Lawsuit in US targets former Salvadoran colonel in 1982 killings of Dutch journalists

CENTREVILLE, Va. (AP) — The brother of a Dutch journalist slain in 1982 covering El Salvador's civil war has filed a lawsuit against a former Salvadoran military officer who has lived for decades in the northern Virginia suburbs and is accused of orchestrating the killing. The...

The UN says that aid entering Gaza is at its lowest level in months

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. humanitarian officials say aid entering Gaza is at its lowest level in months and warn that critical lifelines in the territory's north, where Israel has renewed its military offensive, have been cut off. U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq delivered the...

Israeli forces kill 2 Lebanese soldiers and injure 2 UN peacekeepers in separate strikes

BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed two Lebanese soldiers and wounded three on Friday, Lebanon's military said, just hours after the Israeli military fired on the headquarters of U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, injuring two of them for the second day in a row. The...

Middle East latest: UN mission in Lebanon hit again by explosions

The U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon said new explosions hit its headquarters Friday, injuring two peacekeepers, a day after Israeli forces targeted the same position and struck central Beirut. Earlier Friday, cross-border fire from Lebanon killed a young man from...

UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon in crosshairs of Israel’s war on Hezbollah

BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrikes hit the headquarters of the U.N. peacekeeping force and other positions in southern Lebanon in recent days, drawing widespread condemnation from around the world. The force, known as UNIFIL, said new explosions hit its headquarters on Friday...

The U.N. peacekeeping force says new explosions have hit their headquarters in southern Lebanon, injuring two personnel

Blinken tells ASEAN the US is worried about China's 'dangerous' actions in disputed sea.

VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Southeast Asian leaders Friday that the U.S. is concerned about China's “increasingly dangerous and unlawful” activities in the disputed South China Sea during an annual summit meeting, and pledged the U.S. will continue to...

Kenya and Haiti urge partners to boost support for peacekeeping mission amid a funding shortfall

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The leaders of Kenya and Haiti on Friday urged international partners to honor their commitment to the U.N.-backed peacekeeping mission in Haiti, saying the mission needs more resources and that its budget will run out in March 2025. Kenya, which leads the...

Middle East latest: 22 people killed and 117 wounded in Israeli airstrikes in Beirut, Lebanon says

Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip and Beirut on Thursday have left dozens of people dead, Palestinian and Lebanese authorities said. The first strike, on a school sheltering the displaced in the Gaza Strip, killed at least 27 people, including a child and seven women, Palestinian...

UN-backed experts say Israel is destroying Gaza's health sector and both sides have tortured people

A U.N. commission on Thursday accused Israel of destroying Gaza's health care system through “relentless and deliberate attacks” in its yearlong war with Hamas and said that Palestinian prisoners and Israeli hostages have been tortured and sexually abused. The expert panel was...