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Ukrainian servicemen of the 22nd Mechanized Brigade take part in a military training exercise in the Donetsk region, on Nov. 28.

Russian missile strikes in eastern Ukraine tear through buildings and bury families in rubble

Emergency workers pulled the body of a 62-year-old man from the wreckage of a destroyed multi-story building in Novohrodivka. Four more people may be under the rubble, including a child, authorities said.

Global leaders pay tribute to Henry Kissinger, but his record also draws criticism
World leaders and others are offering a polarized reaction to the death of the lionized and vilified Henry Kissinger, who managed to galvanize global attention decades after his official service as one of America’s most powerful diplomats.

Japan suspends its own Osprey flights after a fatal US Air Force crash of the aircraft
Japan suspended its own Osprey flights Thursday after a US Air Force Osprey based in Japan crashed into the sea during a training mission.

Truce in Gaza extended at last minute as talks over remaining Hamas captives get tougher

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel late Wednesday on his third trip to the region since the start of the war, and is expected to press for further extensions of the truce and the release of more hostages.

Elton John addresses Britain’s Parliament, urging lawmakers to do more to fight HIV/AIDS
Elton John has urged British lawmakers to do more to fight HIV and AIDS, saying the U.K. can be the first country in the world “to defeat this awful virus.”

Gaza mediators, eye on long term, press for short truce extension
Top officials from Qatar, Egypt, and the United States pushed on Wednesday to lock in another temporary extension of the cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, seeing it as the best way to ease the embattled territory’s humanitarian crisis, secure the release of more Israeli hostages, and slow the war’s escalating death toll for at least a little longer.

Truce in Israel-Hamas war extended by a day, minutes before it was set to expire
Israel and Hamas agreed to extend a temporary truce by another day minutes before it was set to expire, said Qatar, which has been mediating between the two sides.

US Air Force Osprey crashes off Japan during training, killing at least one of the eight on board
A US Air Force Osprey based in Japan crashed during a training mission Wednesday off the country’s southern coast, killing at least one of the eight crew members, the Japanese coast guard said.

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A crowd greeted Palestinians freed by Israel as part of the hostage exchange in Ramallah, West Bank, on Nov. 26.

In the West Bank, release of prisoners deepens support for Hamas

The two cousins spotted each other on the bus leaving the prison, as shocked to see the other as they were by their sudden freedom. “Pinch me,” Anwar Atta, 18, told his younger cousin. “I need to know if this is a dream.” 6:47 p.m.

On Wednesday, US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken (left) spoke with Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström (right) before the NATO-Ukraine Council meeting on the second day of the NATO foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels, Belgium.

NATO ministers vow to maintain support for Ukraine

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and top Western diplomats vowed Wednesday to sustain support for Ukraine and its bid to join NATO despite dwindling military supplies and competing crises. 6:36 p.m.

In the Huzaa district of Khan Yunis, Gaza, Palestinians remain contending with harsh weather conditions, facing limited resources and challenging circumstances, officials say.

A US-Iranian miscalculation could lead to a larger war, officials say

National security officials fear a miscalculation amid tit-for-tat attacks, combined with each side’s belief that the other does not want a larger fight, could trigger exactly that: a regional conflict, just two years after the United States ended 20 years of war in the Middle East and South Asia. 5:46 p.m.

German military officials are hoping to revitalize its military that fell into disrepair since the end of the Cold War. Part of the plan would revamp the army's artillery school in Idar-Oberstein, Germany, which was created to train artillery units that could support infantry soldiers.

Germany’s much-vaunted strategic pivot stalls

Just days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed to revitalize a German military that had fallen into disrepair since the end of the Cold War. 5:39 p.m.

Rescue workers near the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand state, India, on Nov. 28.

India ignored repeated warnings before tunnel trapped 41 men

As the trapped workers came out of the under-construction road tunnel after 17 days, the happy end to a rescue effort that had riveted India set off celebrations across the country. 5:35 p.m.

A crane lifts a shipping container at an automated container port in Tianjin, China, on Jan. 16.

The world economy will slow next year because of inflation, high rates and war, OECD says

The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development estimated Wednesday that international growth would slow to 2.7 percent in 2024 from an expected 2.9 percent pace this year. 9:44 a.m.

In this picture taken on August 30, 2023, Surendra Pandey (L) and Maya Gurung, a transgender woman speak during an interview with AFP in Kathmandu.

Gay couple in Nepal becomes the 1st to officially register same-sex marriage in the country

A gay couple in Nepal on Wednesday became the first in the nation to receive official same-sex marriage status. The Himalayan nation is one of the first in Asia to allow it. 8:24 a.m.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken held the closing press conference during the final day of Foreign Affairs Ministers' meetings at NATO Headquarters on Nov. 29, 2023, in Brussels, Belgium.

Blinken seeks a new extension of the Gaza cease-fire as he heads again to the Middle East

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that the Biden administration believes it is also imperative to discuss ideas about the future governance of Gaza if Israel achieves its stated goal of eradicating Hamas. 8:01 a.m.