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UN top court orders Israel to open more land crossings for aid into Gaza

Mar. 28, 2024 19:11 PM EDT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top United Nations court on Thursday ordered Israel to take measures to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza, including opening more land crossings to allow food, water, fuel and other supplies into the war-ravaged enclave. The International...

Central and Eastern European countries mark 20 years in NATO with focus on war in Ukraine

Mar. 28, 2024 15:55 PM EDT

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Several central and Eastern European countries began marking on Thursday the 20th anniversary of the largest expansion of the NATO military alliance when formerly socialist countries became members of the bloc. Military aircraft roared over the Lithuanian...

Philippine president warns of countermeasures in response to Chinese aggression at sea

Mar. 28, 2024 10:07 AM EDT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president said Thursday that his government would take action against what he called dangerous attacks by the Chinese coast guard and suspected militia ships in the disputed South China Sea, saying “Filipinos do not yield.” Ferdinand...

Talks resume on bringing Israeli officials to the US to discuss Gaza operation, the White House says

Mar. 28, 2024 02:48 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Talks have restarted aimed at bringing top Israeli officials to Washington to discuss potential military operations in Gaza, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled a planned visit this week because he was angry about the U.S. vote on a U.N. cease-fire resolution, the...

Myanmar's military makes its annual parade of strength despite unprecedented battlefield losses

Mar. 28, 2024 01:35 AM EDT

BANGKOK (AP) — The head of Myanmar’s ruling military council marked Armed Forces Day on Wednesday with a speech claiming that the nation’s youth were being tricked into supporting the resistance against army rule, and that ethnic armed groups allied with the resistance engage in drug...

Security in Congo's mineral-rich east is deteriorating with rebel group expanding territory, UN says

Mar. 27, 2024 20:50 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Security in Congo’s mineral-rich east has deteriorated since recent elections, with a rebel group allegedly linked to neighboring Rwanda making “significant advances and expanding its territory,” the U.N. special envoy for the conflict-wracked African nation said...

Israel and Hamas dig in as pressure builds for a cease-fire in Gaza

Mar. 27, 2024 01:06 AM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday blasted a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a Gaza cease-fire that his country's top ally, the United States, chose not to block. He said the resolution had emboldened Hamas and he vowed to press ahead with...

The Latest | Israel won't accept Hamas demands after militant group rejects cease-fire plan

Mar. 26, 2024 21:34 PM EDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that his government will not accept Hamas’ “delusional” conditions for a cease-fire in Gaza. The militant group rejected the latest truce proposal because it says Israel is ignoring the group's core demands. Hamas wants an...

Pentagon urges Israel to protect civilians in Gaza as military chiefs meet at time of high tensions

Mar. 26, 2024 16:07 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. defense leaders pressed their Israeli counterparts Tuesday to ensure that any military operation in the southern city of Rafah unfold in phases to protect civilians and secure the delivery of aid, a senior Pentagon official said. Israel’s defense minister...

Colombia threatens to break ties with Israel if it doesn't comply with a UN cease-fire resolution

Mar. 26, 2024 12:44 PM EDT

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday threatened to break off diplomatic ties with Israel if the country doesn't comply with a U.N. Security Council resolution that calls for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. Petro made the announcement on X,...