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White House says Israel and Lebanon have extended deadline for troop withdrawal to Feb. 18

MAYS AL-JABAL, Lebanon (AP) - The White House said Sunday that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend the deadline for Israeli troops to depart southern Lebanon until Feb. 18, after Israel requested...

Jan 26, 2025

Qatar says agreement reached to release Israeli hostage, allow Palestinians to return to north Gaza

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Mediator Qatar says an agreement has been reached to release an Israeli civilian hostage and allow Palestinians to return to northern Gaza. The deal eases the first ma...

Jan 26, 2025

Rebels enter outskirts of Goma and close the airport in the eastern Congo hub

GOMA, Congo (AP) - Congolese rebels and allied Rwandan forces entered the outskirts of Goma on Sunday and the airport in the key eastern city was no longer in use, the top U.N. official in the country...

Jan 26, 2025

Jannik Sinner beats Alexander Zverev in 3 sets for his second Australian Open title in a row

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Jannik Sinner claimed his second consecutive Australian Open championship on Sunday, never facing a single break point and using his complete game to outplay and frustrate ...

Jan 26, 2025

South Korean prosecutors indict impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law, reports say

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean prosecutors on Sunday indicted the impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his imposition of martial law last month, news reports said. Yonhap news agency reporte...

Jan 26, 2025

Belarus strongman set to win a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce

The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country held an orchestrated election virtually guaranteed to give the 70-year-old au...

Jan 25, 2025

Some 70 people killed in attack on hospital in Sudan's Darfur region, WHO chief says

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Some 70 people were killed in an attack on the only functional hospital in the besieged city of El Fasher in Sudan, the chief of the World Health Organization said S...

Jan 25, 2025

Belarus strongman set to win a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce

The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country held an orchestrated election virtually guaranteed to give the 70-year-old au...

Jan 25, 2025

Some 70 people killed in attack on hospital in Sudan's Darfur region, WHO chief says

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Some 70 people have been killed in an attack on the only functional hospital in the besieged city of El Fasher in Sudan, the chief of the World Health Organization s...

Jan 25, 2025

Trump wants Jordan and Egypt to accept more refugees and floats plan to 'just clean out' Gaza

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) - President Donald Trump said Saturday he'd like to see Jordan, Egypt and other Arab nations increase the number of Palestinian refugees they are accepting from the Gaza Stri...

Jan 25, 2025