Gaza's Hamas rulers released two Americans on Friday among some 200 hostages they abducted in brutal October 7 attacks in Israel and indicated that more could follow. Judith Tai Raanan and her daughter Natalie Shoshana Raanan were back in Israel late Friday, the Israeli government said. No...
NEW YORK, United States - The New York judge presiding over Donald Trump's civil fraud trial fined the former US president $5,000 on Friday for not complying with a partial gag order and threatened him with possible jail time for future violations. Former President Donald Trump Judge Arthur...
JERUSALEM - Most of the 200 or so people kidnapped in Israel by Hamas militants and taken to the Gaza Strip are still alive, the Israeli military said on Friday. "The majority of the hostages are alive. There were also dead bodies that were taken... to the Gaza Strip," an army statement said. The...
RAFAH , Egypt - Aid trucks waiting to cross from Egypt into Gaza are "a lifeline" which need to move into the war-torn Palestinian enclave as soon as possible, the UN chief said Friday. "These trucks are not just trucks, they are a lifeline. They are the difference between life and death for...
MOSCOW, Russia - The Kremlin denounced Friday an address by US President Joe Biden in which he compared Russia to Hamas and called Vladimir Putin a "tyrant." "We do not accept such a tone in relation to the Russian Federation, in relation to our president," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told...
WASHINGTON, United States - European Council President Charles Michel will visit Egypt on Saturday where he will call for support for the country, which borders the war-torn Gaza Strip, he said Thursday. "Egypt needs support, so let's support Egypt," said Michel, who is in Washington to attend...
NAIROBI, Kenya - Four women died in a stampede in western Kenya Friday after a crowd panicked when people mistook the effect of tea spilt on a fire for tear gas, police said. The incident in the town of Kericho happened outside a stadium where President William Ruto was due to deliver a...
BRECHIN, United Kingdom - Two people died and families were trapped in flooded homes in Scotland on Friday as Storm Babet moved east after pounding Ireland. The UK's Met Office issued a rare red severe weather warning for parts of eastern Scotland with "exceptional rainfall" of up to 22...
PARIS, France - A 16-year-old was arrested over a bomb hoax outside Paris, police sources said on Friday, as authorities scrambled to halt a week of bomb scares at airports, schools and landmarks. The spate of fake threats has hit a country on high alert since the Hamas attack on Israel,...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Federal prosecutors on Thursday rejected Donald Trump's attempt to have election conspiracy charges dismissed on the grounds that he enjoys immunity for actions he took while in the White House. "No one in this country, not even the president, is above the law," special...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Thursday he wants to build a "forward-looking" relationship with Russia as he met with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, state media reported. This handout picture released by the Russian Foreign Ministry on October 19, 2023 shows Russian...
Palestinians in war-torn Gaza on Friday awaited emergency aid promised in a deal struck by US President Joe Biden, as Israel kept up its bombardment of targets in the Hamas-run enclave. The Hamas-controlled interior ministry said several displaced people who had sheltered at a church compound in...
