2 Israeli soldiers killed in helicopter crash in Gaza

Two Israeli soldiers were killed overnight in a helicopter crash over the Gaza Strip while on a mission to evacuate an injured soldier to a hospital.

Kosovo prosecutors charge 45 people over a deadly incursion by Serb gunmen

A Kosovo policeman and three Serb gunmen were killed in the shootout in the village of Banjska in September. Kosovo has accused Serbia of involvement, but Belgrade denied it.

Anti-war protesters damage perimeter fence of US paratrooper base in Italy

The protest lasted a few minutes before Carabinieri intervened. The garrison public works department repaired the fence Sunday afternoon.

Jewelry seized by the Nazis from Polish concentration camp prisoners is returned to families

The items were returned by the Arolsen Archives, the international center on Nazi persecution. It stores some 2,000 items which were seized by the Nazis from concentration camp inmates from more than 30 countries.

A partial bridge collapse in eastern Germany disrupts traffic

The bridge dates back to East Germany’s formerly communist era, dpa reported, and officials at the scene said that chlorine corrosion from the time could have contributed to Wednesday’s collapse.

Japan’s defense minister rejects incremental relocation of Marine airfield on Okinawa

The new airfield is being built on reclaimed land in Oura Bay. The U.S. and Japanese governments agreed to move the base in 1996, but construction of the new site was repeatedly delayed by the Okinawa prefectural government.

Walk, ruck or climb: US military remembers 9/11 on Pacific bases

Hundreds show up at various events at bases designed to remember the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and honor those who died in them.

North Korea’s threat to Seoul ‘is graver than ever,’ South’s defense minister says

“Despite the strong opposition of the international community, North Korea continues to enhance its nuclear and missile capabilities,” Kim Yong Hyun told an audience of diplomats and military officials from over 60 countries.

US-Russia battle for influence in Africa plays out in Central African Republic

The tensions in Central African Republic are a window into a battle playing out across Africa as Moscow and Washington vie for influence.

Iran’s president slams the West over the war in Gaza and support for Israel

Iran’s reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian traveled to Iraq on his first trip abroad, hoping to cement Tehran’s ties to Baghdad as regional tensions increasingly pull both countries into the widening Middle East fray.

Another US military chief makes public gesture for ally Philippines

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith pledged this week to help the Philippine military develop capabilities to monitor its sea territory amid ongoing coast guard clashes with China, the latest top U.S. military officer to pledge support on behalf of the Philippines.

Harris presses a more forceful case against Trump than Biden did on abortion, economy and democracy

Kamala Harris pressed a forceful case against Donald Trump on Tuesday in their first and perhaps only debate before the presidential election, repeatedly goading him in an event that showcased their starkly different visions for the country on abortion, immigration and American democracy.

Explosion reported at US military facility near Baghdad airport ahead of Iranian president’s visit

Iraqi security officials said an explosion targeted a site used by the U.S. military next to Baghdad airport late Tuesday, one day before an expected visit by Iran’s president.

GOP lawmakers to subpoena VA over decision to register voters at medical facilities before presidential election

House GOP lawmakers pushed through a subpoena to force the Department of Veterans Affairs to identify its third-party partners conducting voter registration at some VA hospitals and clinics in battleground states before the presidential election.

Submarine USS Georgia arrives in the Middle East region

The USS Georgia — an Ohio-class, ballistic-missile submarine — joins two carrier strike groups in the Middle East, the USS Theodore Roosevelt and the USS Abraham Lincoln.

ACA enrollment platforms suspended over alleged foreign access to consumer data

Regulators suspended two private enrollment sites from accessing healthcare.gov information over concerns that some consumer information is processed or stored in India. Affordable Care Act marketplace data must stay in the U.S.

Most students in a Georgia district return to class nearly a week after a school shooting

Many students in Georgia’s Barrow County headed back to class Tuesday, six days after a shooting killed two teachers and two students at the school district’s Apalachee High School northeast of Atlanta.

Drought is making Sao Paulo’s river emerald green while smoke turns its skies gray

A major river in the Brazilian metropolis of Sao Paulo is suddenly emerald green and clear skies this week turned from blue to gray. In the late afternoon, the sun’s rays filtering through the smoky haze exhibit the color of deep orange.

Jon Stewart presses for breakthrough to get first 9/11 troops full care

The first U.S. troops to deploy after the Sept. 11 attacks are suffering from radiation exposure that the government has yet to officially recognize 23 years later. They are a final group of 9/11 service members that comedian Jon Stewart, a champion for first responders, can’t leave behind.