MANILA — A massive crowd of mostly barefoot Catholic worshippers is marching in an annual procession in the Philippines’ capital, parading a centuries-old black statue of Jesus. Many worshippers said they were praying for peace in the Middle East, where tens of thousands of Filipinos work, as fears rise of a spread of the Israel-Hamas war.
TUNIS — Migration activists are sounding the alarm this week about mass expulsions and arbitrary arrests in Tunisia, where authorities are seeing more sub-Saharan African migrants arrive for attempted Mediterranean crossings from the North African nation to Europe.
ROME — Pope Francis is calling for a universal ban on what he calls the “despicable” practice of surrogate motherhood. He included what he called the “commercialization” of pregnancy in an annual speech to ambassadors accredited to the Holy See.
TEL AVIV, Israel — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken faced tough talks with Israeli leaders on Gaza's post-war future Tuesday, while Israel's military pushed ahead with its offensive in the beleaguered territory.
MOGADISHU— Somaliland’s defense minister has resigned to protest his government signing an agreement to allow landlocked Ethiopia to access Somaliland’s coastline.
In the decades-old standoff pitting the U.S. and Israel against Iran and allied militant groups, there are fears that any one party could trigger a wider war in the Middle East if only to avoid appearing weak.
JERUSALEM — Israeli officials say a young girl has been killed after police opened fire at a pair of suspected attackers who rammed their car into a West Bank checkpoint.
CAIRO - Libya's state-run oil company says production at the country's largest oil field has been suspended after protesters forced the facility's closure over fuel shortages. The company said Sunday it has declared force majeure at the Sharara oil field in the country’s south.
Orthodox Christians packed churches on Saturday night for Christmas Eve services, a holiday overshadowed for many believers by conflict. Patriarch Kirill is the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, the world’s largest Orthodox denomination. He led services at Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral.
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military says it has dismantled the military infrastructure of Hamas in northern Gaza and is fully shifting its offensive to the enclave’s southern half. The pivot was announced as the Israel-Hamas war entered its fourth month Sunday.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The private security industry in South Africa is booming as police struggle against record levels of crime. Experts have warned that the South African police are losing the battle against crime. But the private security industry is growing exponentially for those who an afford it.
CAIRO - A cumbersome process of Israeli inspections and other hurdles are slowing the entry of aid into Gaza. That's according to two U.S. senators after a visit to Egypt's Rafah crossing into the besieged territory.
CHANIA, Greece - Washington's top diplomat Antony Blinken said Saturday that he wants to make sure the conflict in the Middle East "doesn't spread," as he held meetings in Turkey and Greece.
WASHINGTON — U.S. activists who engage with voters of color are working on ways to highlight the issues that are most important to a diverse array of voters in next November's presidential elections.
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations issued a somber global economic forecast for 2024 this week, pointing to challenges from escalating conflicts, sluggish global trade, persistently high interest rates and increasing climate disasters.
ACCRA — A chef in Ghana has been preparing banku and other regional dishes on live TV since New Year’s Day as she tries to break a world record for marathon cooking — an attempt being cheered on and widely celebrated in this West African nation.
MUWASI, GAZA STRIP — Palestinians seeking refuge in southern Gaza say every day has become a struggle to find food, water, medicine and working bathrooms. All the while, they live in fear of Israeli airstrikes and the growing threat of illnesses.
PRETORIA — Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was released from prison on parole early Friday morning and was believed to be at his uncle’s mansion after authorities secretly moved the double-amputee athlete at an undisclosed time to avoid the news crews waiting outside the jail.
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL — In the wake of Hamas’ brutal October 7 attack, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s days in office seemed numbered. Despite his reputation as the ultimate political survivor, the devastation of the attack and the security failures that allowed it to happen on his watch appeared to be too much for him to overcome.
WASHINGTON — As the Biden administration grapples with an increasingly tense and unstable situation in the Middle East, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to the region this weekend for the fourth time in three months on a tour expected to focus largely on easing resurgent fears that the Israel-Hamas war could erupt into a broader conflict.
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