UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Monday overwhelmingly approved its first resolution endorsing a cease-fire plan aimed at ending the eight-month  war between Israel and Hamas  in Gaza. The U.S.-sponsored resolution welcomes a cease-fire proposal announced by...

Far-right parties made big gains in the  European Parliament  in election results that rattled the traditional powers and made French President Emmanuel Macron call snap legislative elections. Macron’s party suffered a heavy defeat from the far-right National Rally party, while in...

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — They arrived in the middle of the day, when the squat concrete buildings of the Nuseirat refugee camp are stifling and the narrow streets outside are filled with people. No one suspected a thing until the shots rang out. The Israeli raid caught everyone off...

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said American forces did not assist Israel in its operation to rescue four Israeli hostages, claiming that only intelligence support was provided. “The US has been providing support to Israel for several months in its efforts to help identify the...