Quebec separatist party that promises another independence referendum wins...
TORONTO (AP) — The separatist Parti Québécois won Quebec’s provincial election Monday, returning to power a party that has promised another referendum on independence from Canada. The victory by Paul...
View ArticleWhat will the next leader of the UN need to get the job done in an...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — On Jan. 1, the next United Nations secretary-general will take over an aging organization still controlled by World War II powers. What will the world need from that person? Once...
View ArticleSaudi-backed Yemeni forces expel Houthi rebels from several areas around key...
ADEN, Yemen (AP) — Forces of the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen have recaptured several key areas around the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait from Iran-backed Houthi rebels, Yemeni officials said...
View ArticleSpain's prime minister calls snap election aiming to seize momentum over...
MADRID (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday announced an early general election, seeking to seize momentum from housing protests that have roiled the country and frame the vote around...
View ArticleAustralia launches probe into FlyDubai co-pilot’s past, and other Mideast news
Australian authorities launched a probe into an Omani FlyDubai co-pilot’s time in Australia after he was detained over an alleged attempt to seize an Israel-bound aircraft and crash it. Meanwhile,...
View ArticleFACT FOCUS: What's known about the FlyDubai attack probe and the red flags...
JERUSALEM (AP) — The investigation into the thwarted FlyDubai cockpit attack last week has turned into a wide security and intelligence probe spanning from the Middle East to New Zealand as authorities...
View ArticleNationalists gain ground in Bosnia election, raising fears of deeper instability
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (AP) — An election in Bosnia on Sunday saw nationalist parties gain strength and the elevation of a separatist, pro-Russia leader in the Balkan country where ethnic...
View ArticleBoat collision on the Congo River killed at least 30 and dozens are missing,...
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Two boats collided over the weekend on the Congo River, killing at least 30 people and leaving dozens missing, local authorities in Congo said Monday. The motorized wooden boats...
View ArticleRussia hosts consultations on Afghanistan, including with a Taliban delegation
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Monday hosted a round of consultations on Afghanistan that included a delegation of the country's ruling Taliban government, along with representatives of China, India, Iran,...
View ArticleBrazil heads to a runoff election after Bolsonaro and Lula fail to garner a...
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, and Brazil’s incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face off in a runoff Oct. 25 for the top job of...
View ArticleSerb separatist Dodik declares victory in Bosnia vote as ethnic tensions and...
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnian Serb nationalist politician Milorad Dodik has declared victory for his party in an election in Bosnia on Sunday that was shaped by economic pressures, the...
View ArticleDozens detained at a rally in Moscow held by Kremlin-friendly Communist...
Police in Moscow detained about 60 people at a rally Sunday held by Russia’s Kremlin-friendly Communist Party, the party said. The party said in a statement that the detentions happened as the rally...
View ArticleEthiopia's government retakes Mekelle after opposition fighters withdraw from...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Government-allied fighters entered Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, a witness said Sunday, after the rebel Tigray People’s Liberation Front announced...
View ArticlePro-Ukraine governing coalition wins 35% in Latvian election
RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Latvian lawmakers on Sunday planned to begin negotiations to form a new government following a parliamentary election in which pro-Ukraine Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs 's...
View ArticleCo-pilot in FlyDubai attack is identified, and other Mideast developments
The co-pilot suspected in this week's FlyDubai attack has been identified as an Omani national, and the United Arab Emirates says he attacked the captain with the cockpit's crash ax before trying to...
View ArticleAx-wielding FlyDubai co-pilot had been flagged over extremism concerns
CAIRO (AP) — The co-pilot accused of attacking the captain of an Israel-bound flight with an ax and trying to seize the controls was an Omani national who had been barred from flying on his country’s...
View ArticleBrazil's Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro campaign in powerhouse state ahead of...
SAO PAULO (AP) — Front-runners in Brazil 's presidential race campaigned Saturday in the powerhouse state of Sao Paulo, where a fifth of the nation's vote is based, seeking to rally supporters and...
View ArticleA road crash on a highway in Kenya killed at least 17 people, most of them...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A crash involving multiple vehicles on the highway to the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa on Saturday killed 17 people, most of them pilgrims on the way to a prayer site, officials...
View ArticleRussian attacks kill 6 in Ukraine and damage Kyiv’s Northern Bridge
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian attacks in Ukraine killed at least six people and damaged Kyiv’s Northern Bridge, suspending traffic and causing tailbacks for a third day in Moscow's latest effort to...
View ArticleRemains of medieval king Czar Samuel arrive in Bulgaria after decades of...
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — The remains of medieval ruler Czar Samuel arrived in Bulgaria on Saturday, after decades of negotiations with neighboring Greece. Samuel, or Samuil in Bulgarian, was a warrior...
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