By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — He was a pope who understood the power of a simple touch: caressing the deformed head of a man in St. Peter's Square, washing the feet of a Muslim prisoner, sinking to his hands and knees to implore South Sudan's rival leaders to make ...
CAIRO (AP) — The main Palestinian rescue service in Gaza on Monday condemned Israel's probe into the killings of 15 medical workers last month, calling it a "fabricated investigation." The army announced the results of its investigation on Sunday, saying it had found "professional failures" ...
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The head of Israel's internal security service on Monday accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to exploit the power of the agency for political and personal gain through a litany of improper demands. His comments ...
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. airstrikes targeting Yemen's capital killed 12 people and wounded 34 others, the Houthi rebels said early Monday. The deaths mark the latest in America's intensified campaign of strikes targeting the rebels. The U.S. ...
By MARCOS ALEMAN and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele proposed carrying out a prisoner swap with Venezuela on Sunday, suggesting he would exchange Venezuelan deportees from the United States his government has kept ...
GENEVA (AP) — Klaus Schwab, the founder of the World Economic Forum, best known for hosting an annual meeting of political, business and other elites in the Swiss Alpine town of Davos, is retiring as chairman more than a half-century after creating the Geneva-based think tank, the forum said ...
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Transnational organized crime groups in East and Southeast Asia are spreading their lucrative scam operations across the globe in response to increased crackdowns by authorities, according to a U.N. report issued on Monday. For several years, ...
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Transnational organized crime groups in East and Southeast Asia are spreading their lucrative scam operations across the globe in response to increased crackdowns by authorities, according to a U.N. report issued on Monday. For several years, ...
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorian authorities warned Saturday that the Andean country is on "high alert" after it received intelligence about an suspected attempt on President Daniel Noboa' s life. Ecuador' s Government Ministry, providing no evidence for its claims, wrote on a post on the ...
By WAFAA SHURAFA, JOSEF FEDERMAN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said again Saturday that Israel has "no choice" but to continue fighting in Gaza and will not end the war before destroying Hamas, freeing the ...
