Israelis bid farewell to Shiri Bibas and her 2 young sons killed in captivity...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Holding flags, orange balloons and signs saying “forgive us,” tens of thousands of Israelis lined highways as the bodies of a mother and her two young sons, killed in captivity...
View ArticleTaiwan condemns China for conducting shooting drills off its coast
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan on Thursday condemned China’s military exercises after Beijing designated an area to conduct shooting drills off the self-governed island’s southwest coast. China...
View ArticleHamas hands over bodies of 4 hostages to Israel as dozens of Palestinians...
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas handed over the bodies of four hostages to the Red Cross early Thursday in exchange for Israel's release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, days before the...
View ArticleNorth Korea appears to have sent more troops to Russia to back its war...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s spy agency said Wednesday that North Korea appears to have sent additional troops to Russia, after its soldiers deployed on the Russian-Ukraine fronts suffered...
View ArticleSouth Korean births increased last year for the first time in nearly a decade
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The number of babies born in South Korea rebounded for the first time in nine years in 2024, welcome news for a country grappling with one of the the world’s most serious...
View ArticleWhat to know about the latest effort to end Turkey's 40-year Kurdish conflict
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party has called on his organization to disarm and dissolve as part of a new effort to end 40 years of fighting between the state...
View ArticleSenegal has signed a deal with separatist rebels. But will it end one of...
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A new peace deal between Senegal and a separatist rebel group in the country’s southern region has been touted by the government as a key step in ending one of Africa’s longest...
View ArticleRussian tourist dies after being attacked by sharks in Philippine diving...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Two Russian tourists died when they were swept away by strong undercurrents while scuba diving in waters south of Manila, with one believed to have drowned and the other...
View ArticleJudge overthrows conviction of owners of New Zealand island where 22 died in...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The owners of an island volcano in New Zealand where 22 tourists and local guides died in an eruption had their criminal conviction for failing to keep visitors safe...
View ArticleNorth Korea says it performed cruise missile tests, days after it vowed to...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Friday it had test-fired strategic cruise missiles to demonstrate its nuclear counter-attack capability, days after it vowed to respond to what it called...
View ArticleDoug Ford reelected as Ontario’s premier with mandate to fight Trump tariffs
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Ontario Premier Doug Ford won reelection to lead Canada’s most populous province on Thursday, giving him the mandate he wanted to fight tariffs threatened by U.S....
View ArticleTens of thousands of Palestinians seek shelter after Israeli assaults across...
JENIN, West Bank (AP) — When Israeli snipers took positions in her neighborhood, Haleemeh Zawaydeh knew her family needed to leave quickly. As the snipers' gunfire rang out, the 63-year-old matriarch...
View ArticlePanama and Costa Rica turning into a ' black hole' for migrants, deportees...
MIRAMAR, Panama (AP) — Officials in Costa Rica and Panama are confiscating migrants’ passports and cellphones, denying them access to legal services and moving them between remote outposts as they...
View ArticleUN talks end in Rome with nations backing $200 billion a year plan to protect...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Global negotiators concluded an extended session of the United Nations biodiversity conference, COP16, with key commitments on funds needed and the institutions through which...
View ArticleSuicide bomb at a seminary in northwest Pakistan kills top cleric and 5...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — An attacker blew himself up Friday in a mosque at a pro-Taliban seminary in northwestern Pakistan, killing a top cleric and five other worshippers and wounding dozens ahead...
View ArticleA Myanmar online news site says its jailed journalist is tortured for...
BANGKOK (AP) — An independent online news agency in Myanmar said Friday that one of its journalists arrested two years ago has been subjected to daily physical and mental abuse after exposing human...
View ArticleBangladeshi students who led uprising that ousted ex-premier Sheikh Hasina...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Students in Bangladesh who led a mass uprising to topple former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina last summer are now diving into politics by forming the new National Citizen...
View ArticleBodies of 12 Pakistani migrants who died in boat sinking have been repatriated
PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) — The bodies of 12 out of at least 16 Pakistanis who died this month when a boat carrying dozens of Europe-bound migrants sank off Libya's coast have been repatriated to...
View ArticleGetting the Israel-Hamas ceasefire to the next phase will be difficult....
Israel and Hamas have begun working to advance their ceasefire agreement in Gaza to the next phase, but it's unclear if they'll get there and, if not, what comes next. The first phase of the...
View ArticleMourners bury one of the last hostages released from Gaza as talks start for...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Mourners in Israel on Friday buried the remains of one of the final hostages released in the first phase of the ceasefire between Hamas militants and Israel, as negotiators discussed...
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