Relief, joy, anger and trauma all spilled out as Hamas released a new round of hostages and Israel freed more Palestinians ...

This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Patrick Sison, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide made or ...

On the eightieth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Pope Francis urged the world not to forget the horrors of the ...

King Charles will join world leaders at the commemoration event in Poland where lights will be laid in memory of those ...

The country held an orchestrated election virtually guaranteed to give the 70-year-old autocrat yet another term on top of ...

The Israel-Hamas ceasefire has made aid shipments into Gaza possible. But Israel will soon ban UNRWA, the UN agency that coordinates most of them. Experts say the ban could also have international ...

In 2021, he was arrested again for leading a peaceful ... receives the Nobel Prize for Peace from Gunnar Jahn, president of ...

Chalk it up to the “Trump effect”: the unpredictability and threats from the incoming president are causing chaos on foreign affairs and forcing world leaders to buckle to the whims and wishes ...

FILE - Colombian government representative Vera Grabe, left, and Colombian commander of the National Liberation Army guerrilla group (ELN) Pablo Beltran exchange their signed ceasefire extension ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia on Friday suspended peace talks with the National Liberation Army, or ELN, for a second time in less than a year after blaming the rebel group for recent ...

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