Radical British preacher Anjem Choudary sentenced to life in prison for...
LONDON (AP) — Radical British preacher Anjem Choudary was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for directing a terrorist group, days after he was convicted in Woolwich Crown Court of being a member of...
View ArticleMen’s Olympic triathlon postponed in Paris over Seine water quality concerns
PARIS (AP) — Concerns about water quality in the Seine River led Paris Olympics organizers to postpone the men’s triathlon Tuesday, with officials hoping the swimming portion of the race will be able...
View ArticleBangladesh mourns some 200 deaths as student protests wind down and thousands...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh observed a day of mourning Tuesday in memory of more than 200 people killed in recent weeks during violence that evolved from student protests over the South Asian...
View ArticleEthiopia's currency dives by 30% as IMF-backed reforms to stabilize the...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia's currency lost 30% of its value Tuesday, the day after the central bank began implementing a flexible exchange rate policy backed by the International Monetary...
View ArticleIsrael-Hamas war latest: Tensions over probe of Israeli soldiers, and more...
Tensions remained high in Israel as soldiers were due to appear before a military court Tuesday over what a defense lawyer said were allegations of sexual abuse of a Palestinian at a facility where...
View ArticleThe Taliban disavows many Afghan diplomatic missions abroad. Afghans call...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban on Tuesday disavowed many Afghan diplomatic missions overseas, saying it will not honor passports, visas and other documents issued by diplomats associated with...
View ArticleA well-known Russian dissident is moved from prison along with others, their...
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Ilya Yashin, a prominent Kremlin critic who is serving an 8 1/2-year sentence for criticizing Russia's war in Ukraine, has been moved from his prison to an unknown destination,...
View ArticleLandslides caused by heavy rains kill 93 and bury many others in southern India
NEW DELHI (AP) — Multiple landslides in southern India have killed 93 people and many others are feared trapped under the debris, officials said Tuesday, after torrential rains triggered torrents of...
View ArticleA cratered field, a mangled fence. Clues emerge from strike that killed 12...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Two days after a rocket slammed into a soccer pitch in the Israel-controlled Golan Heights, killing 12 children, many questions remain about the attack on the Druze town of Majdal...
View ArticleRussian military begins 3rd round of drills to train troops in tactical...
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military on Wednesday began a third round of drills with tactical nuclear weapons, part of the Kremlin's messaging intended to force the West to limit its support for...
View ArticleSouth Korean military intel official arrested for allegedly leaking secrets,...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A civilian employee in South Korea’s military intelligence command was arrested for allegedly leaking military secrets, the Defense Ministry said, as local media speculated...
View ArticleUN report says Palestinians detained by Israeli authorities since Oct. 7...
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office issued a report Wednesday saying Palestinians detained by Israeli authorities since the Oct. 7 attacks faced waterboarding, sleep deprivation, electric...
View ArticleTwo strikes on militant leaders risk inflaming a Middle East on edge
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The targeting of two senior militant leaders in two Middle Eastern capitals within hours of each other — with each strike blamed on Israel — risks rocking the region at a...
View ArticleUK leader accuses far right of hijacking a town's grief after killing of 3...
LONDON (AP) — Residents swept up broken bricks, shattered glass and burnt plastic on Wednesday after far-right protesters clashed with police outside a mosque in a northwest England town where three...
View ArticleSudan's military leader survives a drone strike that killed 5, says the army
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s military leader, Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, survived a drone attack Wednesday on an army graduation ceremony he was attending in the country’s east, the military said. The attack...
View ArticleHow Hungary's Orbán uses control of the media to escape scrutiny and keep the...
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — In the months leading up to elections for the European Parliament, Hungarians were warned that casting a ballot against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán would be a vote for all-out...
View ArticleRescuers search through mud and debris as deaths rise to 166 in landslides in...
NEW DELHI (AP) — More than a thousand rescue workers searched through mud and debris for a second day Wednesday after multiple landslides set off by torrential rains killed at least 166 people in...
View ArticleIsrael-Hamas war latest: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in...
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran, Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said early Wednesday. No one immediately claimed responsibility but suspicion immediately fell on...
View ArticleHamas' top political leader is killed in Iran by an alleged Israeli strike,...
BEIRUT (AP) — Hamas' top political leader was killed Wednesday by a predawn airstrike in the Iranian capital, Iran and the militant group said, blaming Israel for a shock assassination that risked...
View ArticleMohammed Deif, Hamas military leader who eluded Israel for decades, is...
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Mohammed Deif, Hamas' longtime shadowy military leader and one of the alleged masterminds of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel that sparked the war in Gaza, is said to be dead...
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