CAIRO (AP) — As desperate Palestinians in sealed-off Gaza try to find refuge under Israel’s relentless bombardment in retaliation for Hamas’ brutal Oct. 7 attack, some ask why neighboring Egypt and Jordan don’t take them in.The two countries, which flank Israel on opposite sides and share borders with Gaza and the occupied West Bank, respectively
BEIRUT (AP) — Hundreds of angry protesters clashed Wednesday with Lebanese security forces in a Beirut suburb near the U.S. Embassy in support of both Gaza’s civilian residents and Hamas in its war with Israel.The protest in the Aukar neighborhood came as U.S. President Joe Biden made a show of solidarity with Israel during his
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul arrived in Israel on Wednesday to begin a trip intended to show support for the country during its war with Hamas. The Democratic governor landed at Ben-Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv around 5:40 p.m. with a group of state police officers and top aides
NEW YORK (AP) — Lionel Messi’s annualized compensation from his Major League Soccer contract with Inter Miami is just over $20.4 million, the MLS Players Association said Wednesday.Messi earns more than the entire payroll of all but three other MLS teams and twice as much as every player combined on Orlando City.The 36-year-old star has
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — In what has become an all-too familiar sight, Neymar left the soccer field in tears after yet another injury.Quite a contrast to Lionel Messi’s smiles at Inter Miami and Cristiano Ronaldo’s reenergized success with Portugal.Neymar hurt his knee in the first half of Brazil’s 2-0 World Cup qualifying loss at Uruguay
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday sought protection from arrest from a court in Islamabad ahead of his planned return to the country, his attorney and officials said.Sharif, who lived in voluntary exile in London until this month, is expected to return home on Saturday. He is currently a fugitive
GENEVA (AP) — Dozens of U.S. activists who champion LGBTQ, indigenous, reproductive and other rights and who campaign against discrimination turned their backs Wednesday in a silent protest against what they called insufficient U.S. government responses to their human rights concerns.The protesters, who came from places as diverse as Guam, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and beyond
DENVER (AP) — The remains of at least 189 people have been removed from a Colorado funeral home, up from an initial estimate of about 115 when the decaying and improperly stored bodies were discovered two weeks ago, officials said Tuesday.The remains were found by authorities responding to a report of an “abhorrent smell” inside
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says the leaders of Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti and Honduras will attend a summit on migration that Mexico will host Sunday. The four countries are among the biggest sources of migrants currently showing up at the U.S. border.President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela, President
PARIS (AP) — A Taliban court in Afghanistan has released a French-Afghan journalist held for 284 days and cleared him of espionage and other charges, Reporters Without Borders said Wednesday.The press freedom group said it is now working to quickly reunite Mortaza Behboudi with his wife, Alexandra, in Paris.“It is the end of a painful
