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Israel has rescued one of the hostages abducted in Oct. 7 Hamas attack, military says

By Associated Press

The military said on Tuesday that 52-year-old Qaid Farhan Alkadi was rescued "in a complex operation in the southern Gaza Strip."…

Sudanese families describe their search for sanctuary as the brutal civil war rages on

By Leila Molana-Allen, Jorgen Samso

In total, 11 million Sudanese have been forced from their homes because of the country's bitter civil war between the army and a rogue militia. Up to 150,000 are feared dead and millions more face unimaginable trauma. In her third…

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Canada imposes 100 percent tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles, matching the U.S. measure against imports

By Rob Gillies, Associated Press

The announcement comes after encouragement by U.S. national security advisor Jake Sullivan during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday.

Can Lebanon’s battered economy survive a war between Israel and Hezbollah?

By Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press

Lebanon has struggled with years of political and economic crises that left it indebted, without a stable electricity supply, a proper banking system and with rampant poverty.

As Israel’s economy struggles, leading economists say ending the war in Gaza would help

By Julia Frankel, Associated Press

Nearly 11 months into the war with Hamas, Israel’s economy is struggling as the country’s leaders grind ahead with an offensive in Gaza that shows no signs of ending and threatens to escalate into a wider conflict.

Protesters in Mexico march against outgoing president’s judiciary overhaul plan

By Megan Janetsky, Associated Press

Protesters in Mexico marched in opposition to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s proposed judicial overhaul that critics say will weaken democratic checks and balances.

German leader vows to step up deportations of rejected asylum-seekers after deadly knife attack

By Daniel Niemann, Geir Moulson, Associated Press

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has vowed to toughen knife laws and step up deportations of rejected asylum-seekers as he visited the scene of the knife attack in which a suspected Islamic extremist from Syria is accused of killing three people.

Macron says arrest of Telegram CEO was not political

By Associated Press

French media reported that Durov was detained at a Paris airport on Saturday on an arrest warrant alleging his platform has been used for money laundering, drug trafficking and other offenses.

One of Gaza’s last functioning hospitals empties out amid fears it may be engulfed in fighting

By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press

The Israeli military has not ordered its evacuation, but patients and people sheltering there fear it may be engulfed in fighting or targeted in a raid.