Aid ship sets out for Gaza where thousands face starvation
By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy and Menelaos Hadjicostis | Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip — An aid ship loaded with some 200 tons of food set sail for Gaza on …
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Blast rocks city where Ukraine president, Greek PM meet
By Susie Blann and Derek Gatopolous | Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine — The sound of a large explosion reverberated around the Ukrainian port of Odesa as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and …
Navalny possibly ‘days’ away from swap when he died
By Anna Chernova, Sebastian Shulka, Christian Edwards and Jennifer Hansler | CNN Negotiations to release Russia’s opposition leader Alexey Navalny in a prisoner swap had reached their “final stage” just before his …
Hungary’s parliament approves Sweden’s bid to join NATO
By Justin Spike | Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary’s parliament voted Monday to ratify Sweden’s bid to join NATO, ending more than 18 months of delays that frustrated the …
Wide opposition to Netanyahu’s plan to control Gaza after war
By Wafaa Shurafa and Bassem Mroue | Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — A long-awaited postwar plan by Israel’s prime minister shows that his government seeks open-ended control over …
Russia claims to have taken complete control of Avdiivka
By Susie Blann | Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces have completed their takeover of Avdiivka by eliminating the last pocket of resistance at the eastern Ukraine city’s huge …
Putin’s opposition is largely dead or in prison. Now what?
By Emma Burrows | Associated Press LONDON — Alexei Navalny was asked four years ago what he’d tell Russians if he were killed for challenging President Vladimir Putin. “You’re not …
US officials investigate killing of 2 Palestinian-Amer. teens
By Julia Frankel | Associated Press JERUSALEM — The families of two Palestinian-American teenagers killed in separate but eerily similar incidents in the West Bank say investigators from the American …
Netanyahu rejects Hamas cease-fire demands
By Matthew Lee, Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy | Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday rejected Hamas’ terms for a cease-fire and hostage-release …
Half of US adults think Israel has gone too far
By Ellen Knickmeyer and Linley Sanders | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Half of U.S. adults say Israel’s 15-week-old military campaign in Gaza has “gone too far,” a finding driven mainly …