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President Donald Trump walks to board Air Force One, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump says deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz could come as early as Wednesday

10:35 PM on Tuesday, August 4

U.S. President Donald Trump says a deal on the Strait of Hormuz could come as early as Wednesday or Thursday

Elderly residents perform tai chi near the portrait of Chinese President Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders at the Chengguan District Day Care Center for the Elderly in western China's Tibet autonomous region on July 20, 2026, as seen during a government-organized visit for foreign journalists. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

In Tibet, some embrace their native language even under China's sweeping new 'ethnic unity' law

6:04 PM on Tuesday, August 4

A 73-year-old retired nurse spoke her native Tibetan all her life but never learned to write it — until now

Bodies of members of the Hassayna and Abu Sharia families, killed in an Israeli strike in 2023 and recently recovered from the rubble, are draped in Palestinian flags during their funeral in Gaza City, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Netanyahu says no Israeli withdrawal from Gaza until Hamas has been completely disarmed

6:10 AM on Tuesday, August 4

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will not withdraw from its current lines in Gaza until Hamas has completely disarmed

The financial dilemma that wound up helping US churches thrive

5:44 AM on Tuesday, August 4

Shiite worshipers carrying a portrait of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the late Iranian Leader Ayatollah Khomeini gather between the holy shrines of Imam Abbas and Imam Hussein during Arbaeen, marking the end of the 40-day mourning period following Ashoura, in Karbala, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Shiite Muslims join Arbaeen pilgrimage in Iraq amid fears of US-Iran escalation

1:25 AM on Tuesday, August 4

Millions of Shiite Muslims have observed the annual Arbaeen pilgrimage in Karbala, Iraq, amid regional tensions and fears of escalation in the U.S.-Iran conflict

Ethiopia landslide kills 14 at monastery ritual, search continues for missing

3:01 PM on Monday, August 3

A landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in Ethiopia’s Amhara region has killed 14 and injured seven others

EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Palestinians try to extinguish a burning car after an Israeli military strike in Gaza City, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Board of Peace envoy meets with Netanyahu on Gaza disarmament deal and urges a halt to strikes

12:10 PM on Monday, August 3

The Board of Peace official overseeing Gaza’s postwar transition has met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Aerial photo shows Shiite pilgrims gathering between the illuminated holy shrine of Imam Hussein and the holy shrine of Imam Abbas, ahead of Arbaeen, the annual Shiite commemoration marking 40 days after Ashura, in Karbala, Iraq, late Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Pilgrims converge on Iraq's city of Karbala for the annual Arbaeen religious gathering, in photos

11:11 AM on Monday, August 3

Vehicles travel past a billboard depicting a fallen Statue of Liberty and crowds carrying Iranian and Shiite flags at Revolution Square in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Trump optimistic Iran talks will reopen strait, and other developments in the Middle East

2:49 AM on Monday, August 3

After calling off a fresh round of strikes against Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump says the two sides are resuming talks to wind down the war

Mourners carry the bodies of Kamal Abu Muailiq, 68, and his wife, Huda Abu Muailiq, 59, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike, during their funeral in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israel says it has serious concerns with Hamas disarmament deal

6:51 AM on Sunday, August 2

Israel has shared serious security concerns with the White House about a proposed disarmament deal with Hamas

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters onboard Air Force One while returning to the White House, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump says Gulf leaders' input weighed heavily in decision to hold off on ordering new Iran strikes

9:09 PM on Saturday, August 1

President Donald Trump says he has decided to hold off on ordering new strikes against Iran after discussions with Gulf allies

A Palestinian woman inspects the scene of an Israeli airstrike near al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Palestinians in Gaza hope Hamas will disarm but fear Israeli forces won't withdraw

7:27 AM on Saturday, August 1

President Donald Trump's announcement that Hamas agreed to disarm offers a glimmer of hope for Palestinians in Gaza

Relatives and friends grieve over the body of Hassan Qahman at a hospital morgue after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Trump says he will order halt to Iran strikes after parameters reached for deal to end war

1:52 AM on Saturday, August 1

U.S. President Donald Trump says he will order American forces to hold off on strikes he had threatened against Iran after the parameters of a deal to the end the war were reached

Why Arbaeen – the Shiite Muslim pilgrimage of mourning – has a deep significance that brings millions to Iraq each year

8:47 AM on Friday, July 31

A Palestinian man rides his bicycle by the rubble of buildings that were destroyed during the Israel Hamas war, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

White House signals Trump is weighing new strikes on Iran, and other developments in the Middle East

7:53 AM on Friday, July 31

A main development in the Middle East is that the White House is signaling that President Donald Trump is weighing carrying out new strikes on Iran

Pope Leo XIV speaks as he attends the "Canticle of Peace" prayer and fraternity meeting at Borgo Laudato Si' in Castel Gandolfo, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) southwest of Rome, Italy, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

A giddy Patti Smith meets fellow Chicago legend, Pope Leo XIV, and says "Hi"

7:52 AM on Friday, July 31

Rock legend Patti Smith has met with Pope Leo XIV

Read the full text of the deal for Hamas to disarm and Israel to leave Gaza

5:33 AM on Friday, July 31

The Catholic principle guiding popes through tech upheavals, from the Industrial Revolution to AI

5:12 AM on Friday, July 31

FILE- A U.S. flag is seen through a hole torn in an Israel national flag, as they wave in the wind at a horse ranch, near the southern Israeli town of Sderot, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

Israelis worry about weakening connection with younger Jewish Americans

11:19 PM on Thursday, July 30

Israelis across political and religious lines are worried about the weakening connection with younger Jewish Americans

The church fathers of early Christianity are showing their swag – on TikTok

5:08 AM on Wednesday, July 8

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