Putin accuses Ukraine of a ‘large-scale provocation’ with its raid in...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday described a Ukrainian incursion into the country's southwestern Kursk region as a “large-scale provocation” as his officials asserted...
View ArticleRiots test the new British prime minister in his first month in the job
LONDON (AP) — Just a month into the job, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer sounds more like the prosecutor he used to be than the leader of a powerful nation as he tries to quell riots that have...
View ArticleBangladesh's incoming interim leader Yunus asks for calm as he is set to take...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh's incoming interim leader Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday asked his people to stay calm and get ready to rebuild the nation after weeks of violence that...
View ArticleAustralia and New Zealand are locked in a battle of tongue in cheek after...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The removal of basic Māori phrases meaning “hello” and “New Zealand” from a Māori lunar new year invitation to an Australian official was not a snub of the Indigenous...
View ArticleRelatives of Belarus' political prisoners complain that East-West swap didn't...
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A wave of disappointment swept over opposition activists in Belarus last week as the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War unfolded and they learned it included...
View ArticleFlooding in Yemen has left 30 people dead and hundreds displaced, official says
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A Yemeni official said Wednesday that 30 people have been killed and hundreds displaced in flooding in the southern city of Hodeidah following several days of heavy rains. Hodeidah...
View ArticleSouth Korean authorities question individual who crossed the border from the...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean authorities on Thursday were questioning a suspected North Korean resident who crossed into the South, according to South Korea’s military. South Korea’s Joint...
View ArticleRussian prosecutors seek 15-year sentence for US-Russian woman in treason trial
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian prosecutors on Thursday asked for a 15-year sentence in the treason trial of a Russian-American woman, who has pleaded guilty, Russian news agencies reported. Ksenia Khavana,...
View ArticleA powerful quake hits off Japan's coast, causing minor injuries but prompting...
TOKYO (AP) — A powerful earthquake struck off southern Japan on Thursday, causing mostly minor injuries but raising the level of concern over possible major quakes stemming from an undersea trough...
View ArticleTakeaways from AP report on fear of repression in post-election Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The last time anyone heard from Edni López was Sunday. The 33-year-old political science professor was preparing to board a flight to Argentina to visit a friend when she...
View ArticleIsrael's Western allies slam Israeli minister's remark that Gaza starvation...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Western allies have condemned remarks by the country's far-right finance minister who suggested that the starvation of Gaza's population of more than 2 million Palestinians...
View ArticleInterim leader Muhammad Yunus takes helm in Bangladesh, to seek peace and...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took the oath of office as head of Bangladesh’s interim government Thursday after an uprising prompted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to...
View ArticleBritain remains on alert for further unrest, even after anti-racism...
LONDON (AP) — British authorities said Thursday they were preparing for the possibility of further unrest, even as they applauded the efforts of anti-racism campaigners and police who largely stifled...
View ArticlePhilippine court blocks government’s effort to close news outlet that...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine appeals court reversed a regulator's 2018 order to shut down a prominent news outlet in a decision made public Friday, marking a legal victory for journalists...
View Article4 suspected Houthi attacks target a ship off Yemen, authorities say
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Four suspected attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels targeted a Liberian-flagged oil tanker in the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait linking the Gulf of Aden to the Red Sea,...
View ArticlePolish leader Tusk says billions of dollars in illegal spending by...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Friday accused Poland's previous government of illegally spending 100 billion Polish zlotys ($25 billion) as he announced a government effort to try...
View ArticleFlooding restricts aid to areas of Sudan facing famine, UN says
CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations refugee agency said Friday that flood conditions in Sudan have hindered the delivery of aid to areas where many are already facing hunger and famine, including to a...
View ArticleRussia declares an emergency in Kursk, under attack by Ukraine. 14 die in a...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia declared a “federal-level” emergency in the Kursk region following a large-scale incursion from Ukraine and sent reinforcements there on Friday, four days after hundreds of...
View ArticleIsrael-Hamas war latest: Palestinians flee parts of south Gaza as Israel...
Palestinians are fleeing large areas around Khan Younis in southern Gaza where the Israeli military began a new assault after ordering another mass evacuation. Gaza’s second-largest city, Khan Younis,...
View ArticleIsraeli troops launch a new assault into Gaza's Khan Younis as mediators push...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops launched a new assault Friday into the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, targeting Hamas fighters who the military claims still operate there despite...
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