AP World News

House Speaker Mike Johnson is hosting a ceremony to posthumously present Congress’ highest honor — the Congressional Gold Medal — to 13 U.S. service members who were killed during the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan

The small Southeast Asian nation of East Timor is at an energy development crossroads

Tens of thousands of East Timorese are streaming toward a seaside park for Pope Francis’ big Mass

The Vatican says some 600,000 people have attended Pope Francis’ Mass in East Timor, or nearly half the country’s population

Israel’s military has conducted a missile strike that targeted a humanitarian area in the Gaza Strip, and authorities say dozens of Palestinians were killed and wounded

An Israeli strike on an area in the Gaza Strip home to Palestinians displaced by the Israel-Hamas war has killed at least 40 people and wounded 60 others

Palestinian officials say an Israeli strike on a crowded tent camp housing Palestinians displaced by the war in Gaza has killed at least 40 people and wounded 60 others

Palestinian officials say an Israeli strike on a crowded tent camp housing Palestinians displaced by the war in Gaza has killed at least 40 people and wounded 60 others

Palestinian officials say an Israeli strike on a crowded tent camp housing Palestinians displaced by the war in Gaza has killed at least 19 people and wounded 60

Palestinian officials say an Israeli strike on a crowded tent camp housing those displaced by the war in Gaza has killed at least 19 people and wounded 60