Biden weighs more US defenses for Israel as the region prepares for Iranian retaliation
August 02, 2024
Miami takes measures to prevent street flooding ahead of weather system
August 02, 2024
The U.S. and Russia completed on Thursday their largest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history, a deal involving 24 people, many months of negotiations and concessions from other European countries who released individuals in their custody as part of the exchange
August 01, 2024
Fragments from at least four drones downed by Russian air defences struck areas of the port of Sevastopol early on Friday in Russian-occupied Crimea, the Russia-appointed governor said.
August 01, 2024
At least 30 dead after Typhoon Gaemi cut off towns in China’s Hunan province
August 01, 2024
Up to 3,000 Salvadoran Catholics will participate in Saint Óscar Romero's pilgrimage, an annual event that kicks off in El Salvador each Aug. 1 to honor San Salvador’s archbishop, who was appointed saint by pope Francis in 2018
August 01, 2024
The largest prisoner exchange between Russia and the West in decades could help U.S.
August 01, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S.
August 01, 2024
The landmark prisoner swap agreed by Russia, the United States and several of its allies that brought home journalist Evan Gershkovich and former marine Paul
August 01, 2024
Biden celebrates prisoner deal and importance of allies in key moment for his legacy
August 01, 2024
American citizens Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich are expected to be part of a historic prisoner swap between Russia and the United States. Whelan, an ex-US marine, was arrested in Moscow in 2018, subsequently charged with espionage and sentenced to 16 years in prison. Evan Gershkovich, a journalist with the Wall Street Journal, was arrested in Yekaterinburg, Russia, in 2023 while on assignment, and also charged with espionage and sentenced to 16 years. The United States had designated both as wrongfully detained.
August 01, 2024
Israeli forces hit a school in Shejaia in Gaza City on Thursday, killing at least 15 people and wounding 29, Palestinian civil emergency services said, as fighting continued in various
August 01, 2024
The United States and Russia have completed a 24-person prisoner swap, the largest in post-Soviet history, with Moscow releasing journalist Evan Gershkovich and fellow American Paul Whelan in a multinational deal that set some two dozen people free
August 01, 2024
When Washington and Moscow exchange prisoners, it usually comes after months of secret, back-channel negotiations
August 01, 2024
Coast Guard repatriates 32 migrants to Cuba
August 01, 2024
Three newly freed Americans are back on U.S. soil after a landmark prisoner exchange with Russia
August 01, 2024
Russia releases Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan in historic prisoner swap with West
August 01, 2024
More than 100 conflicts fester around the world
August 01, 2024
Israel not invited to ceremony commemorating 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki
August 01, 2024
One of the handful of F-16 warplanes that Ukraine has received from its Western partners to help fight Russia’s invasion has crashed while countering a Russian barrage, killing the pilot
August 01, 2024
United Nations Security Council countries on Wednesday called for stepped-up diplomatic efforts to avert a wider Middle East conflict after the
July 31, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Kyiv does not want China to act as a mediator in its 29-month-old conflict with Russia but hoped Beijing would apply greater
July 31, 2024
According to U.S. and Ukrainian officials, Ukraine has received the first F-16 fighter jets that it has sought for months to fight back against an onslaught of Russian missile strikes
July 31, 2024
A demagogue and religious fanatics impose a theocracy
July 31, 2024
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that polio had been detected in Gaza and warned that children in the war-ravaged enclave would soon be infected
July 31, 2024
Over 20 people wounded after Russia strikes apartment blocks in Ukraine’s Kharkiv
German chancellor's Social Democrats seek to hold off far right in Brandenburg state election
At least 51 dead in Iran coal mine blast
Israeli strike kills seven in Gaza school compound, Palestinian medics say
Birds, bees and ballots: Swiss voters to decide on plan to bolster country's fragile biodiversity
Japan PM hopeful Ishiba sees 'room' for corporate tax hike, Kyodo reports
Southwest Airlines warns staff of 'tough decisions' ahead, Bloomberg reports
GM to lay off about 1,700 workers at Kansas plant
Hong Kong’s first transgender singer-songwriter seeks voice through music
Biles and Chiles to headline "Gold Over America Tour"
Trial in daytime ambush of rapper Young Dolph 3 years ago to begin in Memphis