China presents UN with vague Mideast peace plan as US promotes its own role in easing the Gaza war

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — China on Wednesday presented the United Nations Security Council with a four-point plan for Middle East peace in a demonstration of its ambitions to be a global superpower. But the plan was short on details, and the United States quickly reminded the council of its attempts...

South Korea delays its own spy satellite liftoff, days after North's satellite launch

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has postponed the planned launch of its first military spy satellite set for this Thursday, officials said, days after rival North Korea claimed to put its own spy satellite into orbit for the first time. Under a contract with SpaceX, South...

A watchdog urges UN Security Council to consider all options to protect Sudan's Darfur civilians

CAIRO (AP) — An international watchdog urged the United Nations Security Council on Monday to consider all options to protect civilians in Sudan’s Darfur region after the latest attacks on non-Arabs killed hundreds of civilians. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which was...

Today in History: November 22, John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas

Today in History Today is Wednesday, Nov. 22, the 326th day of 2023. There are 39 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was shot to death during a motorcade...

China welcomes Arab and Muslim foreign ministers for talks on ending the war in Gaza

BEIJING (AP) — China’s top diplomat welcomed four Arab foreign ministers and the Indonesian one to Beijing on Monday, saying his country would work with “our brothers and sisters" in the Arab and Islamic world to try to end the war in Gaza as soon as possible. The ministers...

ASEAN defense chiefs call for immediate truce, aid corridor in Israel-Hamas war

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Southeast Asian defense ministers expressed “profound concern” on Thursday over the loss of civilian lives in the Israel-Hamas war and called for an immediate truce and creation of a humanitarian corridor to deliver aid. In a statement on the...

UN Security Council adopts resolution calling for urgent humanitarian pauses and corridors in Gaza

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday adopted its first resolution since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, calling for “urgent and extended humanitarian pauses” in Gaza to address the escalating crisis for Palestinian civilians during Israel’s aerial and ground...

UN Security Council adopts resolution calling for urgent 'humanitarian pauses' in Israel-Hamas war after four failures

The UN Security Council is trying for a fifth time to adopt a resolution on the Israel-Hamas war

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — After four failed attempts, the U.N. Security Council is trying for a fifth time to come up with a resolution on the Israel-Hamas war, but it remains to be seen whether serious divisions can be overcome to produce a consensus on wording. The current draft...

UN Security Council fails to agree on Israel-Hamas war as Gaza death toll passes 10,000

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Monday failed again to agree on a resolution on the monthlong Israel-Hamas war. Despite more than two hours of closed-door discussions Monday, differences remained. The U.S. is calling for “humanitarian pauses” while many...