As a ceasefire brought calm to Gaza’s ruined cities, Hamas was quick to emerge from the rubble. The militant group has not only survived 15 months of war with Israel - among the deadliest and most destructive in recent memory - but it remains firmly in control of the coastal territory that now resembles an apocalyptic wasteland.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was visiting Poland on Wednesday after the two countries reached an agreement on a longstanding source of tensions between them: the exhumation of Polish victims of World War II-era massacres by Ukrainian nationalists.

NEW YORK (AP) - President Donald Trump's second inaugural address featured similar themes to his first: a sweeping indictment of the country he inherits and grand promises to fix its problems. Eight years ago, Trump described "American carnage" and promised to end it immediately. On Monday, he declared that the country's "decline" will end immediately, ushering in "the golden age of America."