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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,...

A decade of documenting more than 63,000 migrant deaths shows that fleeing is more lethal than ever

Mar. 26, 2024 05:37 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — More than a decade ago, the death of 600 migrants and refugees in two Mediterranean shipwrecks near Italian shores shocked the world and prompted the U.N. migration agency to start recording the number of people who died or went missing as they fled conflict, persecution or poverty...

UN demand for Gaza cease-fire provokes strongest clash between US and Israel since war began

Mar. 25, 2024 21:11 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council on Monday issued its first demand for a cease-fire in Gaza, with the U.S. angering Israel by abstaining from the vote. Israel responded by canceling a visit to Washington by a high-level delegation in the strongest public clash between the...

The Latest | Israel cancels Washington visit in protest after US lets Gaza cease-fire pass at UN

Mar. 25, 2024 18:32 PM EDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled a high-level delegation's planned visit to Washington after the U.S. decided not to use its veto power on Monday’s U.N. Security Council resolution for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza. After vetoing three previous resolutions...