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Tradition and faith meet at the coast in Spain every July to celebrate the patron of sailors

Tradition and faith meet at the coast in Spain every July to celebrate the patron of sailors

ESTEPONA, Spain (AP) — Silence falls on the beach in the former fishing village of Estepona as the sun sets over Spain’s southern coast .
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Christian patriarchs make rare visit to Gaza after deadly Israeli strike on church

Christian patriarchs make rare visit to Gaza after deadly Israeli strike on church

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Top church leaders visited Gaza on Friday after its only Catholic church was struck by an Israeli shell the day before, an attack that killed three people and wounded 10, including a priest who had developed a close f
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Tired of put-downs, Tennessee town corrects the record with play about the Scopes trial it hosted

Tired of put-downs, Tennessee town corrects the record with play about the Scopes trial it hosted

DAYTON, Tenn. (AP) — A small town in eastern Tennessee courted national publicity and attention a century ago when local leaders planned a test trial over the teaching of evolution in public schools.
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Nagasaki cathedral blesses a bell that replaces one destroyed by the US atomic bomb

Nagasaki cathedral blesses a bell that replaces one destroyed by the US atomic bomb

TOKYO (AP) — A Nagasaki cathedral has blessed the final piece to complete its restoration nearly 80 years after being destroyed by the second U.S. atomic bomb dropped on Japan: a reproduction of its lost bell restored by a group of Americans.
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Israeli strike hits Gaza church, killing 3 and wounding priest who was close to Pope Francis

Israeli strike hits Gaza church, killing 3 and wounding priest who was close to Pope Francis

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli shell slammed into the compound of the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing three people and wounding 10 others, including the parish priest, according to church officials.
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Thousands of Haitians mark annual pilgrimage far from a sacred waterfall surrounded by gangs

Thousands of Haitians mark annual pilgrimage far from a sacred waterfall surrounded by gangs

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The massive crowd that would gather once a year at a revered waterfall in central Haiti where the faithful would splash in its sacred waters and rub their bodies with aromatic leaves was not there on Wednesday.
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A crowd surge at an aid site in Gaza run by an Israeli-backed group kills 20 Palestinians

A crowd surge at an aid site in Gaza run by an Israeli-backed group kills 20 Palestinians

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Twenty Palestinians were killed at a food distribution center run by an Israeli-backed American organization in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, mostly from being trampled, the group said.
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Here's what triggered the latest deadly violence in Syria, and why it matters

Here's what triggered the latest deadly violence in Syria, and why it matters

BEIRUT (AP) — Clashes between government forces and members of a minority sect in Syria have drawn intervention by Israel and once again raised fears of a breakdown in the country's fragile postwar order.
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In African politics, the rampant belief in witchcraft fortifies some and vexes others

In African politics, the rampant belief in witchcraft fortifies some and vexes others

MBALE, Uganda (AP) — Wilson Watira offered his hand when he met his political rival at a funeral, gesturing for a proper handshake. The man didn't want contact, instead folding a piece of paper that he aimed at Watira.
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Netanyahu's governing coalition is fracturing. Here's what it means for Israel and Gaza

Netanyahu's governing coalition is fracturing. Here's what it means for Israel and Gaza

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government suffered a serious blow on Tuesday when an ultra-Orthodox party announced it was bolting the coalition.
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