Category Archives: World
US-backed aid company in Gaza shutters operations as Israel's military and defense minister clash
JERUSALEM (AP) - The U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, set up to distribute aid to Gaza as an alternative to the United Nations but which Palestinians said endangered the lives of ...
Nov 24, 2025
Suicide bombers strike security force headquarters in northwestern Pakistan, killing 3 officers
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Two suicide bombers attacked the headquarters of a security force in northwestern Pakistan on Monday morning, killing at least three officers and wounding five others, police...
Nov 23, 2025
Israel says it killed a senior Hezbollah official in first strike on Beirut in months
HARET HREIK, Lebanon (AP) - Israel on Sunday struck Lebanon's capital for the first time since June, saying it killed Hezbollah's chief of staff Haytham Tabtabai and warning the Iran-backed militant g...
Nov 23, 2025
50 schoolchildren escape captivity in Nigeria, 253 students and 12 teachers still being held
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Fifty of the 303 schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic school in north-central Nigeria's Niger state have escaped captivity and are now with their families, the school authorit...
Nov 23, 2025
US and Ukraine report making progress toward ending Russia-Ukraine war but provide scant details
GENEVA (AP) - Top U.S. and Ukrainian officials said Sunday they were making progress toward ending the Russia-Ukraine war but provided scant details as they discussed the American proposal to achieve ...
Nov 23, 2025
Indigenous people reflect on the meaning of their participation in COP30 climate talks
BELEM, Brazil (AP) - Indigenous people filled the streets, paddled the waterways and protested at the heart of the venue to make their voices heard during the United Nations climate talks that were su...
Nov 22, 2025
UN climate deal increases money to countries hit by climate change, but no explicit fossil fuel plan
BELEM, Brazil (AP) - United Nations climate talks in Brazil reached a subdued agreement Saturday that pledged more funding for countries to adapt to the wrath of extreme weather. But the catch-all agr...
Nov 22, 2025
Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire's latest test as hospitals say 24 killed
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel's military on Saturday launched airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza in the latest test of the ceasefire that began on Oct. 10, as Prime Minister Benjamin...
Nov 22, 2025
Brazil's ex-president Bolsonaro arrested over alleged plot to escape and avoid 27-year prison term
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's federal police on Saturday arrested former president Jair Bolsonaro over suspicion he was plotting to escape and avoid starting a 27-year prison sentence for leading a...
Nov 22, 2025
Number of children abducted in Nigerian school attack raised to more than 300
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack on St. Mary's School, a Catholic institution in north-central Nigeria's Niger state, the Ch...
Nov 22, 2025