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JERUSALEM (AP) -- It may well be remembered as a pyrrhic victory for Israel: in six days it stunned the world by vanquishing several Arab armies, only to be saddled with a deeply corrosive 50-year fight with the Palestinians for the Holy Land....
BERLIN (AP) -- Chancellor Angela Merkel cautioned Monday against seeking "simple answers" to complex global issues, a day after suggesting that Europe's relationship with the U.S. had shifted significantly following NATO and G-7 meetings with President Donald Trump that produced disappointing results....
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Abril Gallardo rode 15 hours in a van to urge fellow Hispanics living in the Texas capital of Austin to fight back against a new state law targeting "sanctuary cities," an immigration crackdown reminiscent of one her home state of Arizona enacted a few years ago....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- For Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, writing a Republican-only health care bill that can pass the Senate boils down to this question: How do you solve a problem like Dean, Lisa, Patrick, Ted, Rand and Susan?...
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) -- Police say golf great Tiger Woods has been arrested on a DUI charge in Florida....
PARIS (AP) -- The Latest on Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to France (all times local):...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on President Donald Trump's Memorial Day observance (all times local):...
(Vatican Radio) Our Director of English Programming, Sean-Patrick Lovett, is just returned from the Philippines, where he was visiting on a lecture tour that took him first to the University of Manila and then to Davao, on the island of Mindanao – and smack into the middle of a war zone.Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte had in fact declared martial law on Mindanao after an attempt to apprehend a suspected leader of a terror group associated with the so-called Islamic State resulted in major clashes between Islamic militants, the torching of buildings, and kidnappings.“I was there [in Davao] at a particularly tense time,” Lovett said.“Hence, a message like ‘Do not fear, I am with you’,” which is the theme of Pope Francis’ message for the 51st World Day of Communications, marked in the Church throughout the world this past Sunday, and the occasion of Lovett’s visit to Davao, “became much more than just a Papal document.&rd...
Caritas Philippines, the social arm of the Philippine Catholic Church has launched a solidarity appeal to dioceses to extend help to people displaced by the ongoing clash between government troops and the Maute terrorist group in the south of the country, where a Muslim separatist rebellion has raged for decades. “The national Caritas is now appealing to your generosity for any assistance to augment the needs of the internally displaced persons affected by the Marawi siege,” said Caritas Philippines head Archbishop Rolando Tria Tirona of Cáceres in a letter to 85 dioceses and social action directors nationwide.Caritas Philippines, locally known as the National Secretariat for Social Action (NASSA), has initially released an equivalent of some $6,000 to support the relief efforts in the Diocese of Iligan. Private individuals and groups have also been invited to donate through a bank account.Marawi cathedral attackedViolence erupted i...
NEW YORK (AP) -- The stage remains dark in the moments before the final show. It's the Allman Brothers' annual New York City Beacon Theater run, in March 2011....
