• Israel's former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to hold lead in election

    Israel's former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to hold lead in election

    Nov 02, 2022 12:14 AM EDT

    ... the occupied West Bank. Young ultra-Orthodox men are among his strongest supporters. Ben-Gvir lives in the hard-line West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba and is a strong proponent of settlement construction. He has described Arab colleagues in parliament as “terrorists,” called for deporting those who are “disloyal ...

  • British foreign secretary tells gay World Cup fans heading to Qatar to 'be respectful'

    British foreign secretary tells gay World Cup fans heading to Qatar to 'be respectful'

    Oct 26, 2022 10:55 PM EDT

    ... to three years for adults convicted of consensual gay or lesbian sex. European soccer federations last month announced their intention for captains to wear an armband with a rainbow heart design as part of an anti-discrimination campaign during international matches.Downing Street quickly rejected Cleverly's language, saying that ...

  • Paris joins big screen boycott of World Cup games from Qatar

    Paris joins big screen boycott of World Cup games from Qatar

    Oct 04, 2022 06:34 PM EDT

    Denmark is staging its own protest: Its team jerseys at the World Cup will include a black option to honor migrant workers who died during construction work for the tournament. And several European soccer federations want their captains to wear an armband with a rainbow heart design during World Cup ...

  • In Yemen, Queen Elizabeth's death recalls memories of Britain's colonial rule

    In Yemen, Queen Elizabeth's death recalls memories of Britain's colonial rule

    Sep 17, 2022 09:24 PM EDT

    ... husband. Large numbers of Yemenis met them wherever they went. A ceremony was held for the queen to award a knighthood to local leader Sayyid Abubakr bin Shaikh al-Kaff. To receive it, al-Kaff knelt on a chair in what was explained as a refusal to bow before the ...

  • Crowds flock to Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle to mourn Queen Elizabeth II

    Crowds flock to Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle to mourn Queen Elizabeth II

    Sep 08, 2022 10:55 PM EDT

    ... There will be 10 days of national mourning, a month of mourning, in the court, members of the royal family and their staff wearing black armbands. The royal palace is closed and many other businesses here facing a national public holiday. Judy Woodruff: Well, clearly, so much tradition, but such ...

  • Nearly 900 inmates escape Nigerian prison following attack by Islamic extremist rebels

    Nearly 900 inmates escape Nigerian prison following attack by Islamic extremist rebels

    Jul 06, 2022 09:00 PM EDT

    ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nearly 900 inmates escaped in a jailbreak in Abuja, Nigeria's capital city, officials said Wednesday, blaming the attack on Islamic extremist rebels. At least 443 of the 879 escapees are still missing, Umar Abubakar, a spokesman for the Nigerian Correctional Service said, while hundreds of others ...

  • Ukrainian medic's bodycam shows two weeks of Mariupol struggle

    Ukrainian medic's bodycam shows two weeks of Mariupol struggle

    May 19, 2022 03:37 PM EDT

    ... is on his knees, hands bound behind his back, with an obvious leg injury. Their eyes are covered by winter hats, and they wear white armbands. A Ukrainian soldier curses at one of them. "Calm down, calm down," Taira tells him. A woman asks her, "Are you going to treat ...

  • Gun safety activists decry inaction as U.S. mass shootings surge

    Gun safety activists decry inaction as U.S. mass shootings surge

    Apr 19, 2022 10:08 PM EDT

    And the gun lobby is convinced that public safety concerns will help its Republican allies retake the House, if not the Senate, this fall. “We see a lot of opportunity” heading into the midterms, said National Rifle Association spokesperson Andrew Arulanandam. “Whether the gun control lobby realizes it or not ...

  • Gunmen kill, abduct train passengers in attack near Nigerian capital

    Gunmen kill, abduct train passengers in attack near Nigerian capital

    Mar 29, 2022 04:53 PM EDT

    ... completed the evacuation of "trapped" passengers with help from the security forces. "Passengers who sustained injuries and other fatalities have been moved to hospitals," Samuel Aruwan, the state commissioner for security said in a statement. He added that passengers were rescued from "different hard-to-reach areas in forests and ...

  • They were covering the Russian attack on Mariupol, then these journalists became the hunted

    They were covering the Russian attack on Mariupol, then these journalists became the hunted

    Mar 21, 2022 03:39 PM EDT

    ... scrubs to wear as camouflage. Suddenly at dawn, a dozen soldiers burst in: "Where are the journalists, for fuck's sake?" I looked at their armbands, blue for Ukraine, and tried to calculate the odds that they were Russians in disguise. I stepped forward to identify myself. "We're here ...