By Julia Frankel - Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Plastic chairs as beds. Meals of bread and rice. Hours spent waiting for the bathroom. As hostages return to Israel after seven weeks of Hamas captivity, information about the conditions of…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Attackers have seized a tanker linked to Israel off the coast of Yemen. That's according to statements Sunday from the ship’s managers and a private intelligence firm. While no group immediately claimed responsibility, it…
By Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy - Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hamas was back on track Sunday as the militants freed 17 more hostages, including 14 Israelis and the first American, in a…
By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy and Bassem Mroue - Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas released 13 Israelis and four foreigners late Saturday in the second round of swaps under a cease-fire deal, the Israeli military said,…
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis went to the hospital Saturday for tests after he came down with the flu, but the results ruled out any respiratory problems, the Vatican said. Francis, who had part of one lung removed as a…
By Najib Jobain and Samy Magdy -Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas was preparing to release more than a dozen hostages Saturday for several dozen Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, on the second day of a cease-fire…
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The deaths of two people, muggings and a dangerous heat wave left legions of Taylor Swift's Brazilian fans angry and disappointed in the three-day Rio de Janeiro leg of the pop superstar’s Eras Tour. Before…
By Najib Joban and Samy Magdy - Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Health officials said Sunday that 31 "very sick" premature babies were safely transferred from Gaza's main hospital to another in the south and will later…
BERLIN (AP) — Five U.S. servicepeople were killed when a military helicopter crashed over the eastern Mediterranean Sea during a training mission, U.S. officials said Sunday. The military's European Command said all five crew members on board were killed when…
By WAFAA SHURAFA and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops and Hamas gunmen battled Saturday outside Gaza 's largest hospital where frantic doctors said the last generator had run out of fuel, causing the…
