Netanyahu says Israel considering alternatives to ceasefire talks with Hamas
CAIRO (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday his government was considering “alternative options” to ceasefire…
Columbia genocide scholar may leave over university’s new antisemitism definition
NEW YORK — For years, Marianne Hirsch, a prominent genocide scholar at Columbia University, has used Hannah Arendt’s…
A clash over men’s beachwear divides Algerian town of Chetaibi
CHETAIBI, Algeria (AP) — A scenic beach town on Algeria’s Mediterranean coastline has become the center of a…
Trump envoy Witkoff says US cutting short Gaza ceasefire talks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is cutting short Gaza ceasefire talks and bringing its negotiating team home…
The Latest: Major media say Gaza staff face starvation as US envoy prepares to host ceasefire talks
Four leading news organizations said Thursday their journalists in Gaza are facing the threat of starvation as the…
Photos show Palestinians enduring war and hunger in Gaza
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are contending with war and hunger 21 months into the offensive Israel launched…
UN concerned by Taliban’s arrest of Afghan women and girls for dress code violations
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations on Monday expressed concern about the Taliban’s arrest of Afghan women and…
UN food agency says Israel used tanks and snipers to fire on a crowd seeking aid in Gaza
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The U.N. food agency accused Israel of using tanks, snipers and other…
Netanyahu’s coalition is rattled as ultra-Orthodox party announces exit over military draft law
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Israeli ultra-Orthodox party that has been a key governing partner of Prime…
Kentucky church shooting suspect had an upcoming domestic violence hearing
The man accused of a shooting rampage Sunday at a rural Kentucky church after wounding a state trooper…
Scopes trial turns 100, but debate over religion in schools continues
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — One hundred years ago, a public high school teacher stood trial in Dayton, Tennessee,…
Five members of a family were accused of witchcraft and brutally murdered by a mob in India, police say
New Delhi — Police have arrested three people suspected of brutally murdering five members of a family who were…