Heavy fighting in Gaza’s second-largest city leaves hundreds of patients stranded in main hospital
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces battled Palestinian militants Wednesday near the main hospital in Gaza's second-largest city of Khan Younis, where medics...
Thousands of people are forced out of their homes after 7.1 quake in western...
UCHTURPAN, China (AP) — As aftershocks continued to rock western China on Wednesday, more than 12,000 people were staying in tents and other shelters,...
China formally restores diplomatic relations with Nauru after Pacific island nation cut Taiwan ties
BEIJING (AP) — China and Nauru formally restored diplomatic relations Wednesday after the tiny Pacific island nation cut its ties with Taiwan earlier this...
South Korea says North Korea has fired several cruise missiles into the sea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea fired several cruise missiles into waters off its western coast, adding to a...
UN chief warns that Israel’s rejection of a two-state solution threatens global peace
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief warned Israel on Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’s rejection of a two-state solution will...
Dueling political factions demonstrate in Venezuela’s capital as presidential election race heats up
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Dueling political factions took to the streets of Venezuela's capital on Tuesday for the first competing rallies of the presidential...
South African police arrest man who says he started a fire that left 76...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A man was arrested Tuesday and will face 76 counts of murder after telling an inquiry that he started a deadly...
Judge says Canada’s use of Emergencies Act to quell truckers’ protests over COVID was...
TORONTO (AP) — A Canadian judge has ruled that the government’s use of the Emergencies Act to quell weeks of protests by truckers and...
Brazil’s official term for poor communities has conveyed stigma. A change has finally been...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — After decades of delay and pressure, Brazil announced Tuesday that it will henceforth use “favelas and urban communities” to...
3 dead in ski-helicopter crash in Canada
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Three people have died in a heli-ski helicopter crash in the Canadian province of British Columbia, authorities said Tuesday.The...
