Trump uses government shutdown to dole out firings and political punishment

By LISA MASCARO, JOSH BOAK and SEUNG MIN KIM, WASHINGTON (AP):- President Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish..

British police say deadly rampage at UK synagogue was a terrorist attack

By PAN PYLAS, BRIAN MELLEY and IAN HODGSON, MANCHESTER, England (AP):- An assailant drove a car into people outside a synagogue Thursday in northern England and then began stabbing them, killing..

Trump signs an executive order vowing to defend Qatar in the wake of Israel’s strike

By JON GAMBRELL, DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP):- President Donald Trump has signed an executive order vowing to use all measures including U.S. military action to defend the energy-rich nation..

A weakened and isolated Hamas faces pressure to accept Trump’s peace plan for Gaza

By JOSEF FEDERMAN, JERUSALEM (AP):- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have finally outmaneuvered Hamas. After facing months of genocide accusations, pariah status and global..

Trump and Netanyahu say they’ve agreed on a plan to end the Gaza war. Hamas is now reviewing it

By ADAM GELLER, SAM MEDNICK and AAMER MADHANI, WASHINGTON (AP):- President Donald Trump on Monday laid out a 20-point proposal supported by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that would end..

Trump and Netanyahu meet at the White House as pressure mounts to end the war in Gaza

By ADAM GELLER, SAM MEDNICK and AAMER MADHANI, WASHINGTON (AP):- President Donald Trump was hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday for critical talks aimed at ending the war..

Top diplomats of North Korea and China agree to deepen ties and push back at the United States

By HYUNG-JIN KIM, SEOUL, South Korea (AP):- The foreign ministers of North Korea and China agreed to deepen bilateral ties and resist hegemonism, a likely reference to their pushbacks against the..

Palestinian death toll tops 66,000 as Netanyahu prepares to meet Trump

By SAMY MAGDY and MELANIE LIDMAN, CAIRO (AP):- The death toll in the Israel-Hamas war has topped 66,000 Palestinians, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Sunday, a day before Israeli Prime Minister..

Airstrikes and shooting kill at least 44 people in Gaza as Israel ignores demands for a ceasefire

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY, DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP):- Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least 44 people across Gaza, health officials said Saturday, as international pressure grows..

UN adds 68 companies to blacklist for alleged complicity in rights violations in Israeli settlements

By JAMEY KEATEN, GENEVA (AP):- The United Nations has added nearly 70 more companies to a blacklist of firms from 11 countries that it says are complicit in violating Palestinian human rights..

Ladakh violence: Uneasy calm, heavy police deployment in Leh; 50 detained

LEH, (PTI):- An uneasy calm prevailed in Ladakh on Thursday as police and paramilitary troops strictly enforced a curfew in Leh town, a day after clashes between security personnel and protesters..

Ukraine’s president says the world is in ‘the most destructive arms race in history’

By EDITH M. LEDERER, UNITED NATIONS (AP):- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told world leaders Wednesday that the world is in “the most destructive arms race in history” and called on..

More experts see genocide in Israel’s wartime conduct in Gaza

By MIKE CORDER and MOLLY QUELL, THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP):- A growing number of experts, including those commissioned by a U.N. body, have said Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip amounts..

Putin says Russia will stick to nuclear arms limits for one more year after treaty with US expires

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, MOSCOW (AP):- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that Moscow will adhere to nuclear arms limits for one more year under the last remaining nuclear pact with..

UK joins Australia and Canada in recognizing Palestinian state despite opposition from US and Israel

By PAN PYLAS, LONDON (AP):- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer confirmed Sunday that the U.K. is formally recognizing a Palestinian state despite vociferous opposition from the U.S. and..

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