Nation/World

  • Israel, Hamas reach deal extending truce

    TEL AVIV, Israel -- Israel and Hamas agreed to extend their cease-fire for two more days past Monday, raising the prospect of further exchanges of militant-hel…

  • White House is set for Christmas

    WASHINGTON -- Jill Biden wants everyone who visits the White House during the holidays to feel like a kid again.

  • Lavrov to visit NATO country for conference

    MOSCOW -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday that he plans to travel to North Macedonia later this week to attend a conference, a trip that wou…

  • Trump to testify again in civil fraud trial

    NEW YORK -- After his first turn on the witness stand, former President Donald Trump plans to testify again next month in his civil fraud trial, his lawyers sa…

  • Changes to Puerto Rico deal redacted

    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- A proposed amended contract between Puerto Rico's government and the operator of a coal-fired power plant accused of contaminating low…

  • Crowds see Carter motorcade

    AMERICUS, Ga. -- Hundreds turned out to salute Rosalynn Carter on Monday during the former U.S. first lady and global humanitarian's final journey from her rur…

  • Poland’s president swears in leadership

    WARSAW, Poland -- Poland's president on Monday swore in a government that is expected to last no longer than 14 days, a tactical maneuver that allows the conse…

  • Bank puts Israel’s cost of war with Hamas at $53B

    Israel's central bank laid out its most detailed assessment yet of the economic implications of the war with Hamas as it holds off on interest-rate cuts in fav…

  • Deep-sea mining protesters board ship

    MEXICO CITY -- Greenpeace activists have boarded a deep-sea mining ship in the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and Mexico and said Sunday they will stay to protes…

  • Sierra Leone barracks, prison attackers arrested

    FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -- Sierra Leone's president said most of the leaders of the attacks on the nation's main military barracks and prisons over the weekend …

  • Musk travels to Israel amid accusations of antisemitism

    Elon Musk met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday in Israel, where the pair toured the Kfar Azza kibbutz, one of the Jewish communities at…

  • Immigrants call for expansion of work permits

    HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Across the country, mayors, governors and others have been forceful advocates for newly arrived migrants seeking shelter and work permits. T…

  • Suspect pleads innocent in shooting of 3 students

    BURLINGTON, Vt. -- Three college students of Palestinian descent out for a walk in Vermont were seriously injured over the weekend when a man shot them at clos…