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Middle East latest: ICC issues warrant for Israel's Netanyahu as Gaza death toll soars past 44,000

Nov. 21, 2024 18:45 PM EST

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and a Hamas military leader, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The announcement came as health officials in the Gaza Strip said the...

Top war-crimes court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and others in Israel-Hamas fighting

Nov. 21, 2024 17:35 PM EST

THE HAGUE (AP) — The world’s top war-crimes court issued arrest warrants Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and Hamas’ military chief, accusing them of crimes against humanity in connection with the 13-month war in Gaza. The...

The Latest: Matt Gaetz withdraws his name from consideration as Trump’s attorney general

Nov. 21, 2024 15:52 PM EST

Former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz has withdrawn as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general following scrutiny over a federal sex trafficking investigation. The Republican's announcement came one day after meeting with senators in an effort to win their support...

Editorial Roundup: United States

Nov. 12, 2024 19:53 PM EST

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Nov. 8 The Washington Post says Democrats hurt themselves trying to protect Joe Biden Vice President Kamala Harris didn’t just call special counsel Robert K. Hur’s...

Biden gets blamed by Harris allies for the vice president's resounding loss to Trump

Nov. 07, 2024 14:46 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden's name wasn't on the ballot, but history will likely remember Kamala Harris' resounding defeat as his loss too. As Democrats pick up the pieces after President-elect Donald Trump's decisive victory, some of the vice president's backers are expressing...

Harris promises to 'represent all Americans' after Biden's remark on Trump supporters and 'garbage'

Oct. 30, 2024 23:02 PM EDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Kamala Harris called Wednesday for Americans to “stop pointing fingers at each other” as she tried to push past comments made by President Joe Biden about Donald Trump's supporters and “garbage " and keep the focus on her Republican opponent in the closing days of the...

Election 2024 Latest: Trump and Harris lean into the campaign’s last leg with less than a week left

Oct. 30, 2024 21:36 PM EDT

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris crisscrossed several swing states on Wednesday, passing each other in Wisconsin, where the former president appeared in Green Bay with a one-time local icon, retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre. Mumford & Sons, Gracie Abrams, Remi Wolf and members...

Biden, Cyprus president discuss administration push to win cease-fires in Gaza and Lebanon

Oct. 30, 2024 15:22 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday discussed a new effort by the U.S. administration and mediators in the Middle East to forge cease-fires to end fighting in Lebanon and Gaza. Christodoulides leads the European Union...

The Latest: Trump targets his base and Harris goes after moderates as early voting numbers rise

Oct. 23, 2024 21:17 PM EDT

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are embracing wildly different strategies to energize the coalitions they need to win as the campaigns enter their final sprint. Follow the AP’s Election 2024 coverage at: https://apnews.com/hub/election-2024. Here’s the latest: ...

Cuba fights to come back from a nationwide blackout, then a storm that killed six

Oct. 22, 2024 10:41 AM EDT

HAVANA (AP) — A small town in far eastern Cuba was recovering Tuesday from flooding that killed at least six people after Hurricane Oscar crossed the island’s eastern coast as a tropical storm with winds and heavy rain. Cuba's capital was partially illuminated Monday night after...