Jose Mujica, a one-time guerrilla and later president of Uruguay who drove a beat-up VW Beetle and enacted progressive reforms that carried his reputation well beyond South America, has died aged 89. The straight-talking Mujica, known to many Uruguayans by his nickname “Pepe,” led the small farming country’s leftist government from 2010 to 2015 after…
Sgt. First Class Zvi Feldman, who went missing during the First Lebanon War in 1982, was laid to rest Monday at Israel’s Holon Military Cemetery, bringing closure to a decades-long national and personal tragedy. Feldman vanished during the Battle of Sultan Yacoub, a fierce tank engagement between Israeli and Syrian forces in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley….
British police on Monday were investigating an overnight fire that damaged the door of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s house in north London. Starmer has rented out the house since he was elected in July, living with his family in the prime minister’s official Downing Street residence. UK TO TIGHTEN IMMIGRATION RULES OVER VOTER FRUSTRATION WITH…
ISLAMABAD — A ceasefire to end the conflict between India and Pakistan was shaken by overnight border fighting in the disputed Kashmir region. People on both sides of the Line of Control, which divides the territory, reported heavy exchanges of fire between Indian and Pakistani troops. The fighting subsided by Sunday morning. The two countries agreed to a truce a…
Pakistan’s foreign minister said Saturday his country would consider de-escalation if India stopped its attacks, after India said it sought non-escalation if Pakistan agreed to do the same. Both countries traded strikes Saturday during the conflict sparked by a massacre last month, which India attributes to Pakistan. Ishaq Dar, Pakistan’s foreign minister, warned that “our…
Pope Leo XIV’s brother has lifted the lid on what the new pontiff gets up to in his downtime — and it often involves playing games like Words With Friends or Wordle with his pals. On Thursday, white smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel chimney — signaling that the College of Cardinals had chosen a successor to…
Once a new pope is voted in, the name he chooses could signal the direction the Catholic Church moves in the coming years. The announcement “Habemus Papa,” or, “We have a pope,” will be made from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica. It will then be followed by the pontiff’s baptismal name in Latin, along…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that three hostages held by Hamas in Gaza have died, leaving only 21 believed to be still living. “As of today, it’s 21, three have died,” Trump said of the hostages being held by Hamas, noting until recently it had been 24 people believed to be living. He…
The U.S. has reportedly launched a new round of airstrikes in Yemen after the Iran-backed Houthis claimed responsibility for a missile that landed near Israel’s main airport on Sunday. The Houthi-controlled state news agency in Yemen reported that “American aggression” was behind several strikes on the capital, Sanaa, on Monday. At least 16 people were…
A Ukrainian drone has taken down a Russian Su-30 fighter jet over the Black Sea for the first time, Kyiv intelligence officials said. The Ukrainian Magura drone destroyed the Moscow Su-30 on Friday near the port of Novorossiysk, where Kyiv claims Russia holds a Black Sea fleet, according to Ukraine. The crew of the doomed…
