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A general view shows a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Friday, March. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

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Palestinians want April vote on UN membership despite US saying peace with Israel must come first
By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press
Wed,04/03/24-9:06PM , 63 Reads
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Palestinians want the Security Council to vote later this month on their revived request for full membership in the United Nations, despite the United States reiterating Wednesday that Israel and the Palestinians must first negotiate a peace agreement.
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In this photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu leads a meeting with the leadership of the Armed Forces at the National Defense Control Center in Moscow, Russia. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

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In rare call, Russian defense minister warns French counterpart against sending troops to Ukraine
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wed,04/03/24-5:20PM , 34 Reads
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's defense minister warned his French counterpart against deploying troops to Ukraine in a rare phone call Wednesday and noted that Moscow is ready to take part in talks to end the conflict.
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Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak addresses the media at Downing Street in London, on March 1, 2024. Britain’s main opposition parties are demanding that the Conservative government publish legal advice it has received on whether Israel has broken international humanitarian law during the war in Gaza. They say the U.K. should ban weapons sales to Israel if the law has been broken. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

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The killing of aid workers adds to pressure on the UK government to halt arms sales to Israel
By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press
Wed,04/03/24-10:54AM , 47 Reads
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s main opposition parties demanded Wednesday that the Conservative government publish legal advice it has received on whether Israel has broken international humanitarian law during the war in Gaza. They say the U.K.
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The bodies of six foreign aid workers killed in a series of Israeli strikes have been transported out of the Gaza Strip ahead of their repatriation. The bodies were driven across the Egyptian border at the Rafah crossing on Wednesday. The three British citizens, a Polish citizen, an Australian and a Canadian American dual national worked for World Central Kitchen, an international charity. Their Palestinian driver was also killed. Israel has acknowledged carrying out the strikes by mistake and says it has launched an independent investigation. (AP video by Mohammad Jahjouh)

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Bodies of 6 foreign aid workers slain in Israeli strikes are transported out of Gaza
By MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH AND SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press
Wed,04/03/24-7:30AM , 61 Reads
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The bodies of six foreign aid workers killed in Israeli airstrikes began the journey back to their home countries Wednesday as more questions swirled over Israel's explanation that a “misidentification” led to the attack on their convoy.
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