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President Donald Trump's nominee for ambassador to the Vatican defended many of the administration's foreign-aid cuts at a Senate hearing Tuesday, even while saying Catholic charitable groups are well-equipped to deliver such aid efficiently.

AMORGOS, Greece (AP) — For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in an island monastery carved into a seaside cliff that’s little changed since its founding more than a millennium ago.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli strike on Monday hit next to a charity kitchen where Palestinians crowded to receive cooked meals as food supplies dwindle under Israel's monthlong blockade of the Gaza Strip , one of a string of attacks in

Israel struck tents outside two major hospitals in the Gaza Strip overnight, killing at least two people, including a local reporter , and wounding nine, including six journalists, Palestinian medics said.

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Roasted chicken is a Passover mainstay. It’s easy to prepare while keeping kosher and takes well to a variety of seasonings and sauces, like bold and savory chutney.

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel has dramatically expanded its footprint in the Gaza Strip since relaunching its war against Hamas last month. It now controls more than 50% of the territory and is squeezing Palestinians into shrinking wedges of land.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least 32 people, including over a dozen women and children, local health officials said Sunday, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu headed to the United States to m

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Starvation was likely the leading cause of death for a Palestinian teenager who died in an Israeli prison , according to an Israeli doctor who observed the autopsy.

VIENNA (AP) — Germany marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazis' Buchenwald concentration camp on Sunday as one of the country's former presidents warned against “radicalization and a worldwide shift to the right.