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US ambassador causes uproar by claiming Israel has a right to much of the Middle East

TEL AVIV, Israel — Arab and Muslim nations on Saturday sharply condemned comments by the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, who said Israel has a right to much of the Middle East. Huckabee made the comments in an interview with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson that aired ...

Trump gets pledges for Gaza reconstruction, troop commitments at Board of Peace talks

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Thursday at the inaugural Board of Peace meeting that nine members have agreed to pledge $7 billion toward a Gaza relief package and five countries have agreed to deploy troops as part of an international stabilization force for the war-battered ...

Trump says ‘bad things’ happen without Iran deal

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran held annual military drills with Russia on Thursday as a second American aircraft carrier drew closer to the Middle East, with both the United States and Iran signaling they are prepared for war if talks on Tehran's nuclear program fizzle out. President ...

Mexico and El Salvador make big cocaine seizures at sea

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The navies of El Salvador and Mexico announced drug seizures in the Pacific Ocean this week of more than 10 tonnes of cocaine, in contrast to deadly strikes by the U.S. government that just this week left 11 people dead on three boats suspected of carrying drugs in Latin ...

Fishermen in the eastern Caribbean fear for their lives following a deadly US strike

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An organization in St. Vincent and the Grenadines is urging fishermen to take certain precautions after decrying a recent U.S. strike in the eastern Caribbean that killed three people aboard a suspected drug boat. Winsbert Harry, president of the National ...