U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken appealed to Israel on Friday to take steps to protect civilians in Gaza as its forces kept up their bombardment of the Palestinian enclave and the death toll among residents soared.
- WorldUkrainian troops battle exhaustion as war drags into second winter
Istoryk, a 26-year-old soldier in eastern Ukraine, finally managed to fall asleep one morning, exhausted from the relentless battles against Russian forces in the pinewood forests near Kreminna.
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Wall St rises as weak jobs data cements rate-pause bets
Wall Street's main indexes gained on Friday as investors bet the Federal Reserve was done with its monetary policy tightening.
- WorldUN retreat from Mali in disarray as violence surges
Before UN peacekeepers abandoned their Kidal base on Tuesday, they made a costly call: with insurgents stationed nearby, they destroyed sensitive equipment to avoid it falling into the wrong hands.
