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Netanyahu hints at expanded war in Gaza but former Israeli military and spy chiefs object

Netanyahu hints at expanded war in Gaza but former Israeli military and spy chiefs object

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted at wider military action in devastated Gaza on Tuesday, even as former Israeli army and intelligence chiefs called for an end to the nearly 22-month war.
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Purdue University student freed from ICE detention after outcry from faith leaders

Purdue University student freed from ICE detention after outcry from faith leaders

A Purdue University student from South Korea has been freed from federal detention, tearfully reuniting with her family and religious community in Manhattan following days of outcry from faith leaders in New York and abroad.
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Judge blocks 4 districts from enforcing Arkansas law requiring Ten Commandments in classroom

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.
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Dozens killed as Palestinians in Gaza scramble for aid from air and land

Dozens killed as Palestinians in Gaza scramble for aid from air and land

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Dozens of Palestinians were killed or wounded on Monday as desperate crowds headed toward food distribution points and airdropped parcels in the Gaza Strip , according to witnesses and local health officials.
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8 are missing, including an Irish missionary, after gunmen storm a Haiti orphanage

8 are missing, including an Irish missionary, after gunmen storm a Haiti orphanage

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Eight people, including an Irish missionary and a 3-year-old child, remained missing on Monday after gunmen stormed an orphanage in Haiti , the latest attack in an area controlled by a powerful collection of armed gangs.
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Israeli minister prays at flashpoint holy site as officials say 33 aid-seekers killed in Gaza

Israeli minister prays at flashpoint holy site as officials say 33 aid-seekers killed in Gaza

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A far-right Israeli minister visited and prayed at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site on Sunday, triggering regional condemnation and fears that the provocative move could further escalate tensions.
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Israel minister who led prayers at a controversial holy site has a record of provocative actions

Israel minister who led prayers at a controversial holy site has a record of provocative actions

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s far-right national security minister led prayers on Sunday at Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site, drawing international condemnation and escalating tensions as Israel faces strong criticism over the war in Gaza.
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Pope Leo XIV tells 1 million Catholic youths that they are 'the sign a different world is possible'

Pope Leo XIV tells 1 million Catholic youths that they are 'the sign a different world is possible'

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday told more than a million Catholic youths at a closing Mass for a weeklong encounter with the next generation of faithful that they are “the sign that a different world is possible" where conflicts can be resolved wi
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'God understands us': Inside a Nigerian church where deaf people find faith and community

'God understands us': Inside a Nigerian church where deaf people find faith and community

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — It is like any other church in Nigeria 's megacity of Lagos. A lectern faces rows of plastic chairs. A biblical quote is written on a beam above. There is a music section, with a set of drums.
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Fresh clashes break out in Syria as the interim government struggles to ease tensions

Fresh clashes break out in Syria as the interim government struggles to ease tensions

BEIRUT (AP) — New outbreaks of violence overnight into Sunday rocked Syria at two distinct flashpoints, straining a fragile ceasefire and calling into question the ability of the transitional government to exert its authority across the whole country
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