MEXICO CITY (AP) — Residents of Mexico’s Caribbean reef island of Banco Chinchorro near Belize have hunted the meat and salmon-pink shells of queen conch for generations. As populations have shrunk in recent decades, Mexico has enforced limits and bans on catching the shellfish.The species has continued to decline despite…

LONDON (AP) — A diplomatic spat erupted Monday between Greece and Britain after the U.K. canceled a planned meeting of their prime ministers, prompting the Greek premier to accuse his British counterpart of trying to avoid discussing the contested Parthenon Marbles.Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is visiting London and had…

The identities of 11 additional hostages who were kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7 and returned Monday have been released. The Israeli military said Monday evening that 11 hostages were handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza and were on their way to Israeli territory, marking the start of the…

Six teenagers are standing trial in Paris on Monday on charges of inciting the 2020 beheading of schoolteacher Samuel Paty, who showed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad during a class discussion on the French values of freedom of expression and secularism. Five of the charged minors, who were between the ages…

The first human case of the swine flu strain H1N2 has been detected in the United Kingdom, health officials there announced Monday. The U.K. Health Security Agency (UKHSA) says the case of Influenza A(H1N2)v was discovered in the North Yorkshire area after a person began “experiencing respiratory symptoms.” That person, who…

Ireland’s government is newly pushing an anti-hate speech law in the wake of riots that came in response to the stabbing of a woman and three children outside a primary school in Dublin.”Language being proposed as law in Ireland means this could literally happen to you for having a meme…

A top Palestinian Authority diplomat is pushing for an extension of the Israel-Hamas cease-fire that was set to expire today, saying, “We have work so that this truce continues,” and claiming that a resumption of Israel’s military campaign against terrorism would result in more civilian deaths. Palestinian Foreign Affairs Minister Riad…

New images released Monday show 4-year-old U.S. citizen Avigail Idan smiling and reunited with surviving family members after being taken hostage by Hamas last month. Idan, a dual American and Israeli citizen, returned Sunday night to Israel and was taken to a special unit designated for released hostages in Schneider Children’s…

JERUSALEM – On Sunday evening, when Israeli newscasters announced that 4-year-old Avigail Idan was among the third batch of hostages being released by Hamas from Gaza, it seemed as if the entire Jewish state breathed a collective sigh of relief. The curly-haired toddler, an American citizen whose parents were both brutally…

A critically endangered Sumatran rhino was born in Indonesia’s western island of Sumatra on Saturday, the second Sumatran rhino born in the country this year and a welcome addition to a species that currently numbers fewer than 50 animals.A female named Delilah gave birth to a 55-pound male calf at…