Netanyahu says nothing will stop Israel from defending itself
Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed at least 34,683 people in Gaza. Read More
UN accuses Israel of denying Gaza aid access as famine takes hold
NEW YORK – A top U.N. official on Sunday accused Israel of continuing to deny the United Nations humanitarian access in the Gaza Strip, where the U.N. food chief warned…
UN accuses Israel of denying Gaza aid access as famine takes hold
NEW YORK – A top U.N. official on Sunday accused Israel of continuing to deny the United Nations humanitarian access in the Gaza Strip, where the U.N. food chief warned…
Gaza truce hopes slim; Hamas officials leaving Cairo but returning on Tuesday
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said Hamas seemed not to be serious about reaching a truce. Read More
Eurovision 2024 begins in Malmo with contestants’ walk on ‘Turquoise Carpet’
MALMO, Sweden – Eurovision 2024 began in the Swedish city of Malmo on Sunday when 37 contenders walked the “Turquoise Carpet” amid heightened security and calls for boycotts due to…
Ukrainians in embattled east mark third Easter under fire
KOSTIANTYNIVKA, Ukraine – Ukrainians in the embattled east flocked to church on Sunday to mark their third wartime Easter as Russian troops inched closer to threatening some of the region’s…
Hamas armed wing says responsible for Israel-Gaza border crossing attack
CAIRO – The armed wing of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas claimed responsibility on Sunday for an attack on the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza, which Israeli and Palestinian…
Netanyahu says ending Gaza war now would keep Hamas in power
JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hardened his rejection of Hamas demands for an end to the Gaza war in exchange for the freeing of hostages, saying on Sunday that…
Death toll from Kenya floods rises to 228
NAIROBI – The number of people killed by flooding and other impacts of the heavy rains battering Kenya has risen to 228, the interior ministry said on Sunday. Read More
Hamas killing spree haunts Holocaust survivors in ‘March of the Living’
JERUSALEM – Israel’s Holocaust commemorations this year have a searing significance for six elderly survivors now deeply scarred by the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7 that sparked the ongoing Gaza…