Clashes between Druze militias and Sunni Bedouin clans in Syria kill more...
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Dozens of people have been killed in fighting between local militias and clans in Syria ’s Sweida province, where government security forces sent to restore order Monday also...
View ArticleTrump envoy arrives in Kyiv as US pledges more Patriot missiles to Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine and Russia, retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, was in Kyiv on Monday, a senior Ukrainian official said, as anticipation grew...
View ArticleIsraeli strikes kill at least 31 in Gaza as UN agencies warn of fuel crisis
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight killed at least 31 people, according to local hospitals, as U.N. agencies warned on Monday that critical fuel shortages...
View ArticleJapan warns of China's military moves as biggest strategic challenge
TOKYO (AP) — Japan raised strong caution against China’s rapid acceleration of military activity in extensive areas from its southwestern coasts to the Pacific, describing the moves as the biggest...
View ArticleBangladesh struggles to contain the fallout of an uprising that toppled its...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh was on the cusp of charting a new beginning last year after its former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was removed from power in a student-led uprising, ending her...
View ArticleOne tireless Jesuit keeps alive a pilgrim path for St. Ignatius in Spain
MANRESA, Spain (AP) — Josep Lluís Iriberri helps celebrate Mass at a mountaintop basilica, swaps his priest’s robe for a hiking backpack and rallies his latest group of pilgrims literally following...
View ArticleNetanyahu's coalition is rattled as ultra-Orthodox party announces exit over...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Israeli ultra-Orthodox party that has been a key governing partner of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said early Tuesday it was leaving the coalition government,...
View ArticleEU ministers discuss deal with Israel to increase Gaza aid
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is seeking updates from Israel on implementation of a new deal to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, according to Kaja Kallas, the bloc's foreign policy chief....
View ArticleTop German court rejects case over US drone strikes in Yemen assisted by base...
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's highest court on Tuesday rejected a case brought by Yemeni plaintiffs who argued the German government failed in a duty to protect relatives who they say were killed in a 2012...
View ArticleAustralian Prime Minister complains to President Xi about Chinese live-fire...
BEIJING (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he complained to China's President Xi Jinping during a meeting on Tuesday about a Chinese naval live-fire exercise off the Australian...
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