BANGKOK — Ding Zhongfu was awakened by loud pounding on his door. Five policemen greeted Ding, an elder in a Chinese church. The officers pinned him to the wall that Thursday morning in November and interrogated him while searching the apartment he shared with his wife, Ge Yunxia, and their 6-year old daughter. Ding’s family … Read more
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli soldiers rummaging through private homes in Gaza. Forces destroying plastic figurines in a toy store, or trying to burn food and water supplies in the back of an abandoned truck. Troops with their arms slung around each other, chanting racist slogans as they dance in a circle. Several viral videos and … Read more
Sultan Al-Jaber, chief executive officer of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. and president of COP28, speaks in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — COP28 President Sultan Al-Jaber is facing a backlash over his claim that there is “no science” behind calls … Read more
TEL MEGIDDO, Israel (AP) — An historic Christian mosaic bearing an early reference to Jesus as God is on the middle of an issue that has riled archaeologists: Ought to the centuries-old embellished flooring, which is close to what’s believed to be the positioning of the prophesied Armageddon, be uprooted and loaned to a U.S. … Read more