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Hamas says it killed 12 Israeli-backed fighters. Israeli-supported group says they were aid workers
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Hamas says it killed 12 Israeli-backed fighters. Israeli-supported group says they were aid workers

  • By SAMY MAGDY and KAREEM CHEHAYEB - Associated Press

The Hamas-run police force said it killed 12 members of an Israeli-backed militia after detaining them early Thursday in the Gaza Strip. Hours earlier, an Israeli- and U.S.-supported aid group said Hamas attacked a bus carrying its Palestinian workers, killing at least five of them. The militia said its fighters had attacked Hamas and killed five militants. It also accused Hamas of detaining and killing humanitarian workers. It was not immediately possible to verify the competing claims or confirm the identify of those killed. The Israeli military circulated the aid group's statement on social media but did not provide its own account of what happened.

Southern Baptist public policy arm survives challenge to its conservative credentials
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Southern Baptist public policy arm survives challenge to its conservative credentials

  • By PETER SMITH - Associated Press

Southern Baptist representatives have fended off two efforts to move the staunchly conservative body even more sharply to the right. They gave a vote of confidence Wednesday to its public-policy agency. It had faced criticism for not being conservative enough. They also defeated a proposed constitutional ban on churches with women in any pastoral role. That vote failed to reach the two-thirds majority needed for a constitutional change. The actions came in Dallas toward the end of the two-day annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, which is the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.

Pope Leo XIV names first Chinese bishop, signalling he is continuing Vatican's controversial accord
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Pope Leo XIV names first Chinese bishop, signalling he is continuing Vatican's controversial accord

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Pope Leo XIV has made his first appointment of a Chinese bishop. The nomination signals Leo is continuing the Vatican’s 2018 agreement with Beijing, which was one of Pope Francis' most controversial foreign policy decisions. The Vatican has expressed satisfaction that Leo’s June 5 nomination of Bishop Joseph Lin Yuntuan as auxiliary bishop of Fuzhou had been recognized Wednesday by Chinese authorities. The Vatican says Lin taking possession of the diocese and the civic recognition of his appointment “constitutes a further fruit of the dialogue between the Holy See and the Chinese authorities and is a significant step in the diocese’s communal journey.”

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Pope Leo XIV waves at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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Pope Leo XIV meets bishops during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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Pope Leo XIV holds his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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Pope Leo XIV holds his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Live updates: Israel attacks Yemeni port city of Hodeida, key to aid delivery
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Live updates: Israel attacks Yemeni port city of Hodeida, key to aid delivery

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The Israeli navy has attacked docks in Yemen’s rebel-held port city of Hodeida. It likely damaged facilities that are key to aid shipments to the hungry, war-wracked nation. This is the first time Israeli forces have been involved in attacks against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, who have repeatedly launched missiles and drones targeting Israel during its war on Hamas in Gaza. Meanwhile, Palestinian health officials and witnesses say Israeli forces fired toward crowds making their way to a Gaza food distribution point run by an Israeli and U.S.-supported group. Three people were killed and scores were wounded.