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Israel, Hamas agree to cease-fire to end bloody 11-day war

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire Thursday, halting a bruising 11-day war that caused widespread destruction in the Gaza Strip, brought life in much of Israel to a standstill and left more than 200 people dead. At 2 a.m. local time, just as the cease-fire took

Indian police find bodies on riverbank amid raging COVID-19

PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Police are reaching out to villagers in northern India to investigate the recovery of bodies buried

Israel strike in Gaza destroys building with AP, other media

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike targeted and destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed

Scientists race to study variants in India as cases explode

NEW DELHI (AP) — A potentially worrisome variant of the coronavirus detected in India may spread more easily. But the

Bomb kills at least 25 people near school in Afghan…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A bomb exploded near a school in a majority Shiite district of west Kabul on Saturday,

WHO report says animals likely source of COVID

AP Exclusive BEIJING, March 29 (AP) — A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of

Ship ‘partially refloated,’ but still stuck in Suez Canal

SUEZ, Egypt (AP) — Engineers on Monday “partially refloated” the colossal container ship that continues to block traffic through the

Myanmar forces kill scores in deadliest day since coup

YANGON, Myanmar, March 27, 2021 (AP) — As Myanmar’s military celebrated the annual Armed Forces Day holiday with a parade

Israel voters take fourth shot at deciding Netanyahu’s fate

JERUSALEM, March 23, 2021 (AFP) – Israelis were voting Tuesday in their fourth election in less than two years, with

Pakistan PM Imran Khan receives COVID-19 vaccine

ISLAMABAD — Days after Pakistani president received a Sinopharm vaccine jab, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday also received