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File - Palestinians crowded together as they wait for food distribution in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. World dignitaries, aid agencies and others are gathering Thursday in Paris to find solutions for providing aid to needy civilians in Gaza, including proposals for a humanitarian maritime corridor and floating field hospitals. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali, File)
Western and Arab officials are gathering in Paris to find ways to provide aid to civilians in Gaza
Officials from Western and Arab nations, the United Nations and nongovernmental organizations are gathering Thursday in Paris for a conference on how to provide aid to civilians in the Gaza Strip. … more
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FILE - The November 1938 file photo shows a group of people standing outside a Jewish-owned shop in an unnamed German town, after the Kristallnacht, when Nazi-incited mass riots left more than 91 jews dead, damaged more than 1,000 synagogues and left some 7,500 Jewish businesses ransacked and looted. The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, also referred to as the Claims Conference, presents an interactive, virtual reality experience project to tell the story about the pogroms of the Kristallnacht or 'Night of broken glass'. (AP Photo, File)
Holocaust survivor recalls 'Night of Broken Glass' horrors in interactive, virtual reality project
Charlotte Knobloch was 6 years old when she saw the synagogues of Munich burning and watched helplessly as two Nazi officers marched away a beloved friend of her father who was beaten up and bleeding … more
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An Israeli soldier stands in an apartment during a ground operation in the Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. Israeli ground forces entered the Gaza Strip as they press ahead with their war against Hamas militants in retaliation for the group's unprecedented Oct. 7 attack on Israel. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Israeli military tour of northern Gaza reveals ravaged buildings, toppled trees, former weapons lab
International journalists escorted by the Israeli military got a glimpse of the devastation wrought by nearly two weeks of heavy fighting in the northern Gaza Strip. A journalist from The Associated … more
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Israeli soldiers are seen during a ground operation in the Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. Israeli ground forces entered the Gaza Strip as they press ahead with their war against Hamas militants in retaliation for the group's unprecedented Oct. 7 attack on Israel. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Israel says it will maintain "overall security responsibility" for Gaza. What might that look like?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not elaborate when he said that Israel would maintain indefinite “overall security responsibility” in Gaza once it removes Hamas from power in response to … more
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Parents of a terminally ill baby lose UK legal battle to bring her home
A judge at Britain’s High Court has ruled that life support for a terminally ill 8-month-old baby should be withdrawn at a hospice or hospital. Wednesday's ruling came despite efforts by the … more
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From left to right, British Foreign Minister James Cleverly, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, front, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, front, and French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna pose for a photo at the beginning of the session 1 of the G7 Foreign Ministers' meeting at the Foreign Ministry's Iikura guesthouse in Tokyo Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. (Toshifumi Kitamura/Pool Photo via AP)
G7 nations announce a unified stance on Israel-Hamas war after intensive meetings in Tokyo
Top diplomats from the Group of Seven leading industrial democracies have announced a unified stance on the Israel-Hamas war after intensive meetings in Tokyo, condemning Hamas, supporting Israel’s … more
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Five bodies, including those of three children, were pulled out from the rubble of destroyed buildings in the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Tuesday, after the area was hit by an Israeli airstrike. (07 November/AP video: Najib Jobain & Mohammad Jahjooh)
Growing numbers of Palestinians flee on foot as Israel says its troops are battling inside Gaza City
Thousands of Palestinians are fleeing south on foot with only what they can carry after running out of food and water in the north. Israel says its troops are battling Hamas militants deep inside … more
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FILE - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. talks beside Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, not shown, during their joint statement at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on Nov. 3, 2023. Dozens of Filipinos fled from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip into Egypt through the Rafah crossing after Filipino diplomats negotiated for their safe passage and Qatar mediated for the border to be opened, Marcos said Wednesday, Nov. 8. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, Pool, File)
40 Filipinos flee war-ravaged Gaza Strip through Rafah crossing and arrive in Egypt
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says 40 Filipinos have fled from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip into Egypt through the Rafah crossing after Filipino diplomats negotiated for their safe passage … more
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FILE - In this photo released on Oct. 25, 2023, by the Hezbollah Media Relations Office, Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, right, meets with Ziad al-Nakhleh, the head of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, center, and Hamas deputy chief, Saleh al-Arouri, in Beirut. When the Lebanese militia Hezbollah announced last week that its leader Hassan Nasrallah would deliver his first public speech since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, much of the region held its breath. (Hezbollah Media Relations Office, via AP, File)
How Lebanon's Hezbollah group became a critical player in the Israel-Hamas war
The Lebanese militia Hezbollah has traded fire with Israeli troops along the border since the day after Hamas’ Oct. 7 surprise attack in southern Israel sparked war in the Gaza Strip. Both sides … more
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken gets into a vehicle as he arrives at Yokota Air Base ahead of G7 ministerial meetings in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)
Israel-Hamas war crowds crisis-heavy global agenda as Blinken, G7 foreign ministers meet in Japan
Fresh from a whirlwind tour of the Middle East, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is shifting his intense diplomacy on the Israel-Hamas war to Asia. Blinken and his counterparts from the G7 … more
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Hundreds of family members and supporters of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza protested outside Israel’s parliament in Jerusalem to call for their release. (Nov. 7)(AP video/Sam McNeil and Moshe Edri)
A month into war, Netanyahu says Israel will have an 'overall security' role in Gaza indefinitely
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will have “overall security responsibility” in Gaza for an indefinite period after its war with Hamas. It's the clearest indication yet that … more
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Italy grants citizenship to a terminally ill British baby after a Vatican hospital offers her care
An 8-month-old terminally ill British girl has been granted Italian citizenship after a court in Britain authorized the withdrawal of life-supporting invasive treatment. It's the latest case where … more
Palestinians flee the southern Gaza Strip on Salah al-Din street in Bureij on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
Civilians fleeing northern Gaza's combat zone report a terrifying journey on foot past Israeli tanks
What was once Gaza’s busiest thoroughfare has become a terrifying escape route for Palestinian civilians running for their lives from heavy combat. After Israel announced it was opening a safe … more
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FILE - Pro-Palestinian supporters demonstrate at the entrance to the Israeli embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, on Oct. 20, 2023. South Africa's government has recalled Monday Nov. 6, 2023 its ambassador and diplomatic mission to Israel in condemnation of the bombardment of the Gaza Strip, calling it “a genocide”. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File)
South Africa recalls ambassador and diplomatic mission to Israel and accuses it of genocide in Gaza
South Africa’s government has recalled Monday its ambassador and diplomatic mission to Israel in condemnation of the bombardment of the Gaza Strip, calling it a “genocide”. The government also … more
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FILE - People demonstrate alongside relatives of people kidnapped during the Oct. 7 Hamas cross-border attack in Israel, during a protest calling for the return of the hostages, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. At a time when world sentiment has begun to sour on Israel's devastating airstrikes in Gaza, the vast majority of Israelis, across the political spectrum, are convinced of the justice of the war. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)
Israelis overwhelmingly are confident in the justice of the Gaza war, even as world sentiment sours
At a time when world sentiment has begun to sour on Israel’s devastating offensive in Gaza, the vast majority of Israelis are convinced of the justice of the war. Still under rocket and missile … more
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Israeli warplanes struck two refugee camps in the Gaza Strip early Sunday, killing at least 53 people and wounding dozens, health officials said. The strikes came as Israel said it would press on with its offensive to crush the territory's Hamas rulers, despite U.S. appeals for a pause to get aid to desperate civilians. (AP video/Victor Caivano, Hatem Mousa and Hassan Slayeh)
Israeli troops surround Gaza City and cut off northern part of the besieged Hamas-ruled territory
Israeli troops have surrounded Gaza City and cut off the northern part of the besieged Hamas-ruled territory as communications lost overnight for several hours were gradually being restored. Troops … more
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he boards his plane to depart after meetings, amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Amman, Jordan, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)
Blinken meets Palestinian leader in West Bank, stepping up Mideast diplomacy as Gaza war escalates
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has traveled to the occupied West Bank for a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in his latest bid to ease civilian suffering in the Gaza Strip. … more
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German police advise travelers to avoid Hamburg airport due to an ongoing hostage situation
German police has advised travelers not to use Hamburg airport due to a developing hostage situation. The airport in the northern part of the city has been closed to passengers and flights canceled … more
Ukrainian war veterans with amputated limbs perform at the Ukrainian national competition of jiu jitsu in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. More than 20,000 people in the Ukraine have lost limbs from injuries since the start of the Russian war, many of them soldiers. Some of them have learned to deal with their psychological trauma by practicing a form of Brazilian jiu-jitsu. (AP Photo/Roman Hrytsyna)
Ukrainian war veterans with amputated limbs find freedom in the practice of jiu-jitsu
More than 20,000 people in Ukraine have lost limbs because of injuries since the start of Russia’s brutal war there, many of them soldiers. Some of them have learned to deal with their … more
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FILE - Armed Afghan policemen destroy an opium poppy field in Noorgal, Kunar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan on April 13, 2013. Afghan farmers have lost income of more than $1 billion from opium sales after the Taliban outlawed poppy cultivation, according to a report from the U.N. drugs agency published Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)
Afghan farmers lose income of more than $1 billion after the Taliban banned poppy cultivation
A report from the U.N. drugs agency says Afghan farmers lost more than $1 billion of cash income from opium sales after the Taliban banned poppy cultivation. Afghanistan was the world’s biggest … more
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