JERUSALEM (AP) — More than 1,400 evangelical Christians gathered this week in Jerusalem to show their support for Israel on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, a joyous festival marking the fall harvest and commemorating the journey of the Jews in the Exodus. They also found themselves celebrating the...
BEIJING (AP) — North Korea is celebrating Friday the 80th anniversary of the ruling party and different foreign dignitaries and leaders will be part of the commemoration. The Workers’ Party celebrations will serve to show once again how North Korea is trying to shore up its relations with some...
After two years of war and dire food shortages, more than 54,600 children younger than 5 in Gaza may be acutely malnourished, with more than 12,800 severely affected, according to a new study by a U.N. agency. By early August, roughly 16% of children ages 6 months to just under 5 years in Gaza...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel and Hamas agreed Wednesday to pause fighting in Gaza and release at least some hostages and prisoners, accepting a deal put forward by the Trump administration that would represent the biggest breakthrough in months in the devastating two-year-old war. “This means that...
MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) — Across Myanmar and in the refugee camps along its borders, the suffering unleashed by the United States’ gutting of its foreign aid program has been severe and deadly, particularly for children, The Associated Press found. In interviews with 21 Myanmar refugees, five...
BEIJING (AP) — About 900 hikers, guides and other staff who were stranded by a weekend snowstorm on the Chinese side of Mount Everest have reached safety, state media said late Tuesday. A severe storm struck the area Saturday night, cutting off access to where the hikers were staying in tents at...
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday his first foreign trip, to Turkey and Lebanon next month, would provide a historic opportunity to promote Christian unity while bringing a message of peace and hope to Lebanon 's long-suffering people and the broader Middle East. Leo...
CAIRO (AP) — Peace talks between Israel and Hamas resumed at an Egyptian resort city on Tuesday, the two-year anniversary of the militant group 's surprise attack on Israel that triggered the bloody conflict that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The second day...
MADRID (AP) — A building under renovation collapsed in central Madrid on Tuesday, killing two construction workers and leaving two others missing, the mayor of Spain 's capital said. Mayor José Luis Martínez Almeida said that emergency workers and police had recovered the body of a man...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear arguments in its latest LGBTQ+ rights case Tuesday, weighing the constitutionality of bans passed by nearly half of U.S. states on the practice known as conversion therapy for children. The justices are hearing a lawsuit from a Christian counselor...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Twenty-five years after a landmark U.N. resolution demanded equal participation for women in all efforts to promote peace, the United Nations chief said Tuesday that far too often women remain absent. At the same time, sexual violence against women and girls is on the rise...
SIDOARJO, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian crews recovered a dozen bodies Monday as they searched for young people missing after a prayer hall at an Islamic boarding school collapsed last week, bringing the death toll to 61. The structure caved in on Sept. 29 when the students, mostly boys between...
