By Radina Gigova and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that comments from US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer calling for new elections in Israel were “totally inappropriate.” In a Senate speech that upended longstanding US policy, Schumer — who is the highest-ranking Jewish American in the US government
Continue ReadingCNN By Radina Gigova and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that comments from US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer calling for new elections in Israel were “totally inappropriate.” In a Senate speech that upended longstanding US policy, Schumer — who is the highest-ranking Jewish American in the US
Continue ReadingBy JESSICA DONATI and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The United States scrambled on Sunday to assess the future of its counterterrorism operations in the Sahel after Niger’s junta said it was ending its yearslong military cooperation with Washington following a visit by top U.S. officials. The U.S. military has hundreds of
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG and RAVI NESSMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu railed Sunday against growing criticism from top ally the United States against his leadership amid the devastating war with Hamas, describing calls for a new election as “wholly inappropriate.” In recent days, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The European Union on Sunday announced a 7.4 billion-euro ($8 billion) aid package for cash-strapped Egypt as concerns mount that economic pressure and conflicts in neighboring countries could drive more migrants to European shores. The deal, which drew criticism from rights groups over Egypt’s human rights record,
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Vaughan Gething’s election as the next leader of Wales marks a milestone: For the first time, none of the U.K.’s four main governments is led by a white man. It’s a striking moment in a country still grappling with racism and the legacy of empire. Prime Minister
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD and JILL COLVIN Associated Press VANDALIA, Ohio (AP) — Former President Donald Trump claimed that he — not President Joe Biden — will protect Social Security and warned of a “bloodbath” if he loses in November as he campaigned for Senate candidate Bernie Moreno in Ohio. Trump, speaking on a wind-whipped airfield
Continue ReadingBy MARCO UGARTE Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Marco Ugarte has been a photographer based in Mexico City for over 30 years. He covered the fireworks festival in nearby Tultepec for just the second time a week ago. Aiming to show the artisans’ passion and dedication for the dangerous art of making fireworks, Ugarte
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG and RAVI NESSMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is railing against international criticism of his government amid the devasting war with Hamas. Netanyahu spoke days after U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called on Israel to hold new a election and said Netanyahu had “lost
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Two people have been killed and five others injured in a shooting in the nation’s capital early Sunday. Police were looking for a single gunman after the seven people were shot around 3 a.m. in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington. The five people who were injured were all taken to local hospitals,
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio is expected to star in this year’s big races for state supreme court seats. During Tuesday’s primary, Democrats will be choosing a candidate to compete for an open seat on a court that will be at the center of fights over
Continue ReadingBy EMMA BURROWS and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press Russians crowded outside polling stations at midday Sunday on the last day of a presidential election, apparently heeding an opposition call to protest against President Vladimir Putin in a vote that offered them no real alternatives. Putin is poised to extend his nearly quarter century of rule
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The European Union has announced a $8 billion aid package for cash-strapped Egypt as concerns mount that economic pressure and conflicts in neighboring countries could drive more migrants to European shores. Egyptian officials say the deal is scheduled to be signed during a visit Sunday by European
Continue ReadingBy Matthew Chance, Sergey Gudkov, Katharina Krebs, Clare Sebastian, Darya Tarasova and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — Russia saw protests at polling stations on Sunday on the final day of voting in an election set to extend Russian President Vladmir Putin’s long hold on power. Lines at some polling stations in Russia grew suddenly at
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju and Melanie Zanona, CNN House Republicans, who have seen their time in the majority devolve into a seemingly endless series of internal party feuds, now have a new problem: GOP lawmakers targeting other sitting members in their primaries. In at least four primaries – in South Carolina, Illinois, Texas and Virginia –
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis police have arrested a suspect in connection with an early morning shooting at a bar that killed one person and injured five others. Indianapolis Metro Police Department Chief Christopher Bailey says Nicholas Fulk, 25, was arrested on a preliminary charge of murder hours after the shooting at Landsharks on Broad Ripple
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Eliantes Jean Jacques, a Haitian immigrant who has lived in Florida for more than three decades, is long familiar with the political instability, economic turmoil, and natural disasters that have left his homeland teetering on the precipice of collapse. But Haiti’s recent descent into gang-fueled lawlessness and chaos, Jean
Continue ReadingBy MARCO DI MARCO Associated Press GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Lava from a volcanic eruption in Iceland flowed Sunday toward defenses around the town of Grindavik, which have so far held the molten rock back from the evacuated community. Scientists said the eruption appeared to be weakening and would probably peter out within hours. A
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer The story of March Madness figures to look a lot like the story of the regular season that led up to it: a healthy cross-section of very good teams, few dominant ones and no strong consensus on who’s the best bet to be cutting down nets at the Final
Continue ReadingBy Josh Pennington, Mari Kostenko and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — A wave of Ukrainian drones has targeted Russia on the third and final day of voting in Russia’s presidential election. Ukraine launched a total of 36 drones overnight over Russia, aimed at various parts of the country, including the capital Moscow, Russia’s Ministry of
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