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US Military Airlifts Embassy Personnel From Haiti, Bolsters Security
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said on Sunday it has carried out an operation in Haiti to airlift non-essential embassy personnel from the country and added U.S. forces bolster embassy security, as Caribbean nation reels under a state of emergency....
Hunger Rampant in Gaza as Israel, Hamas Fighting Intensifies
Fighting intensified between Hamas and Israel on Thursday as a U.N.-backed body warned that the entire population of Gaza – more than 2 million people – is at crisis levels or worse of hunger and the potential for famine is on the horizon. Heavy...
Violence Escalates Between Israel, Lebanon's Hezbollah
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM — Violence escalated at Lebanon's border with Israel on Sunday as Hezbollah launched explosive drones and powerful missiles at Israeli positions and Israeli airstrikes rocked several towns and villages in south Lebanon. Israel and...
Israel, Hamas Engage in Fierce Battles in Gaza’s Biggest Cities
Israeli forces shot and killed six Palestinians on Friday in a refugee camp, near the town of Tubas on the occupied West Bank as the Israel-Hamas war in the southern Gaza Strip entered its third month. Also Friday, Israel’s military responded to an...
Fighting Between Hamas and Israel Resumes in Gaza
Fighting between Hamas and Israel has resumed in Gaza after a seven-day cessation that facilitated the exchange of hostages and Palestinian prisoners and the flow of humanitarian aid in the devastated enclave. Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry says...
Israel, Hamas Agree to Extend Truce for Two More Days
Israel and Hamas reached an agreement Monday to extend their cease-fire in Gaza for two more days, with the militants releasing more hostages and the Jewish state freeing more Palestinian prisoners, the Qatari government announced. The extension of...
Release of Hostages, Prisoners Begins Under Israel-Hamas Truce
JERUSALEM / WASHINGTON — As a truce took effect between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, President Joe Biden on Friday took partial credit for the negotiated release of hostages by Hamas and the freeing of prisoners by Israel, saying it was the “result of...
Iran President Says Israeli 'Normalization' Deals Will Fail
WASHINGTON — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said in a U.S. television interview on Sunday that U.S.-sponsored efforts to normalize Israeli relations with Gulf Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, "will see no success." In an interview with CNN,...
Analysts: Effect of Libya's Killer Storm Made Worse by Decade of Conflict
AMMAN, JORDAN — Just hours after epic storm Daniel dumped torrential rains on Libya's coast, breaching dams and killing thousands, some called it perhaps the deadliest and costliest Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone ever recorded. Described by...
Thousands of Migrants Stranded in Niger Because of Border Closures
NIAMEY, NIGER — After three months of crossing the desert and then watching other migrants die at sea in his failed attempt to reach Europe, Sahr John Yambasu gave up on getting across the Mediterranean and decided to go back home. The 29-year-old...