Category Archives: World
Living Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are freed as part of Gaza ceasefire
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - All 20 living hostages held by Hamas and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel walked free Monday as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that decim...
Oct 13, 2025
Trump urges Israel to seize chance for peace ahead of Egypt summit and presses for Netanyahu pardon
JERUSALEM (AP) - President Donald Trump told Israeli lawmakers on Monday that their country had no more to achieve on the battlefield and must work toward peace in the Middle East after two years of w...
Oct 12, 2025
World leaders throw their weight behind the Gaza ceasefire deal
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) - The U.S. and Egyptian presidents are chairing a gathering of world leaders dubbed "the Summit for Peace" to support ending the two-year war in Gaza after a breakthrough c...
Oct 12, 2025
Bus crash in mountainous region of South Africa kills at least 42 people
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - A bus veered off a road and plunged down an embankment on a steep mountain pass in northern South Africa, killing at least 42 people and leaving another 49 passengers injured, auth...
Oct 12, 2025
First 7 hostages released as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Hamas released seven hostages on Monday, the first to be freed as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that pummeled the Gaza Strip, killed tens of thousands o...
Oct 12, 2025
Trump warns Russia he may send Ukraine long-range Tomahawks if Moscow doesn't settle war soon
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) - President Donald Trump on Sunday warned Russia that he may send Ukraine long-range Tomahawk missiles if Moscow doesn't settle its war there soon - suggesting that he could ...
Oct 12, 2025
Macron's France now has a new Cabinet. It will face an uphill battle to end the political crisis
PARIS (AP) - France's newly reappointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu named a new government Sunday, as he faces pressure to urgently produce a budget and quell political turmoil that is scaring bu...
Oct 12, 2025
4 people were killed and 20 more were injured in a shooting at a bar in South Carolina, sheriff says
BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) - A mass shooting at a crowded bar on an idyllic South Carolina island has left four people dead and at least 20 injured, officials say. The shooting occurred early Sunday at Willi...
Oct 12, 2025
Madagascar's president says a coup is underway after soldiers joined anti-government demonstrations
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) - Madagascar's president said Sunday that an attempted coup was underway in the Indian Ocean country, just a day after members of an elite army unit joined youth-led prot...
Oct 12, 2025
Afghanistan says it has killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in overnight border operations
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan said Sunday it killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in overnight border operations, in response to what it called repeated violations of its territory and airspace. Earli...
Oct 12, 2025
