MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Thursday became the first country to formally recognize the Taliban's government in Afghanistan since it seized power in 2021, after Moscow r emoved the group from its list of outlawed organizations.
The Russian Foreign Ministry announced that it had received ...
By MELANIE LIDMAN and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli airstrikes and shootings killed 94 Palestinians in Gaza late Wednesday and Thursday, including 45 who were attempting to get much-needed humanitarian aid, hospitals and the Health Ministry said ...
By DEREK GATOPOULOS and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Firefighters battled blazes Thursday near Athens and on the island of Crete, where thousands were forced to flee holiday resorts, while blazes in neighboring Turkey claimed at least two lives.
More than 5,000 ...
By SAMUEL GETACHEW and RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia's prime minister said Thursday that a controversial power dam on the Nile is now complete, a major milestone for his country amid a dispute with Egypt over equitable sharing of the water.
Egypt ...
By AREF TUFAHA Associated Press
TULKAREM REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Hundreds of Palestinians have fled a section of the Tulkarem refugee camp in the occupied West Bank after receiving Israeli demolition orders — joining tens of thousands of people to be displaced by an open-ended ...
By DAVID RISING and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press
CAIRO (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump says Israel has agreed on terms for a new 60-day ceasefire with Hamas and that Washington would work with both sides during that time to try to end more than 20 months of war in Gaza.
Neither side has ...