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Hashem Abderaman sits in his bed next to his mother while receiving treatment at the paediatric hospital stabilization center in Port Sudan, Sudan, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
April 15, 2026, 6:12 pm
Sudan enters 4th year of civil war as UN official says ‘world has failed’ to meet crisis
Tens of thousands killed and over 10 million displaced, as deadly civil conflict between army and militia allegedly backed by UAE has no end in sight
By Samy Magdy and SAM MEDNICK
President Donald Trump, fifth left, attends a group photo session with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, fourth right, with United Arab Emirates Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, second right, Bahrain's Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, left, Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, third left, Kuwait's Crown Prince Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, second left, Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, right, during the GCC Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
March 31, 2026, 10:08 am
Gulf allies privately pushing Trump to keep up war until Iran decisively defeated
Saudi Arabia and UAE leading calls to continue war, seeking end to Iran’s nuclear capabilities, support for proxies, and control over Strait of Hormuz; Oman and Qatar favor talks
By AAMER MADHANI, Samy Magdy, Matthew Lee and SAM MEDNICK
An Iranian security force officer stands guard next to a huge billboard of Iran's newly nominated supreme leader Ayatollah Mojataba Khamenei during Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day rally in Tehran on March 13, 2026. (Photo by AFP)
March 24, 2026, 9:33 am
Iran built a vast camera network to control dissent. Israel turned it into a targeting tool
Cybersurveillance emerges as key weapon of war after Israel used Tehran’s street cameras to assassinate Khamenei, though regime’s leaders were long aware of potential threat
By Dake Kang and SAM MEDNICK
Palestinians who traveled to South Africa via a charter flight organized by an Israeli group stand in their temporary flat in Johannesburg, South Africa, February 4, 2026. (AP/Jerome Delay)
March 15, 2026, 5:17 pm
Israeli group was behind mysterious flights of Gazans to South Africa, report claims
Associated Press investigation based on documents, dozens of interviews finds Ad Kan group championed resettlement of Palestinians and attempted to hide Israeli involvement
By SAM MEDNICK, Julia Frankel, TOQA EZZIDIN and JAMES POLLARD
Blindfolded Palestinians captured in the Gaza Strip in a detention facility on the Sde Teiman military base in southern Israel. (Breaking The Silence via AP)
November 17, 2025, 3:19 pm
Palestinian prisoner deaths spike amid systematic abuse, neglect, rights group finds
Former prison guard says it was ‘business as usual’ when he came to work and found dead prisoner; commanders who participated in beatings told guards to reduce number of deaths
By SAM MEDNICK
Smoke rises up after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, June 13, 2025. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
June 17, 2025, 6:19 pm
How Israel used spies, smuggled drones and AI to stun and hobble Iran
The opening salvo of the Israel-Iran war was the ‘culmination of years of work,’ Israeli intelligence and military officials say, sharing a glimpse behind the scenes
By Julia Frankel and SAM MEDNICK
A woman chats with an Israel-based organization (IsraAID) chatbot in Juba displacement camp, South Sudan, February 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
March 16, 2025, 8:49 am
Israeli aid group uses chatbot to help survivors of sexual assault in South Sudan
Assisting survivors in impoverished country with low literacy is major challenge; IsraAid says technology can help maintain data in place of paper files that can go missing
By SAM MEDNICK
Israeli forensic experts work on bodies of Israelis killed by Hamas terrorists in the National Center for Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv, Israel on Oct. 18, 2023.(AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)
December 1, 2023, 11:11 am
Nearly two months after Oct. 7, for many Israelis, fate of relatives still a mystery
Many families left in limbo, not knowing if loved ones are among the hostages in Gaza or were killed in the Hamas assault, with some bodies almost impossible to identify
By SAM MEDNICK
Staff work at the Magen David Adom's (MDA) Marcus National Blood Services Center, in Ramla, October 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)
November 4, 2023, 8:17 am
Underground blood bank proves its worth amid rocket barrages
Fortified structure in Ramla has molecular lab, air-filtration system to let staff work even during chemical or biological warfare, safe room to shield against missile attacks
By Alon Bernstein and SAM MEDNICK
This video grab shows the spokesperson for the mutinous soldiers speaking on state television as they announce that they had seized power in Libreville, August 30, 2023. (GABON 24 via AP)
August 30, 2023, 1:12 pm
Gabon military seizes power hours after long-serving president wins election
Gunfire heard in the capital; no word from president, whose family is under investigation in France for corruption; soldiers vow to ‘dissolve all institutions of the republic’
By SAM MEDNICK
Ukrainian police conduct a security check on passengers before boarding the Kherson-Kyiv train at the Kherson railway station, southern Ukraine, Nov. 26, 2022 (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
November 27, 2022, 8:53 am
Civilians flee recently recaptured Kherson as Russian shells slam city
Intense onslaught targets infrastructure and buildings in key southern city that had been occupied by Moscow; Ukraine scrambles to restore heat, power in Kyiv, elsewhere
By SAM MEDNICK and Jamey Keaten
A woman walks past a recently damaged building due to a Russian strike on the recently-liberated Kherson, southern Ukraine, November 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
November 26, 2022, 12:51 pm
Ukraine works to restore water, power to millions after Russian strikes
Zelensky says half of 12 million residents left without power have had electricity restored; country marks 90th anniversary of Holodomor, famine that killed millions under Stalin
By Jamey Keaten and SAM MEDNICK
A sniper unit aims towards Russian positions during an operation, Kherson region, southern Ukraine, November 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)
November 24, 2022, 12:39 pm
Ukrainian military plans its next steps after Russian forces retreat from Kherson
Kyiv is striking back at Russian troops and Ukrainian officers say they want to capitalize on their momentum, amid Moscow army’s artillery barrages
By SAM MEDNICK
In this photo provided by the Zaporizhzhia region military administration, Ukrainian firefighters work at damaged hospital maternity ward in Vilniansk, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine,, Nov. 23, 2022. (Zaporizhzhia region military administration via AP)
November 23, 2022, 1:56 pm
Newborn killed in Russian strike on Ukrainian maternity hospital, officials say
Baby’s mother pulled alive from the rubble after rocket attack on Vilniansk; death adds to gruesome toll suffered by hospitals and other medical facilities during Russian invasion
By John Leicester and SAM MEDNICK
Vitaliy Mysharskiy, 14, left, and his grandmother Tanya Babii sit in the yard of the family house in the recently liberated village of Kyselivka, outskirts of Kherson, southern Ukraine, Nov. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
November 18, 2022, 1:41 pm
‘I thought I was going to die’: Ukrainians recount kidnappings, torture
As violence escalates in Ukraine, reports of abuses perpetrated by Russia become widespread, especially in the recently liberated Kherson region
By SAM MEDNICK and HANNA ARHIROVA
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