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Month: January 2024

Hezbollah launches drone strike on base in northern Israel but military says there’s no damage

By HUSSEIN MALLA Associated Press GHANDOURIYEH, Lebanon (AP) — Hezbollah said it launched a drone strike at the Israeli army’s northern headquarters Tuesday in retaliation for recent strikes in Lebanon that killed top Hamas and Hezbollah officials. Israel’s military acknowledged that one of its army bases in northern Israel was targeted but said there were

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Congo’s constitutional court upholds election results, declares President Tshisekedi the winner

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s constitutional court has upheld the results of last month’s election that declared President Felix Tshisekedi the winner, rejecting a petition to annul the vote. The court called a petition by opposition candidate, Theodore Ngoy to redo the vote unfounded. Ngoy, who finished with less than

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Ex-Green Beret stands with Venezuelan coup plotter ahead of U.S. sentencing on terror charges

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A U.S. veteran who plotted to overthrow Venezuela’s president is proudly standing with a former Venezuelan army general who pleaded guilty in New York on terrorism charges. Former Green Beret Jordan Goudreau describes Cliver Alcalá as a patriot and dedicated family man worthy of a reduced prison

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Defense Secretary Austin was treated for prostate cancer and a urinary tract infection, doctors say

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has prostate cancer, and his recent secretive hospitalization was for surgery and later to treat a urinary tract infection related to that operation, his doctors said Tuesday. The cancer revelation answers the main question about Austin’s hospitalization, which has

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NRA lawyer says gun rights group is defendant and victim at civil trial over leader’s big spending

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A National Rifle Association lawyer has acknowledged in court that some former executives and outside vendors may have ripped off the influential gun rights group with lavish spending and self-dealing. But, in an opening statement Tuesday at a New York civil trial scrutinizing the organization’s

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