World

Filter

Agents for Change

Chief justice pauses deadline for Trump administration to return Maryland man from El Salvador

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The temporary order comes hours after a Justice Department emergency appeal to the Supreme Court arguing U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis overstepped her authority when she ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia returned to the United States.

One of Africa’s largest refugee camps redesignated as a city by Kenyan government

By Adrian Blomfield, Associated Press

Kenya's government has redesignated Kakuma as a municipality. It's part of broader goal of incorporating refugees more closely into local populations.

Trump administration terminates some USAID contracts providing lifesaving food aid

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Samy Magdy, Associated Press

The Trump administration has notified the World Food Program and other partners it has terminated some of the last remaining lifesaving humanitarian programs across the Middle East.

Myanmar’s deadly earthquake death toll exceeds 3,600 as rescue efforts wind down

By Associated Press

People in the capital Naypyitaw cleared debris and collected wood from their damaged houses under drizzling rain on Monday, and soldiers removed wreckage at some Buddhist monasteries.

Nations debate response to U.S. trade war as global markets roiled

By Elaine Kurtenbach, Lorne Cook, David McHugh, Associated Press

China struck a note of confidence even as markets in Hong Kong and Shanghai tumbled.

Trump tells Americans to be patient as global markets keep dropping over tariffs

By Chris Megerian, Josh Boak, Associated Press

“Be Strong, Courageous, and Patient, and GREATNESS will be the result!” he wrote on Truth Social, his social media platform. The Republican president has insisted his tariffs are necessary to rebalance global trade and rebuild domestic manufacturing.

Israel now controls 50 percent of Gaza

By Sam Mednick, Associated Press

The largest contiguous area the army controls is around the Gaza border, where the military has razed Palestinian homes, farmland and infrastructure to the point of uninhabitability, according to rights groups and Israeli soldiers interviewed by the Associated Press.

Israeli strike kills and wounds journalists outside Gaza hospital

By Samy Magdy, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press

Israel struck a media tent early Monday, killing two people, including a local reporter, and wounding six other journalists, medics said. The Israeli military said the strike targeted a man it says was a Hamas militant posing as a journalist.

Trump and Israeli PM Netanyahu hold talks at the White House

By Aamer Madhani, Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press

Shortly before their meeting, the White House announced that President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to hold a joint news conference had been canceled.

Houthis say U.S. strikes killed 4, bombing video suggests higher overall death toll in Yemen

By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

Suspected U.S. airstrikes killed at least four people Sunday in Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa, the Houthi-run health ministry said, while a bombing video posted by U.S. President Donald Trump suggested casualties in the overall campaign may be higher than the rebels acknowledge.