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South Korea's president defended his martial law decree in what he called an act of governance and denied rebellion charges Thursday.

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South Korea's Yoon defends martial law as an act of governance and vows to 'fight to the end'
By HYUNG-JIN KIM AND KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press
Wed,12/11/24-6:58PM , 157 Reads
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol defended his martial law decree as an act of governance and denied rebellion charges, vowing Thursday to “fight to the end” in response to attempts to impeach him
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Dozens of relatives gathered at a morgue in Damascus on Wednesday, anxiously awaiting news about their loved ones who were imprisoned or killed by the security apparatus of the toppled Syrian government. On the morgue's wall outside, pictures of some of the dead were pinned so their relatives can identify them, as many remain unknown. (AP Video: Omar Albam and Gaith AlSayed)

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Syrians flock to morgues looking for loved ones who perished in Assad's prisons
By HUSSEIN MALLA AND OMAR ALBAM - Associated Press
Wed,12/11/24-12:01PM , 64 Reads
DAMASCUS (AP) — Mohammad Chaeeb spoke softly into his phone, telling a relative the grim news: He found his brother at the morgue.
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An Israeli soldier fixes a tank next to the security fence near the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, in the town of Majdal Shams, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

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Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 33 including children, Palestinian medics say
By SAMY MAGDY AND WAFAA SHURAFA - Associated Press
Wed,12/11/24-12:35AM , 118 Reads
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes pounded the Gaza Strip overnight and into Wednesday, with one attack ripping through a home where displaced people were sheltering in the isolated north.
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Reem Ajour walks with her son, Wael, at a camp outside Zuweida, Gaza Strip, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

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A mother in Gaza hasn't seen her daughter since Israeli troops raided their home
By WAFAA SHURAFA, SARAH EL DEEB AND JULIA FRANKEL - Associated Press
Tue,12/10/24-11:03PM , 44 Reads
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Reem Ajour says she last saw her husband and then 4-year-old daughter in March, when Israeli soldiers raided a family home in northern Gaza. She is haunted by those chaotic last moments, when the soldiers ordered her to go – to leave behind Talal and Masaa, both wounded.
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