SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights urged El Salvador Wednesday to end the more than two-year state of emergency , which has suspended fundamental civil rights while the government pursued the country’s powerful street gangs. The regional human rights body noted that plunging rates of violence in El Salvador
The latest mass killing in the U.S. happened Wednesday in Winder, Georgia, where four people were fatally shot at Apalachee High School. Students ran for safety in the football stadium. While officers swarmed the campus near Atlanta, parents raced to find out if their children were safe. It was the country’s 30th mass killing this
Large protests have continued in Tel Aviv in Israel for a fourth consecutive night Wednesday as hundreds took to the streets to call on the government to reach a cease-fire deal that would bring home the remaining hostages held in Gaza. (AP video shot by Ami Bentov) Large protests have continued in Tel Aviv in
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — United Nations officials on Wednesday hailed limited pauses in the fighting between Israel and Hamas to allow children’s polio vaccinations as rare moments of hope in the nearly yearlong war in Gaza. Top U.N. officials on peacebuilding and humanitarian affairs spoke at a meeting requested by Israel, which was backed by
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Federal agents on Wednesday seized $33 million worth of cocaine aboard a boat that was trying to smuggle the drug into the tiny Puerto Rican island of Vieques, according to officials. More than 3,600 pounds (1,670 kilograms) were confiscated in the pre-dawn hours after unidentified people aboard the boat
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel must keep open-ended control of Gaza’s border with Egypt, digging in on his stance on an issue that has threatened to derail cease-fire efforts. Netanyahu’s comments came as the United States is developing a new proposal for a cease-fire and hostage release, hoping
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A damning report on a deadly London high-rise fire concluded Wednesday that decades of failures by government, regulators and industry turned Grenfell Tower into a “death trap” where 72 people lost their lives. (Produced by Luke Garratt) A damning report on a deadly London high-rise fire concluded Wednesday that decades of failures by government, regulators
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba resigned Wednesday. The foreign minister’s resignation came as at least seven people were killed in an overnight strike on Lviv. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba resigned Wednesday. The foreign minister’s resignation came as at least seven people were killed in an overnight strike on Lviv. Published [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull]
A spate of resignations from Ukraine’s government came with one major surprise: the departure of Dmytro Kuleba , the career diplomat who courted Western support for his country’s defense as its tireless foreign minister. Ahead of a major overhaul of the government, six Cabinet ministers have resigned , sending handwritten notes to parliament that offered
