With the Gaza ceasefire in limbo, Israel tries to impose an alternative plan...
Israel this week introduced what it said was a new U.S. ceasefire plan — different from the one it agreed to in January — and is trying to force Hamas to accept it by imposing a siege on the Gaza...
View ArticleSyrian refugee family that Pope Francis brought to Rome prays for him as they...
ROME (AP) — Just before breaking the Ramadan fast on Sunday evening, Hasan Zaheda played basketball with his son in the tiny courtyard of the basement-level apartment on Rome’s outskirts where the...
View ArticleTakeaways from AP's report on Greenlanders resisting Trump's talk of...
NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Greenlanders have been pushed into the global spotlight in the weeks since U.S. President Donald Trump said America could take over their Arctic homeland. Most say they don’t...
View ArticleOn a cold northern island, a mantra rises: 'Greenland is not for sale'
NUUK, Greenland (AP) — On a boat, surrounded by snow-covered mountains and icebergs in shades of blue, Qooqu Berthelsen points to the breaking sea ice as a worrisome sign. Now, though, something is...
View ArticlePope resting after acute breathing crises forced him to resume noninvasive...
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis rested early Tuesday after he suffered further setbacks in his fight against double pneumonia: two new acute respiratory crises that required him to resume using noninvasive...
View ArticleThe top issues for China's legislature are likely to be the economy and AI
BEIJING (AP) — Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence and shoring up the economy are among the issues expected to top the agenda when China’s legislature meets Wednesday in Beijing. Almost...
View ArticleIndigenous migrants in northern Colombia battle worsening droughts and floods
MAICAO, Colombia (AP) — Standing next to her makeshift home of scrap metal, wood and plastic tarp, 47-year-old Nelly Mengual recounts how severe flooding and winds tore off her roof a few months ago,...
View ArticleResidents flee border area as Afghan and Pakistani forces clash over crossing...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Residents fled a border area between Afghanistan and Pakistan after forces from both sides clashed into the early hours of Tuesday, a Pakistani official said. It was the...
View ArticleNew Zealand lawmakers told to stop complaining about use of the country's...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The speaker of New Zealand ’s Parliament told lawmakers he would not consider further complaints about the use of the country’s Māori name, Aotearoa, in Parliament,...
View ArticleArab leaders endorse Egypt's plan to rebuild Gaza as an alternative to...
CAIRO (AP) — Arab leaders on Tuesday endorsed Egypt's postwar plan for the Gaza Strip that would allow its roughly 2 million Palestinians to remain, in a counterproposal to U.S. President Donald...
View ArticleChina will increase its defense budget 7.2% this year
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China said Wednesday it will increase its defense budget 7.2% this year, as it continues its campaign to build a larger, more modern military to assert its territorial claims and...
View ArticleIsrael cut off food and supplies to Gaza. Aid groups are scrambling. What's...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s cutoff of food, fuel, medicine and other supplies to Gaza’s 2 million people has sent prices soaring and humanitarian groups into overdrive trying to distribute dwindling...
View ArticleWho’s St. Francis, whose love for the poor, creation, and peace inspires Pope...
ASSISI, Italy (AP) — As Pope Francis entered his third week in a hospital battling pneumonia, hundreds of pilgrims continued to make their way to this hilltop town to pray at the tomb of St. Francis,...
View ArticleChina sticks to economic growth target of 'around 5%' despite a looming trade...
BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government unveiled an annual economic growth target of “around 5%” on Wednesday, despite the possible negative impact of a looming trade war with the United States, and...
View ArticleEU leaders to hold emergency Ukraine talks, seeking to adapt to new security...
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders plan to hold emergency talks on Thursday to agree ways to quickly increase their military budgets after the Trump administration signaled that Europe must take...
View ArticleThe pope has increased his physical therapy and marked the start of Lent in...
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis increased his physical therapy with his condition remaining stable on Wednesday, marking the start of Lent by receiving ashes on his forehead and calling the parish priest in...
View ArticleProtests turn violent as Greece's government battles censure motion over...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Protesters launched gasoline bombs and fireworks in clashes with police outside Greece's parliament late Wednesday, in renewed nationwide protests calling for politicians to be...
View ArticleNew Zealand's most senior diplomat in London loses his job over remarks about...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s most senior envoy to the United Kingdom has lost his job over remarks he made about U.S. President Donald Trump at an event in London this week, New...
View ArticleSouth Korea and the US will begin annual military drills next week
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean and U.S. troops will begin their large annual joint military drills next week to enhance their readiness against North Korean threats, the South Korean military...
View ArticleAn Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from one of the fiercest battles...
ITOMAN, Japan (AP) — Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headtorch and enters a cave buried in Okinawa's jungle. He gently runs his fingers through the gravel until two pieces of bone emerge. These are from...
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