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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Saturday reaffirmed Christians’ special relationship with Jews amid rising antisemitism since the outbreak of the Gaza war in a letter to the Jews of Israel that he said was prompted by messages from Jewish organizations around the world. The letter served as a belated fence-mending after Francis was criticized for […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Central Command said it conducted a self-defense strike early Sunday against a Houthi anti-ship cruise missile “prepared to launch against ships in the Red Sea.” In a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter, CENTCOM said U.S. forces had determined that the cruise missile in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen “presented an imminent […]

The United States launched airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against more than 85 targets linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) and militias it backs, reportedly killing nearly 40 people, in retaliation for a deadly attack on U.S. troops. The strikes, which included the use of long-range B-1 bombers flown from the United States, were the […]

BRUSSELS — Farmers descended on Brussels to press a summit of European Union leaders to do more to help them with taxes, rising costs and cheap imports, throwing eggs at the European Parliament, starting fires near the building and setting off fireworks. Major thoroughfares in Brussels, the heart of the European Union, were blocked by around […]

Israel said Thursday its troops battled Hamas militants across the Gaza Strip, including killing dozens of fighters in central and northern Gaza, while Israeli airstrikes hit Khan Younis in the southern part of the strip. The fighting went on as the negotiators of a proposed new cease-fire waited to hear of progress in securing agreement […]

Ukraine said Tuesday that Russia’s military attacked overnight with 35 drones and two guided missiles targeting multiple regions of the country. Ukraine’s air force said air defenses destroyed 15 of the drones, including intercepts over the Mykolaiv, Sumy, Cherkasy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Kherson and Kyiv regions. The air force said part of Russia’s attack was focused […]

The U.N. Security Council is to hold an emergency meeting Thursday after a Russian military transport plane went down near the Russia-Ukraine border, as both Russian and Ukrainian officials call for an investigation. The Russian side accused Ukraine of shooting down the plane that crashed Wednesday in the Belgorod region. Russia said the plane was […]

Conflict has spread across the Middle East since Hamas’s surprise attack on Israel in October and Israel’s fierce counterattack in the Gaza Strip. From Lebanon to Iraq to the Red Sea, the violence all but amounts to an undeclared regional war pitting Iran-backed militant groups against Israel and the U.S. Israel is effectively fighting active […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. forces carried out airstrikes late Wednesday on 14 Houthi missiles in western Yemen, U.S. Central Command said. The missiles were loaded to be fired and were an “imminent threat to merchant vessels and U.S. Navy ships in the region,” a USCENTCOM statement said. “The actions by the Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists continue to endanger […]

Israeli forces launched new airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Monday, while the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza said Monday that Israeli attacks killed more than 130 people during the past day. Israel’s military said its operations included killing five militants in northern Gaza “who were attempting to locate weapons,” along with airstrikes and ground […]