International | The Era-Leader

Home

US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks during the Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. After many delays, the U.N. Security Council adopted a watered-down resolution Friday calling for immediately speeding up aid deliveries to desperate civilians in Gaza but without the original call for an “urgent suspension of hostilities” between Israel and Hamas. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

AP
registered content - login required to view
Click to register / login

UN approves watered-down resolution on aid to Gaza without call for suspension of hostilities
By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press
Fri,12/22/23-10:38AM , 43 Reads
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council adopted a watered-down resolution Friday calling for immediately speeding aid deliveries to hungry and desperate civilians in Gaza but without the original plea for an “urgent suspension of hostilities” between Israel and Hamas.
Click Here to Read More

Mourners lay candle lights outside the headquarters of Charles University for victims of mass shooting in Prague, Czech Republic, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. A lone gunman opened fire at a university on Thursday, killing more than a dozen people and injuring scores of people. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

AP
registered content - login required to view
Click to register / login

Police seek a motive as Prague mourns the 14 people killed in the nation's worst mass shooting
By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press
Fri,12/22/23-2:19AM , 104 Reads
PRAGUE (AP) — Czech police investigated Friday why a student went on a dayslong violent rampage culminating in a shooting at the university he attended in Prague that left 14 dead and dozens wounded.
Click Here to Read More

Mons. Giovanni Angelo Becciu presides over an eucharistic liturgy, at the St. John in Latheran Basilica, in Rome, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. The Vatican's chief prosecutor has appealed a court verdict that, while finding a cardinal guilty of embezzlement, largely dismantled his theory of a grand conspiracy to defraud the Holy See of millions of euros.(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File )

AP
premium content - for subscribers only
Click to subscribe

Vatican prosecutor appeals verdict that largely dismantled his fraud case but convicted cardinal
By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press
Fri,12/22/23-2:10AM , 61 Reads
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican’s chief prosecutor has appealed a court verdict that largely dismantled his theory of a grand conspiracy to defraud the Holy See of millions of euros but found a cardinal guilty of embezzlement.
Click Here to Read More

After 11 weeks of war in Gaza, the Israeli military campaign against Hamas now sits among the deadliest and most destructive in recent history. AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports. ((Opens with sound))

AP
premium content - for subscribers only
Click to subscribe

Israel-Hamas war's staggering toll reaches a grim milestone: 20,000 dead
By NAJIB JOBAIN AND SAM MAGDY - Associated Press
Thu,12/21/23-11:27PM , 90 Reads
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel's war to destroy Hamas has killed more than 20,000 Palestinians, health officials in Gaza said Friday, as Israel expanded its offensive and ordered tens of thousands more people to leave their homes.
Click Here to Read More

Subscribe to International