Israeli forces launch a big operation in the West Bank and kill at least 10 militants

AL-FARAA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Israel has launched a major military operation in the occupied West Bank that has killed at least 10 Hamas militants. Israel said on Wednesday the operation is aimed at preventing attacks on Israeli civilians. Palestinian health officials say the operations into Jenin and Tulkarem have blocked access to hospitals and ripped up roads and infrastructure. Israel has carried out near-daily raids across the West Bank since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack out of Gaza triggered the ongoing war there. The Palestinian Health Ministry says over 600 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank since the war in Gaza began.

Typhoon Shanshan begins dumping rain on parts of Japan, leaving 1 dead

TOKYO (AP) — A typhoon moving at a bicycle speed has begun dumping rain on parts of Japan, leaving one person dead and several injured as weather officials issued the highest-level warnings in the country’s south, expected to be the most hard-hit. The Japan Meteorological Agency says Typhoon Shanshan is set to reach southern Kyushu and possibly make landfall Thursday where it forecasts up to 23.6 inches of rainfall in 24 hours, saying it will bring strong winds, high waves and significant rainfall to most of the country, particularly the Kagoshima prefecture. Authorities on Wednesday expressed concern about extensive damage as the typhoon slowly sweeps up the Japanese archipelago over the next few days.

Maduro opponents take to streets to revive protests disputing Venezuelan election results

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro are taking to the streets in an attempt to revive protests against him following last month’s disputed election. The demonstrations Wednesday in the capital, Caracas, come exactly a month after the fraught July 28 vote in which Maduro was declared the winner despite strong evidence that opposition candidate Edmundo González won by a nearly 2-to-1 margin. In weeks of on-again, off-again demonstrations, the opposition’s rallying cry has been constant but so far ineffective. Opponents are demanding that election officials publish results from each polling station that they say would expose Maduro’s attempts to steal the election.

A Russian missile hits the Ukrainian president’s home city

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile has slammed into Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s home city. It came as Kryvyi Rih was observing an official day of mourning for an attack the previous day that killed four civilians at a hotel. Local officials said Wednesday’s attack struck civilian infrastructure and wounded eight people. Tuesday’s attack was part of a Russian barrage of dozens of missiles and drones across Ukraine. Russia stepped up its bombing on Monday when it fired more than 100 missiles and a similar number of drones in its biggest onslaught in weeks.