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Agence France-Presse says it wants to pull its hunger-stricken journalists out of Gaza

AFP journalist Khader Zaanoun poses for a picture in Gaza City on Tuesday. AFP journalists in the Gaza Strip say chronic food shortages are affecting their ability to cover Israel's conflict with Hamas militants. AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption AFP/Getty Images French news agency Agence France-Presse is calling on the Israeli government to allow

A Bangladesh Air Force training jet crashes into a school in Dhaka and kills at least 20

Firefighters work at the site of a Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft that crashed into a school campus shortly after takeoff in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday. Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP hide caption toggle caption Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP DHAKA, Bangladesh — A Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashed into a school in Dhaka, the capital, shortly after takeoff

Nearly 100 people killed seeking aid in Gaza on Sunday, Palestinian officials say

Palestinians react after carrying the bodies of those killed while trying to reach aid trucks entering northern Gaza through the Zikim crossing with Israel, at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, on Sunday. Jehad Alshrafi/AP hide caption toggle caption Jehad Alshrafi/AP At least 94 Palestinians were killed by Israeli military fire across Gaza on Sunday as

Here are some of the newest UNESCO World Heritage sites

Orango National Park on the Bijagós Archipelago off of the coast of Guinea-Bissau is a newly designated World Heritage Site. Hellio & van Ingen/IBAP/UNESCO Nomination File hide caption toggle caption Hellio & van Ingen/IBAP/UNESCO Nomination File Twenty-six sites have been added to UNESCO's World Heritage List, designating their cultural and natural importance. Locations this year

Syrian forces who fought Druze militias leave Sweida province under a ceasefire

Israeli soldiers stand guard as Syrian Druze people cross back into Syria at the Israeli-Syrian border, in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights town of Majdal Shams, on Thursday. Leo Correa/AP hide caption toggle caption Leo Correa/AP DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian government forces had largely pulled out of the southern province of Sweida on Thursday after days

An Israeli restaurant owner quits a controversial Gaza food program after criticism

Protesters enter Miznon Hardware Lane in Melbourne, Australia, July 4. Demonstrators clashed with staff at the restaurant, which is co-owned by Shahar Segal, who had joined the Israeli- and U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation as a spokesperson. Segal has since left his role with the controversial Gaza food distribution group. Alex Zucco/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Trump’s pick for ambassador to the U.N. grilled over Signal chat scandal

Former national security adviser Mike Waltz, President Trump's nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, attends his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on July 15. Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images Former national security adviser Mike Waltz faced tough questions on Capitol Hill on

Syrians in Turkey Decide Whether to Return Home

Enlarge this image Bushra Ajaj and Hasan Ajam hold the Syrian flag in Gaziantep, Turkey. Rebecca Rosman/NPR hide caption toggle caption Rebecca Rosman/NPR Bushra Ajaj and Hasan Ajam hold the Syrian flag in Gaziantep, Turkey. Rebecca Rosman/NPR Millions of Syrians fled their country during the civil war that lasted more than a decade. Now the