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Israel-Hamas truce will be extended for 2 more days
An agreement has been reached to extend the Israel-Hamas truce for another two days, the spokesman for Qatar’s Foreign Ministry said Monday. Qatar, along...
Elon Musk visits Israel to meet top leaders as accusations of antisemitism on X grow
Elon Musk, who's been under fire for endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory and wider accusations of hatred flourishing on his social media platform X,...
Suspect in shooting of 3 men of Palestinian descent near University of Vermont pleads not guilty
A Vermont man pleaded not guilty to attempted murder Monday in connection with the shooting of three college students of Palestinian descent who were spending...
Critically endangered Sumatran rhino successfully gives birth
A critically endangered Sumatran rhino was born in Indonesia’s western island of Sumatra on Saturday, the second Sumatran rhino born in the country this...
Russia deems Meta terrorist organization as spokesman placed on wanted list
Russia has added the spokesman of U.S. technology company Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, to a wanted list, according to an online database maintained...
What's Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2023? Hint: Be true to yourself
In an age of deepfakes and post-truth, as artificial intelligence rose and Elon Musk turned Twitter into X, the Merriam-Webster word of the year for 2023 is...
Curfew in Sierra Leone after gunmen attacked the main military barracks and detention centres
Sierra Leone’s president declared a nationwide curfew Sunday after gunmen attacked the military's main and largest barracks in the West African...
Hamas releases third group of hostages as part of truce deal, while Netanyahu visits Gaza
UPDATE: 9:10 a.m. The fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hamas was back on track Sunday as the militants freed 17 more hostages, including 14 Israelis, in a...
Hamas to release 13 Israelis, 7 foreigners for 39 Palestinians after hours-long delay, mediators say
UPDATE: 12:30 p.m. Hamas agreed to release 13 Israelis and seven foreigners late Saturday in exchange for 39 Palestinians imprisoned by Israel, Qatari and...
One of world's largest icebergs drifting beyond Antarctic waters after it was grounded for 3 decades
One of the world’s largest icebergs is drifting beyond Antarctic waters, after being grounded for more than three decades, according to the British...
Pope Francis has a hospital checkup after coming down with the flu
Pope Francis went to the hospital Saturday for tests after he came down with the flu, but the results ruled out any respiratory problems, the Vatican said....
Ex-officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd's killing, stabbed in prison, AP source says
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, was stabbed by another inmate and seriously injured Friday at a...
5 family members and a commercial fisherman neighbor are ID'd as dead or missing in Alaska landslide
Authorities on Friday identified those missing or killed in an Alaska landslide this week as five family members and their neighbor, a commercial fisherman who...
Israel releases 33 hostages as four-day cease-fire begins
A Palestinian official says 33 Palestinians have been released by Israel from a West Bank prison. Their release came shortly after Hamas released 24 hostages...
Rescuers in India resume drilling to free 41 construction workers from collapsed tunnel
Rescue teams resumed drilling Friday to reach 41 construction workers who have been trapped in a collapsed tunnel in northern India for nearly two weeks after a...
Ukraine aims major drone attack at Crimea as Russia tries to capture destroyed eastern city
Ukraine launched one of the biggest drone attacks on the Moscow-annexed Crimean Peninsula since the full-scale war that started with Russia's invasion 21...
Missouri governor granting pardons at pace not seen since WWII era
Distraught by a romantic breakup, 16-year-old Kenny Batson vented his hurt by stomping out the windshields of cars on a for-sale lot. He landed in juvenile...
South African Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius granted parole, will be released from prison on Jan. 5
Double-amputee Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was granted parole Friday, 10 years after shooting his girlfriend through a toilet door at his home in South...
Four-day truce begins in Israel-Hamas war, sets stage for release of dozens of Gaza-held hostages
A four-day truce in the Israel-Hamas war took effect early Friday, setting the stage for the exchange of dozens of hostages held by militants in Gaza in return...
Israel reveals signs of Hamas activity at Shifa, but a promised command center remains elusive
Nearly a month ago, the Israeli military unveiled a detailed 3D model of Gaza’s Shifa Hospital showing a series of underground installations that it said...