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Volunteers flock to immigration courts to support migrants arrested in the hallways

Volunteers flock to immigration courts to support migrants arrested in the hallways

SEATTLE (AP) — After a Seattle immigration judge dismissed the deportation case against a Colombian man — exposing him to expedited removal — three people sat with him in the back of the courtroom, taking his car keys for safe-keeping, helping him me
73 people killed waiting for humanitarian aid across Gaza, Palestinian Health Ministry says

73 people killed waiting for humanitarian aid across Gaza, Palestinian Health Ministry says

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry said that 73 people were killed while waiting for aid at locations across Gaza on Sunday.
32 Palestinians shot dead trying to reach US group's food distribution sites, Gaza authorities say

32 Palestinians shot dead trying to reach US group's food distribution sites, Gaza authorities say

DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops opened fire Saturday toward crowds of Palestinians seeking food from distribution hubs run by a U.S.
Bangladesh's Islamist party projects force with a big rally in Dhaka

Bangladesh's Islamist party projects force with a big rally in Dhaka

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of supporters of Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party rallied in the capital on Saturday to show their strength before an election expected next year, as the South Asian nation stands at a crossroads afte
Christian patriarchs make rare visit to Gaza after deadly Israeli strike on church

Christian patriarchs make rare visit to Gaza after deadly Israeli strike on church

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Top church leaders visited Gaza on Friday after its only Catholic church was struck by an Israeli shell the day before, an attack that killed three people and wounded 10, including a priest who had developed a close f
What the violence in Syria means for domestic and regional politics

What the violence in Syria means for domestic and regional politics

BEIRUT (AP) — An eruption of violence in Syria this week entangled government forces, Bedouin tribes, the Druze religious minority and neighboring Israel, and highlighted just how combustible the country remains seven months after its longtime author
Nagasaki cathedral blesses a bell that replaces one destroyed by the US atomic bomb

Nagasaki cathedral blesses a bell that replaces one destroyed by the US atomic bomb

TOKYO (AP) — A Nagasaki cathedral has blessed the final piece to complete its restoration nearly 80 years after being destroyed by the second U.S. atomic bomb dropped on Japan: a reproduction of its lost bell restored by a group of Americans.
Tradition and faith meet at the coast in Spain every July to celebrate the patron of sailors

Tradition and faith meet at the coast in Spain every July to celebrate the patron of sailors

ESTEPONA, Spain (AP) — Silence falls on the beach in the former fishing village of Estepona as the sun sets over Spain’s southern coast .
Tired of put-downs, Tennessee town corrects the record with play about the Scopes trial it hosted

Tired of put-downs, Tennessee town corrects the record with play about the Scopes trial it hosted

DAYTON, Tenn. (AP) — A small town in eastern Tennessee courted national publicity and attention a century ago when local leaders planned a test trial over the teaching of evolution in public schools.
Israeli strike hits Gaza church, killing 3 and wounding priest who was close to Pope Francis

Israeli strike hits Gaza church, killing 3 and wounding priest who was close to Pope Francis

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli shell slammed into the compound of the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing three people and wounding 10 others, including the parish priest, according to church officials.