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The United Nations said it plans to reduce its presence in Gaza, citing safety concerns as it blamed the IDF for targeting a compound, something Israel denies.

Geneva — The sudden halt to U.S. foreign aid funding has been devastating, the UNAIDS chief said Monday, warning that without more funding, millions more will die and the global AIDS pandemic will resurge.

A tour led by an 88-year-old guide in Bastogne, Belgium, scene of a critical battle of World War II, offers a snapshot into the way President Trump’s second term is shifting perceptions of America abroad.

Mark Carney announced a snap general election will take place on April 28.

Moscow sees economic and geopolitical benefits in humoring President Trump’s push for a cease-fire in Ukraine. But the Kremlin’s war aims haven’t shifted.

South Korea's Constitutional Court on Monday overturned the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, reinstating the nation's No. 2 official as acting leader, while not yet ruling on the separate impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol.

The South African ambassador who was expelled from the United States and declared persona non grata by the Trump administration was welcomed home at an airport Sunday by hundreds of supporters who sang songs praising him.

More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Israel’s war with Hamas began, the territory’s health ministry said Sunday, a grim milestone for a war with no end in sight as Israel resumes fighting and warns of even tougher days ahead.

After breaking the ceasefire agreement with Hamas, Israeli forces have rained bombs on Palestinians and launched ground invasions across the territory.

Pope Francis was discharged from Rome's Gemelli Hospital after making his first public appearance in five weeks and will return to the Vatican. He condemned Israeli bombing in a written message.

Palestinian officials said the war in Gaza has killed more than 50,000 people after Israel ended the ceasefire last week in a wave of strikes that killed hundreds.

Agam Berger was held in Gaza for 482 days by Hamas terrorists. During her time as a hostage she found a Jewish prayer book, which helped her through her ordeal.

The British prime minister said in a series of conversations that the tectonic shifts in America’s relationship with Europe and Russia had to be a ‘galvanizing moment.’

Pope Francis waved to hundreds of people gathered outside Rome's Gemelli hospital on Sunday as the pontiff left the hospital after surviving a life-threatening bout of pneumonia.

His 38-day stay was the longest of his 12-year papacy and the second longest in recent papal history, and had raised the prospect of a papal resignation or funeral.

Israeli strikes in the southern Gaza Strip killed at least 19 Palestinians overnight into Sunday, including a senior Hamas political leader.

Documents and insiders reveal how one of the world’s major money laundering networks operates.

The 88-year-old pontiff has been hospitalized for six weeks with pneumonia in both lungs. He will need to rest in the Vatican for at least two months, his doctors said.

Amid rising tensions in South Sudan that have brought the nation to the brink of civil war, Germany has temporarily closed its embassy in the East African country's capital.

The State Department has banned former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kricher from entering the United States, accusing her of involvement in "significant corruption" while in office.

Violent clashes erupted across several cities in Turkey between opposition supporters and state security forces for a second day, as demonstrators demand the release of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, according to videos and reports from Turkish media outlets.

Francis was admitted to Gemelli hospital on Feb.14 after a bout of bronchitis worsened. He later developed a life-threatening case of pneumonia.

Allies say the foreign policy version of “flood the zone” is working. But critics argue that the hurry-up approach in Israel, Ukraine and Iran may not lead to stable, durable solutions to conflicts around the world.

Pope Francis will make his first public appearance on Sunday with a blessing and a wave more than a month after he was admitted into Rome's Gemelli Hospital.

Protests erupted across multiple Turkish cities denouncing the arrest of the mayor of Istanbul even as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a stern warning that demonstrations would not be tolerated.

Exploring an image of Sgt. Maj. Ismail Hassan of the Sudanese Army at a sniper position in a luxury apartment block across the Blue Nile from Sudan’s presidential palace.

Tokyo — President Trump in early March criticized what he characterized as a one-sided security alliance between the U.S. and Japan. Officials in Japan have heard these comments from Mr. Trump before, and so far, they've continued shaping the country's national security plans based on the assurance of backing from the United States. 

Hamas says it is considering the latest US ceasefire plan for Gaza and remains “fully engaged” in the mediation process as Israel vowed to escalate its renewed campaign in Gaza to pressure the militants into releasing hostages.

The former UFC star, who was found liable for raping a woman in 2018, is pushing an anti-immigration message.

Some Europeans are becoming leery of visiting the U.S., as reports of U.S. immigration authorities detaining them while traveling, for reasons that are not clear, swirl. 

A giant fire near one of the world’s busiest airports knocked out power, and the cause was under investigation. Hundreds of flights were canceled or rerouted, and analysts said disruptions could last days.

A fire at a power station near Europe's busiest travel hub knocked out the airport's power.

A former special envoy to Haiti has criticized the Biden administration over its failed policies toward the impoverished and violence-infested Caribbean island.

Israel's ceasefire-breaking airstrikes threw hospitals back into chaos in what the U.N. calls one of the largest single-day child death tolls in the last year.

London's Heathrow Airport announced it will be closed Friday after experiencing a "significant power outage" due to a fire. 

Voters discuses whether they sport the movie going to Ukraine and Israel under the Trump administration.

A jury has found two men guilty on all counts of trying to kill Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad, who works as a journalist and lives in New York City.

Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and became the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in world sports.

Hamas fired rockets at Israel from Gaza Thursday, the militant group’s first response to Israel’s renewed offensive in the Strip that shattered the two-month-old ceasefire.

George Glezmann, an airline mechanic from Atlanta, is the third American detainee to be released by the Taliban since January.

Pope Francis's medical condition continued improving Wednesday, according to the Vatican, and he is no longer relying on mechanical help to breathe at night.

The ousted Assad dictatorship kept lists of millions of wanted people. Now, Syrians are openly asking whether they “have a name” on any of those lists and are sharing the news proudly.

Military leaders from across the globe are coming together under the U.K-France-led "coalition of the willing" to devise a plan for a peacekeeping force in Ukraine.

The detention of Ekrem Imamoglu sparked protests in Istanbul and elsewhere, despite a four-day ban on demonstrations in the city and road closures.

The country reported 180 recorded crocodile attack victims in the last year.

Construction work near one of Greece's most notorious prisons in Thessaloniki has unearthed the remains of dozens of people executed during the Greek Civil War era, relatives and officials said Wednesday. The grisly find included the discovery of footwear, including the remnants of a woman's shoe.

The State Department is offering $15 million for information on those accused of peddling U.S. weapons tech to Iran terror groups, pointing to an alleged Chinese ringleader.

Tel Aviv — For a second night in a row, Israel's military launched airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, killing at least 13 more people by early Wednesday after more than 400 were killed the previous day, according to health officials in the Hamas-run Palestinian territory.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced fury from protesters outside Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, in Jerusalem, a day after he resumed the war in Gaza, shattering the two-month-old ceasefire with Hamas.

The Israeli military says it launched a “limited ground operation” to retake part of a key corridor that bisects northern Gaza from the south.