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Gunmen attack police near building housing Israeli Consulate in Istanbul

ISTANBUL (AP) — Three assailants opened fire at police outside a building housing the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday, sparking a gunfight that left one attacker dead, Turkish officials said....

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Trump's threatened destruction of Iran's power plants could be considered a war crime, experts say

WASHINGTON (AP) — In his news conference Monday, President Donald Trump threatened to blow up every bridge and power plant in Iran, action that would be so far-reaching that some experts in military...

April 6, 2026 7:46 pm EST EST

Steve Bannon wins Supreme Court order likely to lead to dismissal of contempt of Congress conviction

WASHINGTON (AP) — Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump, on Monday won a Supreme Court order that is expected to lead to the dismissal of his criminal conviction for refusing to testify...

April 6, 2026 1:26 pm EST EST

How a blind man made it possible for others with low vision to build Lego sets

NEWTON, Mass. (AP) — Like a lot of young children, Matthew Shifrin loved building Lego sets. But because he was blind, Shifrin had to rely on friends and family to help him complete his creations —...

April 6, 2026 10:58 am EST EST

3 killed as high winds topple a tree on an Easter egg hunt in Germany

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Three people, including a 10-month-old girl, were killed Sunday when high winds toppled a tree in northern Germany during an Easter egg hunt, police said. Around...

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Pope Leo urges peace in first Easter Mass as Christians celebrate in Jerusalem, Gaza and Tehran

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff with a call Sunday to lay down arms and seek peace to global conflicts through dialogue, but he departed from a tradition...

April 5, 2026 1:46 pm EST EST

Displaced by war, Lebanon's Christians mark Easter far from their homes and churches

JDEIDEH, Lebanon (AP) — It was not how the Rev. Maroun Ghafari had envisioned this Holy Week — for years, he had held Easter sermons in his predominantly Christian village of Alma al-Shaab in southern...

April 5, 2026 11:08 am EST EST

Aid groups warn Iran war is hindering food and medicine from reaching millions

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Aid groups are warning that the war in the Middle East has upended their ability to get food and medicine to millions of people around the world in need, and that the suffering...

April 5, 2026 8:46 am EST EST

A long Mideast war could take away from support for Ukraine, Zelenskyy tells the AP

ISTANBUL (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed concern that a prolonged U.S.-Israeli war on Iran could further erode America’s support for Ukraine as Washington’s global priorities...

April 5, 2026 1:46 pm EST EST

Trump issues an expletive-filled threat against Iran as details of US aviator's rescue emerge

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday made expletive-filled threats against Iran and its infrastructure if it doesn't open the Strait of Hormuz by his Tuesday deadline, after American...

April 5, 2026 11:26 pm EST EST