World Regions - Page 722

March 23, 2025

Auburn's Bruce Pearl calls for release of Edan Alexander from Hamas captivity

Auburn men's basketball head coach Bruce Pearl called for the release of Edan Alexander from Hamas captivity in Gaza on Saturday night.

March 23, 2025

Finding God in Gaza: Former Israeli hostage found faith to help her survive Hamas terror

Twenty-year-old former hostage Agam Berger survived 482 days in Gaza held by Hamas terrorists. Berger has found a new importance in religion, which kept her going during her captivity.

March 23, 2025

Massive Russian drone attack kills 7 in Ukraine ahead of US peace talks

Ukraine says a Russian drone attack killed seven people across the country on Sunday as the U.S. prepares to mediate peace talks in Saudi Arabia.

March 23, 2025

Israel-Hezbollah truce in jeopardy after rocket barrage kills 6

Israel launched airstrikes in Lebanon on Saturday in retaliation for a rocket attack. Israel said it would continue to operate in Gaza until Hamas frees the 59 hostages it holds.

March 23, 2025

Christian watch group rises up to protect community amid growing violence in Syria

The Eagles of Antioch is a group of volunteers who stand watch over Christian neighborhoods in Damascus, protecting shrines, icons and churches from vandalism and attacks in post-Assad Syria.

March 23, 2025

F-47's mission is to take on China: 'You have to have it'

President Trump likes American fighter planes, and awarding the F-47 contract to Boeing for the Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance fighter puts U.S. back in the lead for dominant airpower.

March 23, 2025

At least 19 killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza, including senior Hamas leader

Israeli strikes in the southern Gaza Strip killed at least 19 Palestinians overnight into Sunday, including a senior Hamas political leader and several women and children.

March 22, 2025

Germany temporarily shuts embassy in South Sudan amid fears of civil war

Amid rising tensions in South Sudan that have brought the nation to the brink of civil war, Germany has temporarily closed its embassy in the East African country's capital.

March 22, 2025

Trump suggests US could join British Commonwealth if offered by King Charles

President Trump said Friday that associate membership in the British Commonwealth "sounds good" to him in response to a report King Charles III would make the offer later this year.

March 22, 2025

Pope Francis set to be discharged from hospital on Sunday: doctors

A doctor at a hospital in Rome where Pope Francis has been treated for "acute respiratory failure" said Saturday the Holy Father will be discharged on Sunday.