Hamas on Wednesday handed over 16 more hostages — including 12 Israelis — on the last day of an extended cease-fire with Israel. The latest round of hostages included a group of 10 Israeli women and children, and four Thai ...
It’s a high-profile general election-style debate amid the presidential primary season, pitting two relatively young and very well-known governors of large states who have a knack for grabbing national attention. Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom of California and Republican Gov. Ron ...
A Chinese official who has praised the CCP and denied China’s persecution against the Uyghurs has appeared at another high profile event in the United States, this time meeting with leaders of one of the nation’s top universities. ‘Paid a ...
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who died Wednesday at age 100, exerted far-reaching influence on global affairs under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford between 1969 and 1977, earning both vilification and the Nobel Peace Prize. Here are five ...
THE HAGUE/BEIRUT — Illegal chemical weapons attacks killed and injured thousands during Syria’s civil war, many of them children, but more than a decade later the perpetrators go unpunished. That could change under an initiative to create a new tribunal ...
TOKYO — Japan said it has asked the United States (US) to suspend all nonemergency V-22 Osprey flights over its territory after one fell into the sea on Wednesday in western Japan, marking the country’s first fatal US military plane ...
Nov. 29 — Hundreds of Catholic institutions around the globe have announced plans to divest their finances of oil, gas and coal to help fight climate change since Pope Francis published his landmark encyclical on environmental stewardship in 2015 urging ...
GAZA/JERUSALEM — Israel and Hamas struck a last-minute agreement on Thursday to extend their six-day ceasefire by at least one more day to allow negotiators to keep working on deals to swap hostages held in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners. The ...
Source: WASHINGTON – Henry Kissinger, a controversial Nobel Peace Prize winner and diplomatic powerhouse whose service under two presidents left an indelible mark on US foreign policy, died on Wednesday at age 100, according to his geopolitical consulting firm Kissinger Associates Inc. Mr. Kissinger died at his home in Connecticut, the ...
TEL AVIV – Thai Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara held back tears when he met fellow Thais released to Israel by Hamas after seven weeks of captivity and said on Wednesday he hoped for freedom soon for the remaining 13 hostages. Another two Thai workers were set free on Tuesday, bringing the total released to 23. With ...