Trump administration halts visas for people from Gaza

A Palestinian man with his sick daughter before leaving the Gaza Strip to get treatment abroad through the Kerem Shalom crossing, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 27, 2024. ABDEL... Read more »

Air Canada suspends plan to resume flights as union vows to continue strike

Flight attendants protest in front of the Air Canada headquarters near Pierre-Elliott Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on August 17, 2025. ANDREJ IVANOV / AFP Air Canada on Sunday, August 17,... Read more »

Israelis rally nationwide calling for end to Gaza war, hostage deal

A demonstrator holds up a placard as others block a road during an anti-government protest demanding a deal to release Israelis detained in the Gaza Strip by Hamas militants since October 7,... Read more »

Zelensky says Russia refusing ceasefire ‘complicates the situation’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia refusing to accept a ceasefire was complicating efforts to end Moscow’s more than three-year-long conflict against his country. “We see that Russia rebuffs numerous calls for... Read more »

Pakistan rescuers recover bodies after monsoon rains kill 320

Residents walk next to damaged cars stuck to an electric pole following flash flooding due to heavy rains in a neighborhood of Mingora, the main town of Swat Valley, northwestern Pakistan, on... Read more »

Federal judge denies the Trump administration’s request to end a policy protecting immigrant children in custody

Immigrants play soccer at a US government holding center for migrant children in Carrizo Springs, Texas, July 9, 2019. ERIC GAY / AP A federal judge ruled on Friday, August 15, to... Read more »

Macron vows to punish ‘hatred’ after olive tree honoring Jewish victim is cut down

The stele and the trunk of the olive tree, presumably cut down with a chainsaw, which was planted in 2011 in front of a memorial to Ilan Halimi in Epinay-sur-Seine, on the... Read more »

In Serbia, hundreds arrested in violent anti-government protests amid reports of police brutality

Supporters of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic hurl flares at anti-government protesters during an anti-government protest in front of the Serbian Progressive Party office in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko... Read more »

Washington attorney general sues Trump administration over police takeover

Brian Schwalb, center, attorney general for the District of Columbia, speaks outside the federal courthouse in Washington DC, on September 3, 2024. LINDSAY WHITEHURST / AP The attorney general for the US... Read more »

Trump to meet Putin in high-stakes Alaska summit for Ukraine’s future

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, August 15, 2025, en route to a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska. LUIS M. ALVAREZ /... Read more »