F-16s have arrived to help Ukraine fight Russia. Here’s what to know about...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The American-made F-16 is an iconic fighter jet that's been the front-line combat plane of choice for the NATO alliance and numerous air forces around the world for 50 years....
View ArticleHopes of finding more survivors in the mud and debris wane after landslides...
WAYANAD, India (AP) — Hopes of finding more than 180 missing people alive waned as rescue workers searched through mud and debris for a third day Thursday after landslides set off by torrential rains...
View ArticlePoland marks 80th anniversary of Warsaw Uprising, honoring heroes of doomed...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Polish and German presidents bowed their heads to the cadence of a military drum as they paid tribute Thursday to Poles slaughtered by Nazi Germany during the Warsaw Uprising...
View ArticleAs conflicts far and wide shake the planet, can the Olympics unite the world?
PARIS (AP) — More than 100 conflicts fester around the world. The Middle East teeters on the brink of a regional war. In Ukraine, Russia advances slowly but steadily in the east, reducing towns to...
View ArticleBangladesh bans Jamaat-e-Islami party following violent protests that left...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh on Thursday banned the Jamaat-e-Islami party, its student wing and other associate bodies as “militant and terrorist" organizations as part of a nationwide...
View ArticleSecurity forces fire tear gas as anti-government protests break out across...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Thousands of mostly young people poured onto the streets across Nigeria on Thursday to protest against the country’s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation, prompting police...
View ArticleHezbollah leader says war with Israel has entered 'new phase' after killings...
BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah’s leader warned Thursday that the conflict with Israel has entered a “new phase,” as he addressed mourners at the funeral of a commander from the group who was killed by an...
View ArticleIsrael says it has confirmed that chief of Hamas' military wing was killed in...
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Thursday that it has confirmed that the head of Hamas’ military wing, Mohammed Deif, was killed in an airstrike in Gaza in July. The announcement came a day...
View ArticleBritish prime minister announces police unit to deal with violent clashes...
LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Thursday that he will create the ability for police forces to work across the U.K. to crack down on violent protesters after clashes with police across...
View ArticleRights group says security forces have killed 9 during protests over...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least nine people were killed by security forces as protesters clashed with police during mass demonstrations over the country's economic crisis, a rights group said Friday,...
View ArticleVan driver arrested after crashing into gates outside Irish prime minister's...
LONDON (AP) — A driver was arrested early Friday morning after crashing his van into gates outside the offices of the Irish prime minister and several other government buildings in Dublin, police...
View ArticleUK police brace for more far-right protests as government warns of tough...
LONDON (AP) — Several suspects arrested in violent protests that erupted after the fatal stabbing of three children in northwest England were due in court Friday as officials braced for more clashes...
View ArticleAlgeria courts disenchanted youth as 78-year-old president vies for second term
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A few years after taking to the streets with hundreds of thousands of other Algerians, Kaci Taher says he now feels so disengaged that he won't even vote in the country's...
View ArticleGunmen attack police escorting judges in northwest Pakistan, killing 2...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Unidentified assailants on Friday opened fire on police officers escorting a vehicle that was carrying three judges in Pakistan’s northwest on Friday, killing two officers,...
View ArticleMasked assailants ransack Venezuela opposition leader's headquarters as...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A half dozen masked assailants ransacked the headquarters of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado in the latest escalation of violence against opponents of...
View ArticleMourners pay respects to slain Hamas leader Haniyeh as worries of regional...
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Mourners gathered in Doha on Friday to hold funeral prayers for slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh as Iran and its regional allies vowed to retaliate against Israel. With the bodies...
View ArticleHurricane Carlotta forms over Pacific Ocean as it moves away from Mexico
MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Carlotta formed over the Pacific Ocean on Friday and continues to strengthen as it moves away from Mexico, forecasters said. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said...
View ArticleNorth Korea's former No.2 diplomat in Cuba recalls dramatic, swift defection...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — When Ri Il Gyu, North Korea’s No.2 diplomat in Cuba, finally decided to flee to South Korea in frustration over his highly repressive, corrupt homeland last November, he...
View ArticleNew protests in Bangladesh keep the pressure on the government after 200 were...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — New protests erupted in Bangladesh on Friday against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government, demanding accountability after more than 200 people were killed last month in...
View ArticleNorth Korean leader accuses South Korea of a smear campaign over floods and...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un accused South Korea’s “rubbish” media of tarnishing the North’s image by allegedly exaggerating the death tolls from recent floods that hit...
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