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Israeli police prevent Catholic leaders from celebrating Palm Sunday Mass at Jerusalem church
March 29, 2026 - 11:42 AM

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli police prevented Catholic leaders from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate a private Mass on the Christian holiday of Palm Sunday for the first time in centuries, setting off a wave of criticism from the United States and others.
Egypt’s early closing order jolts Cairo’s night life as war-driven oil costs soar
March 29, 2026 - 11:39 AM

CAIRO (AP) — The Egyptian government is seeking ways to conserve oil-powered electricity during the U.S.-Israel war with Iran, enacting at least one policy that threatens Cairo's identity as a city that never sleeps.
The Latest: Regional powers meet in Pakistan as Iran warns US against ground invasion
March 29, 2026 - 11:36 AM

Iranian forces “are waiting for the arrival of American troops on the ground to set them on fire and punish their regional partners forever,” the country’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said.
North Korea conducts engine test for missile capable of targeting US mainland
March 29, 2026 - 11:21 AM

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed a test of an upgraded solid-fuel engine for weapons capable of reaching the U.S. mainland, and called it a significant development boosting his country’s strategic military arsenal, state media reported Sunday.
Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of shelling outskirts of eastern city, killing and wounding civilians
March 29, 2026 - 11:20 AM

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s government accused Pakistan’s military of shelling the outskirts of an eastern Afghan city on Sunday, killing one person and wounding more than a dozen in the latest episode of renewed fighting between the two neighboring countries.
UK police arrest a man after a car hits pedestrians in the English city of Derby, injuring 7
March 29, 2026 - 10:13 AM

LONDON (AP) — Police in the English city of Derby arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder after a car struck a number of pedestrians in the busy city center, sending seven people to hospitals.
Paramilitary attack kills at least 14 in central Sudan, group says
March 29, 2026 - 10:06 AM

CAIRO (AP) — An attack by Sudanese paramilitaries and their allied rebels in the central region of Kordofan killed at least 14 people, including five children and two women, a medical group said Sunday, in the latest deadly assault of the Sudan war.
Egyptian diplomat Nabil Fahmy appointed as new Arab League chief
March 29, 2026 - 9:06 AM

CAIRO (AP) — Arab foreign ministers on Sunday appointed veteran Egyptian diplomat Nabil Fahmy as the head of the 22-member Arab League, at a time the Middle East is plunged in a monthlong Iran war that shows no sign of abating.
Pope Leo XIV rejects claims that God justifies war in Palm Sunday Mass message
March 29, 2026 - 9:06 AM

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV said Sunday that God doesn't listen to the prayers of those who make war or cite God to justify their violence, as he prayed especially for Christians in the Middle East during a Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square.
Photos show Lebanon's Catholics marking Palm Sunday as the shadow of war weighs heavily
March 29, 2026 - 8:45 AM

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
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Israeli police prevent Catholic leaders from celebrating Palm Sunday Mass at Jerusalem church

Egypt’s early closing order jolts Cairo’s night life as war-driven oil costs soar

The Latest: Regional powers meet in Pakistan as Iran warns US against ground invasion

North Korea conducts engine test for missile capable of targeting US mainland

Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of shelling outskirts of eastern city, killing and wounding civilians

UK police arrest a man after a car hits pedestrians in the English city of Derby, injuring 7

Paramilitary attack kills at least 14 in central Sudan, group says

Egyptian diplomat Nabil Fahmy appointed as new Arab League chief

Pope Leo XIV rejects claims that God justifies war in Palm Sunday Mass message

Photos show Lebanon's Catholics marking Palm Sunday as the shadow of war weighs heavily

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