Syria says an Israeli airstrike hit the Damascus airport and put it out of service
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media say an Israeli airstrike has hit the international airport in the Syrian capital and put it out of commission.…
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Biden says 4-year-old Abigail Edan was released by Hamas. He hopes more U.S. hostages will be freed
By SEUNG MIN KIM and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — President Joe Biden confirmed Sunday that Abigail Edan, a 4-year-old…
Continue Reading 4 found dead near North Carolina homeless camp; 3 shot before shooter killed self, police say
AUTRYVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Deputies responding to a call about shots fired in North Carolina on Sunday found four people shot to death in what they…
Continue Reading An alliance of Myanmar ethnic groups claim capture of another big trade crossing at Chinese border
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — An alliance of armed ethnic minority groups that launched a surprise offensive last month against…
Continue Reading Russia puts the spokesman for Facebook owner Meta on a wanted list
By The Associated Press Russia’s interior ministry has added the spokesman of U.S. technology company Meta to a wanted list according to its…
Continue Reading Turned down for a loan, business owners look to family and even crowdsourcing to get money to grow
By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Among the many challenges small businesses face as they try to grow these days, getting a loan…
Continue Reading Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter were not only a global power couple but also best friends and life mates
By BILL BARROW Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are known for being a global power couple. But they were also best…
Continue Reading Israel summons Irish ambassador over tweet it alleges doesn’t adequately condemn Hamas
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Foreign Ministry said Sunday that it would summon the Irish ambassador over a…
Continue Reading Tens of thousands march against antisemitism in London including UK ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Tens of thousands of people including former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson gathered in London on…
Continue Reading Lawyer for Italian student arrested in ex-girlfriend’s slaying says he’s disoriented, had psych exam
ROME (AP) — A lawyer for the Italian man extradited from Germany for the kidnapping and slaying and his former girlfriend says he hasn’t yet…
Continue Reading Terry Venables, the former England, Tottenham and Barcelona coach, has died at 80
By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Former England, Tottenham and Barcelona manager Terry Venables has died. He was 80. He was a former England soccer…
Continue Reading Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter were not only a global power couple but also best friends and life mates
By BILL BARROW Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — In spring 1955, Rosalynn Carter was doing what she had sworn to avoid when she married an…
Continue Reading US Navy seizes attackers who held Israel-linked tanker. Missiles from rebel-controlled Yemen follow
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Armed assailants seized and later let go a tanker linked to Israel off the…
Continue Reading 12 crew members are missing, 1 dead after a cargo ship sinks off a Greek island in stormy seas
By DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say an operation is underway to find 12 members of a cargo ship that…
Continue Reading Irish writer Paul Lynch wins Booker Prize with dystopian novel ‘Prophet Song’
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Irish writer Paul Lynch won the Booker Prize for fiction on Sunday with what judges called a…
Continue Reading Many voters are weary about a Biden-Trump rematch in 2024. Third parties hope they can fill the gap
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The 2024 presidential election is drawing a robust field of independent, third party and long…
Continue Reading Republicans want to pair border security with aid for Ukraine. Here’s why that makes a deal so tough
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Congress returns to session this week, lawmakers will be trying to…
Continue Reading China says a surge in respiratory illnesses is caused by flu and other known pathogens
BEIJING (AP) — China’s health ministry says a surge in respiratory illnesses across the country that has drawn the attention of the World Health…
Continue Reading Heavy snowfall in Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova leaves 1 person dead and many without electricity
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Heavy snowfall and strong blizzards in Romania and Moldova have left one person dead and hundreds of localities without…
Continue Reading Four local employees of Germany’s main aid agency arrested in Afghanistan
BERLIN (AP) — A German government official says Taliban authorities in Afghanistan arrested four local employees of Germany’s main…
Continue Reading India’s LGBTQ+ community holds pride march, raises concerns over country’s restrictive laws
By SHONAL GANGULY Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — More than 2,000 people took part in a gay pride event in New Delhi, waving rainbow flags and…
Continue Reading Russia says it downed dozens of Ukrainian drones headed for Moscow, following a mass strike on Kyiv
By The Associated Press Ukraine tried to attack Moscow with dozens of drones, Russian authorities said Sunday, just a day after Ukrainian officials…
Continue Reading Pope Francis says he has a lung inflammation but will go to Dubai this week for a climate conference
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday revealed that he has a lung inflammation but will go later…
Continue Reading Curfew in Sierra Leone after gunmen attacked the main military barracks and detention centers
By KEMO CHAM and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Sierra Leone’s president has declared a nationwide curfew after…
Continue Reading Israeli forces kill at least 8 Palestinians in surging West Bank violence, health officials say
By MAJDI MOHAMMED and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces operating in the occupied West Bank…
Continue Reading Hamas releases a third group of hostages as part of truce, and says it will seek to extend the deal
By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hamas was back on track…
Continue Reading South Korea, Japan and China agree to resume trilateral leaders’ summit, but without specific date
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Meeting for the first time in about four years, the top diplomats from South Korea,…
Continue Reading Dead, wounded or AWOL: The voices of desperate Russian soldiers trying to get out of the Ukraine war
By ERIKA KINETZ Associated Press In audio intercepts from the front lines in Ukraine, Russian soldiers speak in shorthand of 200s to mean dead, 300s…
Continue Reading ‘You’ll die in this pit’: Takeaways from secret recordings of Russian soldiers in Ukraine
By ERIKA KINETZ Associated Press Secretly recorded calls of Russian soldiers speaking from the front lines in Ukraine with loved ones back home offer…
Continue Reading With antisemitism rising as the Israel-Hamas war rages, Europe’s Jews worry
By JAMEY KEATEN and LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — As he sits in Geneva, Michel Dreifuss does not feel all that far away from the…
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