By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Hawkish, reserved and unpolished, Israel's former military chief has a viable chance of unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. His name is Gadi Eisenkot. And while the votes from Tuesday's election are still being counted, his ...
By WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — In the southern Gaza Strip, where Israeli airstrikes are still a regular occurrence despite a ceasefire, residents of the city of Khan Younis were following the results of Israel's election closely, hoping that anyone but ...
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's parliament on Monday voted to authorize President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to provide Saudi Arabia with military support in defending the kingdom against attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels. The parliament said in a statement that the vote ...
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — When Hamas-led militants attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, it looked like Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's days in office were numbered. With the country overwhelmed by grief and anger after the deadliest security breakdown in its ...
By ELÉONORE HUGHES, MAURICIO SAVARESE and ANNA-CATHERINE BRIGIDA Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a vocal critic of U.S. President Donald Trump, was reelected Sunday in a result that provides relief to critics of widening U.S. influence ...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A federal judge in Mexico ruled Sunday that a former state attorney general will face trial after being accused of treason. Former Chihuahua prosecutor César Jáuregui was accused of illegally launching a joint operation with the CIA to dismantle a drug lab in northern ...