Wildfires Ravage South Korea, Killing 18 People And Destroying 1,300-Year-Old Temple
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Wind-driven wildfires that were among South Korea’s worst ever were ravaging the country’s southern regions, killing 24 people, destroying more than 200 structures and forcing 27,000 people to evacuate, officials said Wednesday. The death toll included a pilot who died...
Pope Francis’ Doctors Considered Stopping Treatment During Breathing Crisis
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ medical team briefly considered suspending treatment after a Feb. 28 breathing crisis but instead decided on an aggressive course that put his organs at risk, the doctor coordinating the pope’s hospital care said in an interview published Tuesday. Dr. Sergio...
U.S. Says It Brokered Safe Shipping In The Black Sea In Talks With Ukraine And Russia
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The United States said Tuesday that it had reached a tentative agreement for Ukraine and Russia to stop fighting and ensure safe navigation in the Black Sea in separate talks with both sides, but many details were unresolved, and the Kremlin...
Oscar-Winning Palestinian Director Says Israeli Soldiers Beat Him After Attack By Settlers
HEBRON, West Bank (AP) — Only a few weeks ago, Hamdan Ballal stood on a stage in Los Angeles accepting an Oscar for the film “No Other Land,” a documentary depicting his West Bank village’s struggle against Israel’s occupation. On Tuesday, Ballal – his face...
Turkish Court Orders Erdogan Rival Jailed Pending Trial On Corruption Charges As Protests Grow
ISTANBUL (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of opposition supporters gathered outside Istanbul city hall Sunday night to protest the arrest of the city’s mayor, a key rival to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Earlier Sunday, a court formally arrested Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and ordered him...
Putin Had A ‘Beautiful’ Portrait Made Of Trump And Gave It To Him
The Kremlin confirmed Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has gifted to Donald Trump a portrait he commissioned of the U.S. president. Putin gave the painting to Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, in Moscow earlier this month, the Russian president’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, said in...
‘Do Not Stop Speaking About Gaza’: Palestinian Journalist Prepared Final Words Before Death
Israeli forces separately killed two Palestinian journalists in Gaza within hours of each other on Monday, including an Al Jazeera correspondent who had prewritten his final words to be released after his death. The Israeli military first killed Palestine Today correspondent Mohammed Mansour in Khan...
Oscar-Winning Palestinian Director Attacked By Israeli Settlers And Detained By The Army
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli settlers beat up one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning documentary film “ No Other Land ” on Monday in the occupied West Bank before he was detained by the Israeli military, according to two of his fellow directors and...
Canadian Prime Minister Calls Out Trump As Election Campaign Kicks Off
TORONTO (AP) — New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and his Conservative opponent said U.S. President Donald Trump must respect Canada’s sovereignty as they kicked off their election campaigns Sunday against the backdrop of a trade war and Trump’s annexation threats. Carney announced a five-week...
Israel Bombs Southern Gaza’s Largest Hospital As Palestinian Death Toll Climbs
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s military struck the largest hospital in southern Gaza on Sunday night, killing one person, wounding others and causing a large fire, the territory’s Health Ministry said. The strike hit the surgical building of Nasser Hospital in the city...
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