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As US envoys visit Israel to bolster ceasefire, militants in Gaza hand over the remains of a hostage

By SAM MEDNICK, SAMY MAGDY and WAFAA SHURAFA
Oct 20, 2025 7:36 am - Special envoy Steve Witkoff and the U.S. president's son-in-law Jared Kushner were in Israel Monday to shore up the tenuous ceasefire that's holding in Gaza, a day after the fragile deal faced its first major flare-up with Israel threatening to halt aid transfers after it said Hamas militants had killed two soldiers.
Zelenskyy says his meeting with Trump was ‘positive’ though he didn't get the Tomahawk missiles

By SAMYA KULLAB
Oct 20, 2025 7:34 am - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his reportedly tense meeting with U.S President Donald Trump last week was “positive” — even though he did not secure the Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine — and emphasized what he said is continued American interest in economic deals with Kyiv.
Renewed fighting tests Gaza ceasefire and Israel briefly halts aid

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and SAMY MAGDY
Oct 19, 2025 9:06 pm - JERUSALEM (AP) — Gaza's fragile ceasefire faced its first major test Sunday as Israeli forces launched a wave of deadly strikes, saying Hamas militants had killed two sol...
Pope gives Venezuela reason to celebrate by canonizing its beloved 'doctor of the poor' as 1st saint

By NICOLE WINFIELD and JORGE RUEDA
Oct 19, 2025 4:32 pm - VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV canonized Venezuela’s beloved “doctor of the poor” Sunday before tens of thousands of people, offering the South American nation its firs...
Traditionalists push Pope Leo to resurrect the Latin Mass

Anthony Faiola, Stefano Pitrelli
Oct 19, 2025 4:20 pm - ROME - Inside the frescoed nave of a church near the Colosseum, women in black veils and clean-cut young men listened in reverent silence to a largely forbidden rite: a R...
State emergency officials say new rules and delays for FEMA grants put disaster response at risk

By GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA
Oct 19, 2025 4:14 pm - State officials on the front lines of preparing for natural disasters and responding to emergencies say severe cuts to federal security grants, restrictions on money inte...
Trump calls Colombia's Petro an ‘illegal drug leader’ and announces an end to US aid to the country

By CHRIS MEGERIAN, DÁNICA COTO and ASTRID SUÁREZ
Oct 19, 2025 4:00 pm - PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The United States will slash assistance to Colombia because its leader, Gustavo Petro, “does nothing to stop” drug production, President Donald Tr...
Ukrainian drones strike major Russian gas plant as Trump says Kyiv may have to trade land for peace

Oct 19, 2025 3:53 pm - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian drones struck a major gas processing plant in southern Russia, sparking a fire and forcing it to suspend its intake of gas from Kazakhstan,...
Learn about Diwali, the Festival of Lights

By DEEPA BHARATH
Oct 19, 2025 12:34 pm - Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India — and for Hindus in particular. It is celebrated across faiths by more than a billion people in the world’s mo...
Thieves strike Louvre in brazen jewel heist as the world’s most visited museum shuts

By THOMAS ADAMSON
Oct 19, 2025 8:40 am - PARIS — In a brazen, seven-minute strike, thieves used a basket lift to reach the Louvre on Sunday morning and, as tourists were already inside, forced a window, smashed ...

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