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Vermont senator wants Trump pressure on Israel to end ‘catastrophic’ Gaza blockade

Trucks load with humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip are seen at the Kerem Shalom Crossing in southern Israel, Tuesday May 20. Maya Alleruzzo/AP hide caption toggle caption Maya Alleruzzo/AP Israel – facing intense pressure from some European countries – has agreed to allow a "basic quantity" of food into Gaza after an almost three-month

Portugal’s election falls short of ending political instability. Here’s what to know

Incumbent Prime Minister and leader of the center-right Social Democratic Party Luis Montenegro gestures while addressing his supporters following Portugal's general election, in Lisbon on Monday. Armando Franca/AP hide caption toggle caption Armando Franca/AP LISBON — Portugal's third general election in three years has failed to deliver the result that could break the worst spell

U.S. sends 68 migrants back to Honduras and Colombia in first voluntary deportation

A Honduran migrant who returned voluntarily from the United States walks after arriving at Ramon Villeda Morales Airport in San Pedro Sula, Honduras on Monday. Delmer Martinez/AP hide caption toggle caption Delmer Martinez/AP SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — The United States on Monday sent 68 immigrants from Honduras and Colombia back to their countries, the

El Salvador arrests prominent human rights lawyer

Eleonora Alfaro (L), mother of lawyer Ruth Lopez of the human rights group Cristosal, speaks next to Noah Bullock (C), executive director of Cristosal, and Louis Benavides (R), partner of Lopez, during a press conference in El Salvador. Marvin Recinos/AFP hide caption toggle caption Marvin Recinos/AFP MEXICO CITY — Leading human rights activist, Ruth López

Standing by in San Antonio: the luxury plane from Qatar intended to replace Air Force One

President Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on May 12, 2025. Brendan Smialowski/AFP hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP The luxury Boeing 747 gifted to the U.S. government by Qatar is standing by at the San Antonio, Texas, airport, awaiting a specialized overhaul from a defense contractor so that President

Pope Leo meets with Vance, who delivers an invitation to visit the White House

Pope Leo XIV with Vice President JD Vance, his wife Usha Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his wife Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio, on the occasion of their meeting at the Vatican, Monday. Simone Risoluti/Vatican Media via AP hide caption toggle caption Simone Risoluti/Vatican Media via AP ROME — At a meeting between Vice President

Trump and Putin talk more than 2 hours, but there’s no Russia-Ukraine ceasefire

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via videoconference at the Kremlin in Moscow, Friday. Pavel Byrkin/Sputnik Kremlin/AP hide caption toggle caption Pavel Byrkin/Sputnik Kremlin/AP MOSCOW — President Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin for more than two hours on Monday, as part of a flurry of phone calls to negotiate a

Indians still pray at ‘visa temples’ after the U.S. deported migrants in chains

The Chamatkarik Shree Hanumanji Mandir in the old city of Ahmedabad, in western India, is seen by worshippers as a place where prayers to obtain visas to Western countries are answered. Diaa Hadid/NPR hide caption toggle caption Diaa Hadid/NPR AHMEDABAD, India — A man gives his passport to a Hindu priest at a temple in