Mothers of Israeli soldiers gathered outside the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem on Wednesday to urge President Joe Biden to back Israel to win its war on Hamas in Gaza and stop humanitarian aid from entering the war-battered Strip. (AP Video/Ami Bentov) Mothers of Israeli soldiers gathered outside the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem on Wednesday to
Love him or hate him, all eyes are on Nayib Bukele. To some, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele is a national hero who beat back the country’s violent gangs with an unrelenting hand. (Feb. 1) (AP video/Fernanda Pesce) Love him or hate him, all eyes are on Nayib Bukele. To some, El Salvador President Nayib
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LIMA, Peru (AP) — The intelligence chief of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was sentenced Wednesday to 19 years and eight months in prison in connection with the 1992 massacre of six suspected rebels in central Peru.Vladimiro Montesinos, already in prison due to previous convictions, earlier this week pleaded guilty to charges of homicide, murder
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said Wednesday that her administration is considering boosting its support for Texas’ efforts to deter immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border, such as sending razor wire and security personnel.The second-term Republican governor blasted conditions at the border in a speech to a joint session of the Legislature, a gathering she requested
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s government on Wednesday backtracked on plans to outsource the sale of entry tickets to Machu Picchu to a private company, a week after protesters blocked access to the country’s most famous tourist attraction and rail service to the area was suspended. Despite the resolution, the streets, hotels and restaurants around
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Israel has ignored the ruling by the U.N.’s top court last week by killing hundreds more civilians in a matter of days in Gaza, South Africa’s foreign minister said Wednesday, adding that her country has asked why an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not been issued
LEVITTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A man accused of beheading his father in suburban Philadelphia posted a gruesome video on social media that shows him holding up the severed head and railing against the government, authorities said Wednesday.Justin Mohn, 32, who is charged with first-degree murder and abusing a corpse, was armed and had jumped a
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The first of two back-to-back atmospheric rivers slowly pushed into California on Wednesday, triggering statewide storm preparations and calls for people to get ready for potential flooding, heavy snow and damaging winds.Known as a “Pineapple Express” because its long plume of moisture stretched back across the Pacific to near Hawaii, the
WASHINGTON (AP) — Interest rate cuts are coming. Just not yet.The Federal Reserve delivered that message Wednesday, first in a policy statement and then in a news conference at which Chair Jerome Powell reinforced it.The Fed did signal that it’s nearing a long-awaited shift toward cutting rates, evidence that its officials have grown confident that
