S. military unleashed B-2 stealth bombers to target underground bunkers used by Yemen’s Houthi rebels early Thursday, a major escalation in the American response to the rebels' attacks on Mideast shipping lanes that appeared to be a warning to Iran as well.

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