Edan Alexander, 21, is the last living American citizen held by Hamas in Gaza. On Sunday, the Palestinian militant group said it would free him, just days before President Trump is set to travel to the Middle East. Who is Edan Alexander? Mr. Alexander is an American Israeli dual citizen who grew up in Tenafly,…
Just days into the papacy of Leo XIV, the new pope has begun to lay out his vision for how he will lead the Catholic church. Like his predecessor, he plans to embrace the poor and the marginalized. He wants to continue Francis’s effort to fling open the doors of the Vatican and listen to…
President Trump had one big question on his mind as Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney headed to Washington last week. “I very much want to work with him, but cannot understand one simple TRUTH,” Mr. Trump said in a social media post, reiterating several of ways he believes Canada benefits unfairly from its trade relationship…
The Rev. Gosbert Rwezahura opened Mass on Sunday morning by saying what everyone in the pews was thinking. “Habemus papam!” he exclaimed at Christ Our Savior Parish in South Holland, Ill. Beaming, he added, “He is one of our own!” It was the first Sunday in American history with an American pope seated on the…
U.S. said it made ‘progress’ toward a deal with China Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said yesterday that the U.S. had made “substantial progress” in talks with China after a weekend of meetings in Geneva, and that more details would be announced today. Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative who joined Bessent for the talks, suggested…
President Trump wants Latin American countries to shift closer into Washington’s orbit, raising echoes of the Monroe Doctrine, when the United States claimed the Western Hemisphere as its domain. This week, China’s leader, Xi Jinping, is hosting President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and other leading officials from Latin America and the Caribbean…
In the eyes of many of his fellow Greenlanders, Jorgen Boassen is a traitor. A few weeks ago at a dive bar in Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, someone slugged him in the face, sending him to the hospital. But whatever the consequences of his convictions, he insists he isn’t scared. “The United States has my back,”…
As night fell, we could see in the distance hills dotted with glowing white specks — homes tucked into the slopes of the Pakistani side of Kashmir. The town behind us, on the Indian side, was also shimmering. My friend was hopeful. “Lights are a good sign,” he said. “Means nothing will go wrong tonight.”…
Wildfires erupted across Britain over the past week amid the driest start to spring in nearly 70 years. Fires burned through forested areas in Scotland, Wales and England, coinciding with declining river levels and warnings of drought. In Scotland, a large forest fire near the village of Fauldhouse, west of Edinburgh, broke out late Saturday…
Six weeks ago, a van piled high with flowers pulled up at the International Criminal Court’s detention center in The Hague. The court also received deliveries of birthday cards. Lots and lots of them. They were all for the newest inmate, Rodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, who turned 80 on March 28….
