By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas militants on Sunday freed 17 more hostages, including 14 Israelis, in a third set of releases under a cease-fire deal. Red Cross representatives transferred the hostages out of Gaza late Sunday. Some were handed over directly to Israel, while others left through Egypt.
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Congress returns to session this week, lawmakers will be trying to forge an agreement on sending a new round of wartime assistance to Ukraine. But to succeed, they will have to find agreement on an issue that has confounded them for decades.
Continue ReadingBy Arlette Saenz, Betsy Klein and MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — Abigail Edan, the 4-year-old American dual citizen abducted by Hamas on October 7, has been released – marking the first successful release of an American hostage since the start of a truce between Israel and Hamas. Edan is one of the 17 hostages released Sunday. President Joe
Continue ReadingCNN By Arlette Saenz, Betsy Klein and MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — Abigail Edan, the 4-year-old American dual citizen abducted by Hamas on October 7, has been released – marking the first successful release of an American hostage since the start of a truce between Israel and Hamas. Edan is one of the 17 hostages released Sunday. President
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Foreign Ministry said Sunday that it would summon the Irish ambassador over a tweet celebrating the release of a 9-year-old girl from Hamas captivity, alleging the post didn’t adequately condemn the militant group. Earlier Sunday, the Irish prime minister lauded the release of Emily Hand, an
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Thousands of people including former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have gathered in London for a march against antisemitism, a day after large crowds turned out for a pro-Palestinian rally. Johnson was joined by the U.K.‘s Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and other officials to express solidarity with the Jewish community. Organizers billed
Continue ReadingBy KEMO CHAM and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Sierra Leone’s president has declared a nationwide curfew after gunmen attacked the West African country’s main military barracks in the capital and then broke into detention centers and abducted or freed the occupants. The attack raised fears of a breakdown of order
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — A lawyer for the Italian man extradited from Germany for the kidnapping and slaying and his former girlfriend says he hasn’t yet had the opportunity to speak with his client about the “merits” of the case that has gripped Italy. Lawyer Giovanni Caruso told reporters in Verona on Saturday evening after visiting
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Attackers have seized a tanker linked to Israel off the coast of Yemen. That’s according to statements Sunday from the ship’s managers and a private intelligence firm. While no group immediately claimed responsibility, it comes as at least two other maritime attacks in recent
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hamas appeared to be back on track Sunday after the release of a second group of militant-held hostages and Palestinians from Israeli prisons, and Egypt said it had received new lists for an expected third
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — You may not recognize the name Garrett Morgan, but you’ve likely seen his handiwork several times a day. Morgan is the inventor of the three-position traffic signal — a 100-year-old innovation that has saved an untold number of lives. Here’s what else you need to know to Start
Continue ReadingCNN By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — You may not recognize the name Garrett Morgan, but you’ve likely seen his handiwork several times a day. Morgan is the inventor of the three-position traffic signal — a 100-year-old innovation that has saved an untold number of lives. Here’s what else you need to know
Continue ReadingBUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Heavy snowfall and strong blizzards in Romania and Moldova have left one person dead and hundreds of localities without electricity as well as forcing the closure of some national roads. A 40-year-old man in Moldova died on Sunday after the vehicle he was in skidded off the road and crashed into
Continue ReadingBy STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Former England, Tottenham and Barcelona manager Terry Venables has died. He was 80. He was a former England soccer player who led the national team to the semifinals of the European Championship in 1996 as a coach and won trophies at club level with Barcelona and Tottenham. The death
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Attackers have seized a tanker linked to Israel off the coast of Aden, Yemen. That’s according to statements Sunday from the ship’s managers and a private intelligence firm. While no group immediately claimed responsibility, it comes as at least two other maritime attacks in
Continue ReadingBy BILL BARROW Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are known for being a global power couple. But they were also best friends and life mates for nearly 80 years. The former first lady died Nov. 19 at age 96. Now the former president must adjust to life without the woman
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The tense cease-fire between Israel and Hamas appeared to be back on track early Sunday after the release of a second group of militant-held hostages and Palestinians from Israeli prisons, but the swap followed an hourslong delay that underscored the truce’s
Continue ReadingBy FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday revealed that he has a lung inflammation but will go later this week to Dubai to address the climate change conference. Francis skipped his weekly Sunday appearance at a window overlooking St. Peter’s Square, a day after the Vatican said he was
Continue ReadingBy DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say an operation is underway to find 13 members of a cargo ship that sank off the island of Lesbos in stormy seas. The Raptor, registered in the Comoros, was on its way to Istanbul from Alexandria, Egypt, carrying 6,000 tons of salt when
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The winner of the Booker Prize for fiction will be announced on Sunday. If bookmakers are right, the victorious writer will be named Paul. Three of the six books competing for the 50,000 pound ($63,000) prize are by authors of that name: American Paul Harding’s historical novel “This Other Eden,” Irish writer Paul
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