NEW YORK (AP) — “Babar” author Laurent de Brunhoff, who revived his father’s popular picture book series about an elephant-king and presided over its rise to a global, multimedia franchise, has died. He was 98....
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — A pro-western career diplomat defeated a close ally of Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico in the first round of the presidential election Sunday to set up a runoff between the two to decide who will succeed Zuzana Čaputová, the country’s first female president....
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification said in a report that about 4.97 million people out of a population of about 11.5 million were facing crisis or worse levels of food insecurity....
Israeli official: Israel agreed to American ratio proposal for terrorist and hostage exchange, Hamas has yet to answer ■ Hamas: 19 killed, 23 wounded from IDF tank fire while ‘waiting for humanitarian aid’ ■ Anti-gov’t protests, rallies calling for the release of the hostages are taking place across Israel ■ UN chief...
MOSCOW, March 22 (Reuters) - Russia said on Friday that if the United States knew for sure that Ukraine was not involved in a mass shooting incident at a concert hall near Moscow Washington should share any information it had....
The U.N. humanitarian affairs office has recorded 650 attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since Oct. 7, harming residents and property. It says settlers have killed at least nine Palestinians in the territory and Israeli security forces have killed more than 400 Palestinians in that time.
Chinese coast guard ships hit a Philippine supply boat with water cannons Saturday in the latest confrontation near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, causing injuries to its navy crew members and heavy damage to the wooden vessel, Philippine officials said....