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BELFAST, Northern Ireland – His political party says Peter Robinson, the Protestant leader of Northern Ireland’s unity government, has been hospitalized after a suspected heart attack. The 66-year-old leader of the Democratic Unionist Party was admitted Monday to the Ulster Hospital east of Belfast. The Democratic Unionist Party says in …

KATHMANDU, Nepal – The U.N. food agency is hiring thousands of mountain and trekking guides, porters and other workers to carry food, medicine, tents and supplies to Nepal’s mostly inaccessible northern villages where two powerful earthquakes destroyed houses. Richard Regan of the U.N.’s World Food Program said the workers also …

PARIS – France and Morocco have vowed to strengthen counterterrorism cooperation, four months after they resumed judicial cooperation following a year-long diplomatic rift. After meeting with French president Francois Hollande on Friday, Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkilane said: “We had a difficult year of course, now it’s behind us, and …

The State Department says the U.S. suspects one reason Hamas is refusing to release its remaining female hostages is to prevent them from revealing the horrors they experienced in captivity. Israeli officials believe Hamas still has roughly 18 women in custody, most of whom were kidnapped from an Oct. 7 …

Danish shipping company Maersk said Thursday that one of its vessels was targeted by a missile near the entrance of the Red Sea, calling recent attacks on ships in the region “extremely concerning.” The incident involving the Maersk Gibraltar happened near the Bab al-Mandab Strait, according to Reuters, just days …

Prince Andrew won’t face a new investigation by U.K. police following his inclusion in the highly publicized release of newly unsealed Jeffrey Epstein documents this week. “We are aware of the release of court documents in relation to Jeffrey Epstein,” the Metropolitan Police said in a statement Friday. “As with …

China is pushing back on the United States and the multilateral coalition that are launching strikes on Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, suggesting such operations are further escalation from the Israel-Hamas war. He also said they were “unlikely” to achieve their desired outcome of preventing the rebel group from attacking …

LONDON – Britain’s former prime minister, Tony Blair, is taking a new role in combatting anti-Semitism in Europe, days after stepping down as the international community’s Mideast envoy. Blair revealed Thursday he will chair the European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation, a group which champions legislation and dialogue on tolerance. …

UNITED NATIONS – United Nations diplomats say Russia and China have blocked sanctions against two Libyans accused by the United States, Britain, France and Spain of undermining peace efforts in the deeply divided north African nation. The four Western countries urged the U.N. Security Council to impose sanctions on Othman …

CAIRO – The foreign minister of Libya’s internationally recognized government says the North African nation is at “crossroads” as it faces mounting political and security crises, including the expansion of extremist Islamic State affiliates along its coast. Mohammed al-Dairi told journalists in Cairo on Monday that parties opposing peace talks …