Southeast Asia top diplomats condemn Myanmar violence, urge peaceful means to...
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Southeast Asian top diplomats on Saturday condemned violence in Myanmar's ongoing civil war and urged for “practical” means to defuse rising tensions in the South China Sea...
View ArticleIn a show of growing ties, Russian warships make a new visit to Cuban waters
HAVANA (AP) — Three Russian warships arrived in Cuban waters on Saturday, Moscow's second such maritime voyage in as many months in a reflection of deepening ties between Russia and Cuba. The naval...
View ArticleBarcelona wants to get rid of short-term rental units. Will other tourist...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Imagine planning a vacation and not being able to check Airbnb or another online booking site for an apartment in which to spend a few days walking, shopping and eating among...
View ArticleStrike in Israeli-controlled Golan Heights kills at least 12 and threatens to...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A rocket strike Saturday at a soccer field killed at least 12 children and teens, Israeli authorities said, in the deadliest strike on an Israeli target along the country's...
View ArticleLawmakers from 6 countries say Beijing is pressuring them not to attend...
BEIJING (AP) — Lawmakers from at least six countries say Chinese diplomats are pressuring them not to attend a China-focused summit in Taiwan, in what they describe as efforts to isolate the...
View ArticleUS-Japan security talks focus on bolstering military cooperation, underscores...
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese and U.S. defense chiefs and top diplomats agreed to further bolster their military cooperation by upgrading the command and control of U.S. forces in the East Asian country and...
View ArticleMudslide kills 15 people near tourist site in China as rains from tropical...
BEIJING (AP) — Fifteen people were killed after a mudslide hit a homestay house in a tourist area in southeastern China on Sunday as heavy rains from what remained of a tropical storm drenched the...
View ArticleRussia's Putin vows 'mirror measures' in response to U.S. missiles in Germany
Russia may deploy new strike weapons in response to the planned U.S. stationing of longer-range and hypersonic missiles in Germany, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday. Speaking at a naval...
View ArticleA strike from Lebanon killed 12 youths. Could that spark war between Israel...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Middle East was bracing for a potential flare-up in violence on Sunday after Israeli authorities said a rocket from Lebanon struck a soccer field in the Israeli-controlled...
View ArticleIndonesian leader starts working in new capital despite construction work and...
PENAJAM PASER UTARA, Indonesia (AP) — Outgoing Indonesian President Joko Widodo started work Monday from the new presidential palace in his country's ambitious new capital, where he intends to spend...
View ArticleRefugee athletes want more of them to compete at the Olympics as migration...
PARIS (AP) — The first time Perina Lokure Nakang began to run for sport, she ran 9 miles (14 kilometers) along the road near her refugee camp in northwestern Kenya. Now, the 21-year-old South Sudanese...
View Article6 UK lawmakers are running to lead the Conservative Party after its crushing...
LONDON (AP) — Six British lawmakers have announced they are running to lead the defeated Conservative Party, ahead of a Monday deadline, in a contest that will decide whether the opposition party...
View ArticleAustralian inquiry will hear evidence that Christian extremists killed 3 in...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An inquiry will hear evidence that three Christian extremists who killed two police officers and a bystander and wounded a third police officer in an ambush on a rural...
View ArticleUkrainian troops say Russia's front-line push has driven them out of two more...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces have overrun two front-line villages, a Ukrainian army sergeant said Monday, after relentless assaults that are part of a Kremlin summer push to overwhelm...
View ArticleSkyrocketing power bills draw protests near Pakistan's capital
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Protests over skyrocketing power bills shut down a major road into Pakistan's capital on Monday as some 3,000 supporters of a major Islamist party continued a sit-in despite pouring...
View ArticlePakistan arrests top leader of radical party on charge of ordering the...
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan's police on Monday arrested the deputy chief at a radical Islamist party on the charge of ordering the killing of the chief justice over his alleged support to the...
View ArticleRights group says sexual violence is rampant in Sudan's conflict, calls for...
CAIRO (AP) — Human Rights Watch on Monday accused the paramilitary group fighting against the military in Sudan's civil war of rampant sexual violence against women, including gang rape and forced...
View ArticleIsrael-Hamas war latest: US cautions Israel over escalation with Hezbollah...
The United States on Monday cautioned Israel about escalation with the Iranian-backed Hezbollah as Israel weighs its response to a rocket attack from Lebanon over the weekend that killed 12 youths in...
View ArticleIsraeli military detains 9 soldiers over alleged abuse of a detainee at...
SDE TEIMAN BASE, Israel (AP) — The Israeli military said Monday it was holding nine soldiers for questioning following allegations of “substantial abuse” of a detainee at a shadowy facility where...
View ArticleUkraine's Olympic chief celebrates limited Russian presence at Paris Olympics
PARIS (AP) — The head of Ukraine’s Olympic delegation touted the limited numbers of Russian athletes at the Paris Olympics — who must compete as neutrals — as war between the two countries grinds on...
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