What is UNRWA, the main aid provider in Gaza that Israel accuses of militant...
Israel’s allegations that 12 employees of a United Nations agency were involved in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack have led several Western countries to cut off funding and reignited debate over Gaza's biggest...
View Article33 people have been killed in separate traffic crashes in eastern Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Separate traffic crashes in eastern Afghanistan have left at least 33 people dead and 16 others injured, authorities said Sunday. Ten collisions occurred in the Sorabi district of...
View ArticleWho was St. Brigid and why is she inspiring many 1,500 years after her death?
Devotees of St. Brigid celebrated her Sunday with the return of a relic associated with the so-called matron saint of Ireland. The festivities came about a millennium after her remains were removed...
View ArticleIran launches 3 satellites into space that are part of a Western-criticized...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran said Sunday it successfully launched three satellites into space with a rocket that had multiple failures in the past, the latest for a program that the West says improves...
View ArticleIsrael's president says the UN world court misrepresented his comments in its...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's president on Sunday accused the U.N. world court of misrepresenting his words in a ruling that ordered Israel to take steps to protect Palestinians and prevent a genocide in...
View ArticleEx-Prime Minister Alexander Stubb wins first round of Finland's presidential...
HELSINKI (AP) — Former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb won the first round of Finland's presidential election Sunday and will face runner-up ex-Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto in a runoff next month....
View ArticleIsrael notes 'significant gaps' after cease-fire talks with US, Qatar, Egypt...
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel said “significant gaps” remain after cease-fire talks Sunday with the United States, Qatar and Egypt but called them constructive and said they would continue in the...
View ArticleEU Commission changes social media post about Auschwitz after protests from...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland on Sunday asked the European Commission to fix a social media post about the Holocaust, saying it wrongly linked the Auschwitz death camp to Poland, rather than Nazi...
View ArticleUkraine says corrupt officials stole $40 million meant to buy arms for the...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Employees from a Ukrainian arms firm conspired with defense ministry officials to embezzle almost $40 million earmarked to buy 100,000 mortar shells for the war with Russia,...
View ArticleBullfighting resumes in Mexico City before a full crowd while activists...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — With protesters outside a full arena, bullfights resumed in Mexico City on Sunday after the country’s highest court temporarily revoked a local ruling that sided with animal rights...
View ArticleKing Charles III has been discharged from a London hospital after a prostate...
LONDON (AP) — King Charles III and his daughter-in-law, the Princess of Wales, have both left a private London hospital following unrelated medical treatments that have made the health of the royal...
View ArticleThe Bahamas pushes to reduce violence as the US Embassy warns of a spike in...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in the Bahamas say they are cracking down on crime after the U.S. Embassy issued a security alert warning that the archipelago has reported at least 18...
View ArticleEx-Peruvian intelligence chief pleads guilty to charges in 1992 massacre of...
LIMA, Peru (AP) — The controversial intelligence chief of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori on Monday pleaded guilty to charges in the 1992 massacre of six farmers who were accused of being...
View ArticleRise and shine: Japanese moon probe back to work after sun reaches its solar...
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese moon explorer is up and running Monday after several tense days without the sunlight it needs to generate power. Japan's first lunar mission hit its target in a precision...
View ArticleAt trendy Japanese cafés, customers enjoy cuddling with pigs
TOKYO (AP) — First there were cafés that allowed pets. Then came cat cafés, where lattes took second place to feline interaction. The latest craze in Japan: The pig café. “It was wonderful. Very...
View ArticleIsrael military operation destroys a Gaza cemetery. Israel says Hamas used...
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Islamic cemetery in southern Gaza was demolished, graves excised from the earth. A skull with no teeth rested atop the sandy, churned rubble. The neighborhood of...
View ArticleHong Kong begins public consultation to implement domestic national security law
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong begun public consultation Tuesday on enacting its own national security law, beginning a process to implement legislation that for years was widely opposed by residents who...
View ArticleHaitian judge seeks to interview widow of slain president in leaked arrest...
PORT-AU=PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A Haitian judge investigating the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse issued an arrest warrant for his wife late last year for failing to meet with him so...
View ArticleSouth Korea says North Korea fired cruise missiles in 3rd launch of such...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles into waters off its western coast Tuesday in its third launch of such weapons this month, South Korea’s military said, as the North...
View ArticleRussian opposition figure Kara-Murza is moved to another prison and returns...
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Lawyers for Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr., who is serving a 25-year sentence for treason, revealed Tuesday he has been transferred to another prison in...
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