By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas released four young female Israeli soldiers on Saturday after more than 15 months in captivity. The release of the four comes days into a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and is part of a long and uncertain process aimed at eventually ...
By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL and GRANT PECK Associated Press
BANGKOK (AP) — A 90-day freeze on foreign assistance programs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump has led to cuts in services to refugees from war-torn Myanmar, including the shutdown of hospital care in camps in Thailand ...
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press
NEW DELHI (AP) — Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women have gathered in India's northern city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest religious gathering.
The festival — site of a stampede on Wednesday — is held every 12 ...
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Two bereaved parents and 12 fellow members of an Australian religious congregation accused of killing an 8-year-old girl by withholding her diabetes medication were found guilty on Wednesday of manslaughter.
Elizabeth Rose Struhs died on Jan. 7, 2022 at her ...
By ELÉONORE HUGHES and DAVID BILLER Associated Press
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Brazilian government Tuesday said it will create a reception center for deported migrants from the United States following controversy over conditions on a recent deportation flight.
President Luiz Inácio ...
By TRISHA THOMAS Associated Press
ROME (AP) — The president of Haiti's transitional presidential council said the Trump administration's decisions to freeze aid programs, deport migrants and block refugees will be "catastrophic" for Haiti.
Leslie Voltaire made the comment in an interview ...
By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel kept thousands of Palestinians from returning to their homes in northern Gaza on Sunday as it accused Hamas of violating a fragile ceasefire by changing the order of hostages it has ...
By ISABEL DEBRE, SAM MEDNICK, WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Four female Israeli soldiers who were taken in the attack that sparked the war in Gaza returned to Israel on Saturday after Hamas militants paraded them before a crowd of thousands in Gaza ...
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The world's focus will be on the remaining survivors of Nazi Germany's atrocities on Monday as world leaders and royalty join them for commemorations on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
The main observances take ...
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press
MAYS AL-JABAL, Lebanon (AP) — Israel's military Saturday set up roadblocks across border towns and roads in a strategic valley in southern Lebanon, a day before the deadline for it to withdraw from the area under an agreement that halted its war with the ...