Category: International

Ceasefire allows Palestinians to return to homes often reduced to rubble After 15 months of war, the current ceasefire in Gaza is allowing some Palestinians to return to homes that have often been reduced to rubble, with family members buried beneath. January 23, 2025

TORONTO — Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday American consumers will pay more whenever President Donald Trump decides to apply sweeping tariffs on Canadian products. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Thursday that he still plans to tariff Canada and Mexico at 25% rates starting as soon as Feb. 1. Trump previously […]

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — At least 242 million children in 85 countries had their schooling interrupted last year because of heatwaves, cyclones, flooding and other extreme weather, the United Nations Children’s Fund said in a new report Friday. UNICEF said it amounted to one in seven school-going children across the world being kept out […]

Video diary: Palestinian family’s home still standing among ruins in Gaza

LONDON — Thousands of Palestinians are returning home with hope, as the ceasefire and hostage agreement between Israel and Hamas enters its fifth day. But for those in Gaza, the joy of returning is tempered with feelings of being “lost” and “not knowing where to go,” some shared with ABC News upon discovering their homes […]

Storm approaching Ireland and UK is ‘likely a danger to life’

Teen sentenced to 52 years for deadly stabbing at Taylor Swift-themed event Axel Rudakubana has been sentenced to 52 years in prison for fatally stabbing three girls at a children’s Taylor Swift-themed event in the United Kingdom last year. January 23, 2025

Displaced Palestinians beginning to return home after ceasefire Thousands of Palestinians are returning home after the ceasefire and hostage agreement between Israel and Hamas. Many are returning to discover their homes and neighborhoods completely destroyed. January 23, 2025

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be flying high. Israel’s enemies across the region have been badly weakened during 15 months of war. Israeli hostages have begun to come home from captivity in Gaza, and Netanyahu’s good friend, Donald Trump, is back in the White House. But Netanyahu may have little time to […]

ROME — Italy repatriated a Libyan warlord sought by the International Criminal Court due to security concerns, Italy’s interior minister told lawmakers Thursday in the government’s first official comment on its decision expel the suspect and not hand him over to face charges. Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi fielded pointed questions from opposition lawmakers during a […]