US hands over the last military base in Niger to the ruling junta
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The U.S. handed over its last military base in Niger — one of two crucial hubs for American counterterrorism operations in the country — to local authorities, the U.S. Department...
View ArticleStrategically important Myanmar military HQ appears to fall to the...
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar's military regime acknowledged Monday it had lost communications with the commanders of a strategically important army headquarters in the northeast, adding credence to a...
View ArticleColombia's congress considers ban on Pablo Escobar souvenirs
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Souvenirs depicting the late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar could be banned in Colombia if legislators approve a bill introduced this week in the nation’s congress. The...
View ArticleBangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina resigns as widening unrest sees protesters storm...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s prime minister resigned and fled the country Monday, after weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs descended into violence and grew into a...
View ArticleThe head of Russia's military park and a top Defense Ministry official are...
MOSCOW (AP) — The director of an exhibition park showcasing Russia’s military might was arrested on fraud charges along with a top Defense Ministry official, part of a sweeping investigation into...
View ArticleIsrael-Hamas war latest: Hezbollah says it launched a drone attack on...
The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said it launched a drone attack early Monday on northern Israel that the Israeli military said wounded two Israeli troops. The violence came amid fears of an...
View ArticleUN fires additional staffers after probe finds potential involvement in Oct....
JERUSALEM (AP) — The United Nations said Monday it has fired additional staff members from its agency for Palestinian refugees after an internal investigation found they may have been involved in the...
View ArticleReclusive tribe attacks loggers suspected of encroaching on their land in...
Peru’s reclusive Mashco Piro ethnic group recently used bows and arrows to attack loggers suspected of encroaching on their territory in the Amazon, according to a regional Indigenous organization....
View ArticleBrazilian authorities reinforce troops after clashes between Indigenous...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — More federal law enforcement officers are being sent to Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul state after clashes over land between Indigenous peoples and farmers over the weekend, the...
View ArticleVenezuela's top prosecutor announces criminal probe against opposition...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s top prosecutor on Monday announced a criminal investigation against the opposition’s presidential candidate Edmundo González and its leader Maria Corina Machado...
View ArticleChad's military was responsible for deaths of detainees after protests in...
N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Chad's military was responsible for the deaths of several detainees arrested following protests in October 2022, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. At least four people died en...
View ArticleAustralian state orders public servants to stop remote working after a...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The government of Australia’s most populous state ordered all public employees to work from their offices by default beginning Tuesday and urged stricter limits on...
View ArticleProtesters who toppled Hasina want a Nobel laureate to lead Bangladesh. Who...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — After Bangladesh’s prime minister resigned in the face of violent unrest, one name has emerged as a possible caretaker until new elections are announced: Muhammad Yunus, a...
View ArticleThai court dissolves progressive Move Forward Party, which won election but...
BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Thailand on Wednesday ordered the dissolution of the progressive Move Forward Party, which finished first in last year's general election, saying it violated the constitution...
View ArticleThe son of Norway's crown princess faces preliminary charges of bodily harm...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The eldest son of Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit is under suspicion for causing bodily harm and criminal damage, Oslo police said Wednesday. Marius Borg Høiby is the...
View ArticlePart of a hotel on Germany's Mosel River collapses, killing 2 and trapping...
BERLIN (AP) — Part of a hotel in a winemaking town on the Mosel River in western Germany collapsed, leaving two people dead and trapping seven others in the wreckage overnight, authorities said. By...
View ArticleHamas has a new leader. How will that affect the war in Gaza and cease-fire...
Yahya Sinwar's appointment as the top leader of Hamas formalizes a role he assumed in the early hours of Oct. 7, when the surprise attack into Israel that he helped mastermind ushered in the bloodiest...
View ArticleTurkey formally asks to join the genocide case against Israel at the UN court
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey on Wednesday filed a request with a U.N. court to join South Africa’s lawsuit accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, the foreign minister said. Turkey's ambassador to the...
View Article5 people killed in a helicopter crash in the mountains northwest of Nepal's...
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — All five people on board a helicopter were killed when it crashed Wednesday in the mountains just northwest of Nepal’s capital, authorities said. The bodies of four men and a...
View ArticleVenezuelan opposition candidate Gonzalez won't appear before court and...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González will not appear before the country's high court Wednesday for a hearing related to an election audit requested by President...
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