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Over 30 killed as Israel’s military operation in Gaza Strip expanding to seize 'large areas'

Over 30 killed as Israel’s military operation in Gaza Strip expanding to seize 'large areas'

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip is expanding to seize “large areas,” the defense minister said, while officials at hospitals inside the Palestinian territory said Israeli strikes overnight and into Wednesday had killed
India's parliament set to debate controversial law on Muslim endowments

India's parliament set to debate controversial law on Muslim endowments

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — India ’s parliament on Wednesday began discussing a controversial proposal by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government to amend laws governing Muslim land endowments in the country.
Middle East latest: Israeli defense minister says military is expanding its operation in Gaza

Middle East latest: Israeli defense minister says military is expanding its operation in Gaza

Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip is expanding to seize “large areas,” the defense minister said Wednesday, as airstrikes on the southern city of Khan Younis killed 17 people overnight, according to hospital officials.
As Israel advances in Gaza, many exhausted families flee again. Some can't bear it

As Israel advances in Gaza, many exhausted families flee again. Some can't bear it

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — As Israel orders wide new evacuations across the Gaza Strip, Palestinians say they are crushed by exhaustion and hopelessness at the prospect of fleeing once again.
A man wielding an axe wounds 3 people at the Assyrian Christian new year parade in Iraq

A man wielding an axe wounds 3 people at the Assyrian Christian new year parade in Iraq

DOHUK, Iraq (AP) — The annual parade by Assyrian Christians in the Iraqi city of Dohuk to mark their new year was marred Tuesday when an axe-wielding man attacked the procession and wounded three people, witnesses and local officials said.
Most immigrants at risk of deportation from US are Christian, report finds

Most immigrants at risk of deportation from US are Christian, report finds

As many as four in five immigrants at risk of deportation from the United States are Christian, according to a new report that calls on their fellow believers to consider the impact of the Trump administration's aggressive deportation policies.
Middle East latest: Palestinians struggle to find food in Gaza; Israeli strike in Beirut kills 4

Middle East latest: Palestinians struggle to find food in Gaza; Israeli strike in Beirut kills 4

The Israeli military struck a building in Beirut’s southern suburbs early Tuesday, killing at least four people in an attack it said targeted a member of the Hezbollah militant group.
Miami's Haitian community gathers in prayer as crises escalate in homeland and US

Miami's Haitian community gathers in prayer as crises escalate in homeland and US

MIAMI (AP) — Packed pews, rollicking singing and emotional devotions have marked Lent worship services at Notre Dame d'Haiti, the Catholic church at the heart of the largest Haitian diaspora in the United States.
A Jesuit priest prefers prison over a fine to draw attention to climate change

A Jesuit priest prefers prison over a fine to draw attention to climate change

BERLIN (AP) — A Jesuit priest says he prefers going to prison than paying a 500-euro ($541) fine for participating in a climate activists' street blockade in the southern German city of Nuremberg. The Rev.
Earthquake compounds Myanmar's humanitarian crisis as the death toll passes 2,000

Earthquake compounds Myanmar's humanitarian crisis as the death toll passes 2,000

BANGKOK (AP) — The death toll in last week's massive earthquake in Myanmar has passed 2,000, state media said Monday, as accounts of some people's last moments emerged: Two hundred Buddhist monks crushed by a collapsing monastery.