BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar's military government on Friday announced another six-month extension of its mandate to rule in preparation for elections it has said will be held this year, as the country enters its fifth year of crisis.
However, it did not announce an exact date for the polls.
The ...
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners on Thursday in exchange for three Israeli hostages held in Gaza. Five Thai workers held captive in the enclave were also freed in a separate deal with Thailand. Thursday's ...
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Thursday formally banned the main United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its territory despite heavy diplomatic backlash, a move that humanitarian officials warn could have a disastrous impact on aid ...
By NICOLAS GARRIGA and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press
NANTERRE, France (AP) — Dominique Pélicot, the convicted rapist who horrified France by drugging his then wife so other men could rape her, is now caught up in other cases.
Pélicot is serving a 20-year prison term after he was found ...
By MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH, WAFAA SHURAFA and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas-led militants freed eight hostages on Thursday in the latest release since a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip took hold earlier this month. Israel was expected to release another 110 ...
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. offered on Friday to remove a U.S. missile system from the Philippines if China halts what he called its "aggressive and coercive behavior" in the disputed South China Sea.
The U.S. Army ...