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Supporters of Peter Magyar, the leader of the opposition Tisza party celebrate after a parliamentary election in Budapest, Hungary, April 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
April 13, 2026, 5:14 am
European leaders fete Hungarian opposition’s victory over Orban as win for democracy
Spanish, Polish, French and EU leaders hail Peter Magyar’s win as boon to European unity; Herzog, Sa’ar, Lapid all congratulate Magyar, but pro-Orban Netanyahu stays mum
By Sam McNeil
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán speaks during an assembly of European far-right parties with Orbán’s Patriots for Europe group, in Budapest, Hungary, March 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
April 7, 2026, 4:46 am
Hungary’s Orbán has long annoyed the European Union. Now some hope he faces defeat
Longtime PM has exploited bloc’s rules to oppose key moves and extract more funding, leading some to call him a ‘Trojan horse’; his opponent in April 12 election wants to mend ties
By Sam McNeil and Justin Spike
Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz, right, and French President Emmanuel Macron walk together as they arrive for the EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)
March 20, 2026, 4:58 am
European leaders call to cease all strikes on energy, water facilities in Middle East
EU foreign policy chief says ‘no appetite’ to get involved in the war, as countries suggest they’ll only intervene in Strait of Hormuz after fighting ceases
By Sam McNeil and LORNE COOK
People, mostly Iranians who crossed from Iran at the Kapikoy border crossing, pull luggage in Turkey's eastern Van province, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Murat Kocabas)
March 14, 2026, 6:04 pm
Iranians weigh whether to flee country amid the war
Though relatively few people have so far left the Islamic Republic, its neighbors and Europe are bracing for a potential migration crisis if the conflict drags on
By Sam McNeil and SERRA YEDIKARDES
A man shows two ropes tied in the shape of nooses, found in the infamous Saydnaya military prison, just north of Damascus, Syria, December 9, 2024. (Hussein Malla/AP)
November 11, 2025, 6:18 pm
Exiled Syrian opens up about precariously smuggling out proof of Assad’s cruelty
Ussama Uthman, his wife and brother-in-law obtained tens of thousands of images showing detainee abuse — drawing global attention and enabling families to learn loved ones’ fates
By Sam McNeil
This combination of undated images shows residents of Kibbutz Nir Oz who have been freed from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, where they had been held hostage since an October 7 cross-border attack. Top row from left: Adina Moshe, Sapir Cohen, Ofelia Roitman, Irena Tati, Yelena Trufanov, Ada Sagi. Second row from left: Sahar Kalderon and her brother Erez Kalderon, Liat Atzili, Ilana Gritzewsky, Shani Goren, Channa Peri. Third row from left: Yaffa Adar, Nili Margalit, sisters Aviv, right, and Raz Asher Katz, Eitan Yahalomi, Yagil Yaakov, Tamar Metzger. Bottom row from left: Dafna Elyakim and her sister Ela Elyakim, Sharon Aloni Cunio, center, and her twin daughters, Emma and Yuli, Keren Munder and her son Ohad, Ditza Heiman, Hannah Katzir. (Hostages and Missing Families Forum via AP)
December 5, 2023, 12:53 pm
Kibbutz Nir Oz, overrun on October 7, embodies Hamas’s hostage-taking strategy
Residents who survived describe how terrorists abducted residents with well-rehearsed moves; internal messages show horror of residents as massacres and kidnapping unfolded
By Lori Hinnant and Sam McNeil
Tourists take pictures with the Christmas tree in Manger Square, adjacent to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Dec. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/ Mahmoud Illean)
December 15, 2022, 9:34 am
Bethlehem welcomes back Christmas visitors as post-pandemic tourism soars
Streets are bustling with tour groups and hotels are fully booked, as Israeli-Palestinian tensions appear to be having little effect on the number of holiday tourists
By Sam McNeil
Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu delivers an election campaign speech from inside a modified delivery truck with a side wall replaced with bulletproof glass, in Beersheba, southern Israel, September 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
September 15, 2022, 12:29 pm
Wooing voters, Netanyahu campaigns aboard a bulletproof ‘Bibibus’
The former prime minister, famed for his flair for the dramatic, drums up support ahead of November elections with a new shtick
By Ilan Ben Zion and Sam McNeil
Ayoub Rumeihat takes a moment after visiting a cemetery for Arab Bedouins who fell in the service of the state of Israel, in a hillside near Zubaydat in the Galilee region, Aug. 23, 2022. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
September 8, 2022, 12:01 pm
Bedouin community fear Galilee conservation plan is part of a bid to ‘uproot’ them
Nature and Parks Authority faces opposition to planned wildlife corridor near Haifa, which environmentalists say is an important part of efforts to protect endangered animals
By Sam McNeil
Palestinian workers wait at the Erez crossing in Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip, as they wait to enter Israel for work, on March 13, 2022. (Attia Muhammed/Flash90)
August 26, 2022, 11:00 am
Israeli work permits for Gazan Palestinians: a lifeline, a leverage tool or both?
Many Palestinians earn 10 times as much in Israel as they would in Gaza: ‘One month of work there equals three years of work here,’ says one permit holder
By Fares Akram and Sam McNeil
A man looks out of the window of the office of al-Haq Human rights organization that is adjacent to the St. Andrew's Anglican Episcopal Church, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, August 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
August 21, 2022, 11:03 pm
Head of targeted Palestinian rights group says IDF summoned him for questioning
Al-Haq’s Shawan Jabarin says he refused to report to a military prison days after soldiers raided the Ramallah offices of his and other NGOs, drawing harsh European response
By Sam McNeil
Members of the WHO team gather after arriving at the airport in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on January 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
January 14, 2021, 11:24 am
WHO team arrives in Wuhan to investigate origins of coronavirus
Beijing maintains virus came from abroad; Chinese government spokesman says they will ‘exchange views’ but gives no indication whether scientists will be allowed to gather evidence
By Sam McNeil and HUIZHONG WU
A worker inside a lab at the SinoVac vaccine factory in Beijing on September 24, 2020. (AP/Ng Han Guan)
September 25, 2020, 6:34 am
Chinese firm claims it will have vaccine ready for world by early 2021
SinoVac CEO says company will apply for FDA approval after phase 3 trial completed, but in meantime has begun distributing doses of experimental drug to some in China
By Sam McNeil
Chinese SWAT officers salute each other at the former United States Consulate in Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan province on July 27, 2020 (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
July 27, 2020, 1:17 pm
Consulate closures an inflection point in China-US relations
The forced shuttering of Chinese mission in Houston and American mission of Chengdu marks a new low point in ties, and won’t be easily smoothed over
By Sam McNeil
Chinese policemen prepare for duty around a neighborhood sealed off before the official closure of the United States Consulate in Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan province, July 27, 2020 (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
July 27, 2020, 7:47 am
US consulate in China shuts down as Beijing hits back at Washington
Beijing ordered closure in retaliation for US move to shutter Chinese consulate in Houston as dispute over tech, trade and security escalates
By Sam McNeil
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