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The electric guitar spawned garage bands, rock-god dreams — and generations of popular music

The electric guitar has transformed music and inspired countless dreams. Is there anything more American?

 

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Mideast mediators are preparing for implementation of cease-fire deal in advance, US official says

A U.S. official says mediators are preparing for a possible cease-fire and hostage-release deal in Gaza, in a sign that mediators believe an agreement to end the 10-month Israel-Hamas war might be imminent.

 

Netanyahu snaps back against growing US criticism after being accused of losing his way on Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is sharply protesting against growing criticism from top ally the United States over his leadership amid the war with Hamas.

 

Israel escalates its criticism of a UN agency in Gaza. It says 450 of its workers are militants

Israel has ramped up its criticism of the embattled U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees. It said Monday that 450 employees of UNRWA were members of militant groups in the Gaza Strip, though it provided no evidence to back up its accusation.

 

Many Israelis are furious at their government’s chaotic recovery efforts after Hamas attack

More than two weeks after Hamas’ attack, many Israelis are furious at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, not just for failing to prevent the initial attack, but for failing to come to their aid afterward.

 

Israeli airstrikes surge in Gaza, destroying homes and killing dozens at a time

The toll represents a massive increase in casualties in the already reeling territory. Israel has been striking Gaza since Hamas militants attacked southern Israeli towns on Oct. 7.

 

Second aid convoy reaches Gaza as Israel attacks targets in Syria and occupied West Bank

The second aid convoy destined for desperate Palestinian civilians reached Gaza as Israel widened its attacks to include targets in Syria and the occupied West Bank.

 

Gaza awaits aid from Egypt as Israel readies troops for ground assault

Israel’s defense minister has told ground troops to be ready to enter the Gaza Strip, though he didn’t say when the invasion will start.

 

Israel will let Egypt deliver some aid to Gaza, as doctors struggle to treat hospital blast victims

Israel says will allow Egypt to deliver limited quantities of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, the first crack in a 10-day seal on the territory.

 

After blast kills hundreds at Gaza hospital, Hamas and Israel trade blame as rage spreads in region

The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry says a massive blast hit a Gaza City hospital packed with wounded and other Palestinians seeking shelter, killing hundreds of people.

 

Gaza hospitals are overwhelmed with patients and desperately low on supplies as invasion looms

Medics in Gaza are warning that thousands could die as hospitals packed with wounded people run desperately low on fuel and basic supplies.

 

Palestinians go on strike as Israel-Hamas fighting rages

Palestinians across Israel and the occupied territories went on strike in a rare collective protest of Israel’s policies.

 

Israel strikes Gaza tunnels as truce efforts remain elusive

The Israeli military has unleashed another heavy wave of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, and says it has destroyed militant tunnels and the homes of nine Hamas commanders.

 

Israeli warplanes stage more heavy strikes across Gaza City

Israeli warplanes have staged another series of heavy airstrikes in Gaza City hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled the fourth war with Gaza’s Hamas rulers would rage on.

 

India’s virus surge damages Modi’s image of competence

Despite clear signs India was being swamped by another surge of coronavirus infections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government refused to cancel a major Hindu festival and held election rallies with thousands of unmasked supporters.

 

Dreamers work to create huge new park in Delhi

NEW DELHI (AP) — In a tangle of forgotten, overgrown brush in the heart of India’s capital, a quiet plan has been hatched to change the landscape of one of the world’s most populous cities.

 

Dreamers work to create huge new park in Delhi

NEW DELHI (AP) — In a tangle of forgotten, overgrown brush in the heart of India’s capital, a quiet plan has been hatched to change the landscape of one of the world’s most populous cities.

 

AP Exclusive: More Bangladesh factories dangerous

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladeshi garment factories are routinely built without consulting engineers.

 

For India’s poor, a school under a railway bridge

NEW DELHI (AP) — Their classroom is a flattened patch of dirt and rocks under the elevated rail tracks.

 

Rape defendant’s death casts shadow on model jail

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Tihar Jail is a land of bakeries and carpentry shops, where inmates compete in music contests, take classes and perform intensive Buddhist meditation as part of their rehabilitation.

 

Professor on quest for India’s hidden inventors

SEHORE, India (AP) — It’s 43 degrees Celsius (110 F), and Prof. Anil Gupta has been hiking the scorched plains of central India for hours.

 

Professor on quest for India’s hidden inventors

SEHORE, India (AP) — It’s 43 degrees Celsius (110 F), and Prof. Anil Gupta has been hiking the scorched plains of central India for hours.

 

State election has big implications for all India

SITAPUR, India (AP) — One of India’s most powerful and controversial politicians rises from a throne-like armchair, a clutch of candidates standing deferentially behind her and two large portraits flanking the stage.

 

India wants websites to screen derogatory content

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top telecommunications official said Tuesday that Internet giants such as Facebook and Google have ignored his demands to screen derogatory material from their sites, so the government would have to act on its own.

 

London Olympics under fire for Dow Chemical ties

LONDON (AP) — Just a few months ago, Dow Chemical was hailed by the organizers of the London Olympics for saving a visual centerpiece — an artistic wrap around Olympic Stadium.

 

Bhutan’s ‘Idol’ rocks dragon lutes, Buddhist hymns

THIMPHU, Bhutan (AP) — The musician strummed his dragon-headed lute, launching a nervous young woman into a high-pitched, ululating song broadcast live across the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.

 

War refugees interned in camps built by donors

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — In just six months, one of the world’s largest camps for war refugees has been carved out of the jungles of northern Sri Lanka, complete with banks, post offices, schools and a supermarket.

 

Sri Lankan editor points finger from the grave

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Lasantha Wickrematunge, a prominent Sri Lankan journalist and outspoken critic of the government’s war on ethnic Tamil rebels, knew he was marked for death — and thought he knew why.

 

Sri Lanka says rebel group on brink of defeat, AS

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — When Hamilton Wanasinghe was Sri Lanka’s military chief in the early 1990s, he tried to buy desperately needed weapons from Russia to fight the Tamil Tiger rebels.

 

India terror begins with corpses on train platform

MUMBAI, India (AP) _ 9:21 p.m. Wednesday, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus __ Two young men walk casually through Mumbai’s main railway station, a worn Victorian hulk bustling with late commuters heading home, scurrying past small food stands and juice bars and vendors selling newspapers.