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The US says it pushed retraction of a famine warning for north Gaza. Aid groups express concern

Dec. 26, 2024 21:33 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — A lead organization monitoring for food crises around the world withdrew a new report this week warning of imminent famine in north Gaza under what it called Israel's “near-total blockade,” after the U.S. asked for its retraction, U.S. officials told The Associated Press....

Global monitor says famine is weeks away in north Gaza. A US diplomat calls warning 'irresponsible'

Dec. 24, 2024 10:55 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Deaths from starvation will likely pass famine levels in northern Gaza as soon as next month owing to Israel's “near-total blockade” of food and other aid, the U.S.-created global food-crisis monitor said on Tuesday. The finding by the Famine Early Warning...

Israel will close its Ireland embassy over Gaza tensions as Palestinian death toll nears 45,000

Dec. 15, 2024 17:06 PM EST

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel said Sunday it will close its embassy in Ireland as relations deteriorated over the war in Gaza, where Palestinian medical officials said new Israeli airstrikes killed over 46 people including several children. The decision to close the...

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Dec. 13, 2024 19:03 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., and Adam Schiff, D-Calif. ___ NBC's “Meet the Press” — Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C, and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.; Debra Tice, the mother of Austin Tice, an American journalist missing in...

They fled their homes to escape Boko Haram. Now Nigeria is resettling them back despite their fears

Oct. 13, 2024 00:14 AM EDT

DAMASAK, Nigeria (AP) — When Boko Haram launched an insurgency in northeastern Nigeria in 2010, Abdulhameed Salisu packed his bag and fled from his hometown of Damasak in the country's battered Borno state. The 45-year-old father of seven came back with his family early last year....