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Thousands of supporters from Pakistan’s main religious political party have rallied in the capital, Islamabad, against Israel’s bombing of Palestinians in Gaza ISLAMABAD -- Thousands of supporters from Pakistan's main religious political party rallied in the capital, Islamabad, on Sunday against Israel's bombing of Palestinians in Gaza, chanting anti-American slogans and accusing the U.S. of “backing the aggressor.” The Jamaat-e-Islami party initially announced a march to the U.S. Embassy in the city's high-security diplomatic enclave. But tough action from authorities the previous night forced the party to change its plans and hold the rally in a major street away from the protected enclave. Police pulled down the party's encampments on Saturday night, detaining the local leadership and dozens of supporters. Because of the Jamaat-e-Islami plan and the risk of violence, the U.S. Embassy issued an advisory for American citizens living in Islamabad and the surround...

Hiroshima officials are criticizing growing support for nuclear weapons as a deterent from uneasiness over Russia's war on Ukraine and tensions in the Koreas TOKYO -- Hiroshima officials criticized growing support for nuclear weapons as a detterent resulting from uneasiness over Russia's war in Ukraine and tensions in the Koreas, commenting Sunday as the city remembered the atomic bombing of 78 years ago. The observance came two months after Hiroshima hosted a summit of the Group of 7 major industrial nations, at which G7 leaders visited the city's peace park and a museum dedicated to those who died in the word’s first atomic attack. The leaders issued a joint statement calling for the continued non-use of nuclear weapons, but they also justified having such arms to “serve defensive purposes, deter aggression and prevent war and coercion." Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui rejected that position in his peace address at the commemoration. “Leaders around the world must...