TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was set to meet Israeli leaders on Wednesday as Hamas suggested it was open to a new ceasefire and hostage release deal, but both sides remain dug in on thus far elusive goals as the war enters its fifth month.The deadliest round of fighting
Japanese officials say a pod of killer whales that was trapped in drift ice off the northern main island of Hokkaido, prompting concern from environmental groups, has apparently safely escaped. The killer whales, also known as orcas, were initially spotted by a local fisherman who reported them to officials in the nearby town of Rausu
Residents and navy personnel in Chile’s Valparaíso region remove debris as hundreds of people remain missing after massive forest fires in the country’s central region. (AP video/Mauricio Cuevas) (Feb 6.) Residents and navy personnel in Chile’s Valparaíso region remove debris as hundreds of people remain missing after massive forest fires in the country’s central region.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia fired cruise and ballistic missiles and Shahed-type drones at six regions across Ukraine on Wednesday morning, authorities reported, killing at least three civilians and injuring 14 others, including a pregnant woman.The attacks targeted at least three major cities, including the capital Kyiv, where the European Union’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A pair of bombings at the election offices of a political party and an independent candidate in southwest Pakistan killed at least 24 people and wounded more than two dozen others, officials said Wednesday, the day before parliamentary elections are to be held.The first attack happened in Pashin, a district in
BANGKOK (AP) — Chinese and U.S. officials have met in Beijing for talks on tough issues dividing the two largest economies, as trade and tariffs increasingly draw attention in the runup to the U.S. presidential election. China’s Ministry of Finance said Beijing raised objections to higher tariffs on Chinese exports, two-way investment restrictions and other
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak is disapppinted he wasn’t given a full royal pardon of his 12-year prison sentence for graft, and may file a new appeal to the new monarch, his lawyer said Wednesday.The decision last week by the Pardons Board to cut in half Najib’s jail term sparked
BRUSSELS (AP) — With the embattled U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza teetering on the brink of financial collapse, one of its biggest donors is wavering over whether to extend it a lifeline worth tens of millions of dollars within the next few weeks.Israel’s allegations that 12 employees of the aid agency known as
TOKYO (AP) — A pod of killer whales that was trapped in drift ice off Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido, prompting concern from environmental groups, has apparently safely escaped, officials said Wednesday.The killer whales, also known as orcas, were initially spotted by a local fisherman who reported them to officials in the nearby town
