Palestinians return to ruins and US troops land in Israel as ceasefire holds

By ABDEL KAREEM HANA, SAM METZ, SARAH EL DEEB and SAM MEDNICK, GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP):- Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians made their way back to their Gaza neighborhoods on Saturday,..

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize

By KOSTYA MANENKOV, REGINA GARCIA CANO and GEIR MOULSON, OSLO, Norway (AP):- Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her struggle to achieve a..

Israeli military says ceasefire takes effect in Gaza, raising hopes for ending the war

By ABDEL KAREEM HANA, WAFAA SHURAFA and MELANIE LIDMAN, WADI GAZA, Gaza Strip (AP):- A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect in Gaza on Friday, the military said, hours after..

Israel and Hamas will exchange hostages and prisoners after agreeing to a pause in the war in Gaza

By SAMY MAGDY, MELANIE LIDMAN and WAAFA SHURAFA, CAIRO (AP):- Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their devastating two-year war and the release of the remaining hostages in exchange for..

Thousands in Gaza are missing 2 years into the war. Tormented families search for clues

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SARAH EL DEEB, DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza City (AP):- When Israeli bombs began falling, Mohammad al-Najjar, his wife and six children fled their house in southern Gaza in the dead of..

French PM resigns hours after naming government, plunging France further into political chaos

PARIS (AP):- France’s new prime minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned less than 24 hours after naming his government and after less than a month in office, plunging the country into a deep..

Israel and Hamas prepare for negotiations in Egypt ahead of possible Gaza ceasefire

By SAMY MAGDY and MELANIE LIDMAN, CAIRO (AP):- Israel and Hamas prepared for indirect negotiations in Egypt on Monday, as hopes for a possible ceasefire in Gaza began to build after Prime..

Dozens injured in ‘savage’ Russian drone strike on Ukrainian railway station

(AP):- Dozens were injured in a “savage” Russian drone strike Saturday on a Ukrainian railway station, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as Moscow stepped up strikes on Ukraine’s..

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..

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