By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Thursday formally banned the main United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its territory despite heavy diplomatic backlash, a move that humanitarian officials warn could have a disastrous impact on aid ...
By NICOLAS GARRIGA and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press
NANTERRE, France (AP) — Dominique Pélicot, the convicted rapist who horrified France by drugging his then wife so other men could rape her, is now caught up in other cases.
Pélicot is serving a 20-year prison term after he was found ...
By MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH, WAFAA SHURAFA and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas-led militants freed eight hostages on Thursday in the latest release since a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip took hold earlier this month. Israel was expected to release another 110 ...
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. offered on Friday to remove a U.S. missile system from the Philippines if China halts what he called its "aggressive and coercive behavior" in the disputed South China Sea.
The U.S. Army ...
BY LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital on Thursday to pay their last respects to Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country's Orthodox Christian Church after the fall of the country's communist party in 1990.
Anastasios, ...
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma has been arrested and is expected to appear in court on Thursday to face terrorism charges.
Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, who is also a member of the South African Parliament, is ...
By CHINEDU ASADU and JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rebels backed by Rwanda captured more towns in eastern Congo on Wednesday as they moved beyond the key city of Goma in an apparent attempt to expand their control in the conflict-battered region.
The rebels advanced ...
By ABBY SEWELL and OMAR ALBAM Associated Press
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The Syrian factions that toppled President Bashar Assad last month named an Islamist former rebel leader as the country's interim president on Wednesday in a push to project a united front as they face the monumental ...
By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas released four young female Israeli soldiers on Saturday after more than 15 months in captivity. The release of the four comes days into a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and is part of a long and uncertain process aimed at eventually ...
By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL and GRANT PECK Associated Press
BANGKOK (AP) — A 90-day freeze on foreign assistance programs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump has led to cuts in services to refugees from war-torn Myanmar, including the shutdown of hospital care in camps in Thailand ...
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press
NEW DELHI (AP) — Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women have gathered in India's northern city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest religious gathering.
The festival — site of a stampede on Wednesday — is held every 12 ...
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Two bereaved parents and 12 fellow members of an Australian religious congregation accused of killing an 8-year-old girl by withholding her diabetes medication were found guilty on Wednesday of manslaughter.
Elizabeth Rose Struhs died on Jan. 7, 2022 at her ...
By ELÉONORE HUGHES and DAVID BILLER Associated Press
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Brazilian government Tuesday said it will create a reception center for deported migrants from the United States following controversy over conditions on a recent deportation flight.
President Luiz Inácio ...
By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel kept thousands of Palestinians from returning to their homes in northern Gaza on Sunday as it accused Hamas of violating a fragile ceasefire by changing the order of hostages it has ...
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press
MAYS AL-JABAL, Lebanon (AP) — Israel's military Saturday set up roadblocks across border towns and roads in a strategic valley in southern Lebanon, a day before the deadline for it to withdraw from the area under an agreement that halted its war with the ...
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The world's focus will be on the remaining survivors of Nazi Germany's atrocities on Monday as world leaders and royalty join them for commemorations on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
The main observances take ...
By ISABEL DEBRE, SAM MEDNICK, WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Four female Israeli soldiers who were taken in the attack that sparked the war in Gaza returned to Israel on Saturday after Hamas militants paraded them before a crowd of thousands in Gaza ...
By TRISHA THOMAS Associated Press
ROME (AP) — The president of Haiti's transitional presidential council said the Trump administration's decisions to freeze aid programs, deport migrants and block refugees will be "catastrophic" for Haiti.
Leslie Voltaire made the comment in an interview ...
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — There's all sorts of ways beyond merely the score to measure just how dominant Jannik Sinner was while outplaying and frustrating Alexander Zverev during the 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3 victory Sunday that earned the 23-year-old Italian ...
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen's Houthi rebels unilaterally freed 153 war detainees Saturday, the International Committee of the Red Cross said, one of several overtures in recent days to ease tensions after the ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war ...