Ukraine’s surprise cross-border incursion seen as a tactical reply to...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukraine army's surprise charge into Russia this week was a stunning maneuver that caught the Kremlin's forces unawares. The strategic goal of Ukraine's biggest cross-border...
View ArticleLike Noah Lyles, Olympians with COVID are competing in Paris. Restrictions...
PARIS (AP) — Many hoped the Paris Olympics would be the post-COVID Games. Instead they seem to be the ‘’who cares about COVID’’ Games. Noah Lyles won a bronze with the virus in front of tens of...
View ArticleSeoul says North Korea has flown more trash balloons toward South Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea is again flying balloons likely carrying trash toward the South, adding to a bizarre psychological warfare campaign amid growing...
View ArticleMilitia infighting kills at least 9 in Libya’s capital, officials say
CAIRO (AP) — Clashes between two heavily armed militia groups in Libya's capital terrorized residents and killed about a dozen people, the latest bout of violence in the largely lawless North African...
View ArticleIsraeli airstrike on a Gaza school used as a shelter kills at least 80,...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike hit a school-turned-shelter in Gaza early Saturday, killing at least 80 people and wounding nearly 50 others, Palestinian health authorities said,...
View ArticleIran’s new president reappoints UN-sanctioned official as head of the...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s newly-elected president reappointed a U.S.-educated official who came under United Nations sanctions 16 years ago as head of the country’s nuclear department, state TV...
View ArticleCleaning up the Seine: the Olympics boosts a Parisian dream, but it's still...
PARIS (AP) — The Seine River has been one of the stars of the Olympics — whether as the scene of the ambitious opening ceremony or as the Games' choice for the triathlon and marathon swimming...
View ArticleUkraine uses Olympic spotlight to capture global attention and fight war fatigue
PARIS (AP) — Ukraine’s Olympic house stands out for its somber atmosphere, with fewer celebrations and parties than the other fan clubhouses that countries set up to tout their athletes and culture....
View Article24 Sierra Leonean soldiers are sentenced to long prison terms for failed...
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Twenty-four soldiers in Sierra Leone were sentenced to lengthy prison terms, some for up to 120 years, after being convicted by a military court for their roles in an...
View ArticleTravis Scott is released from police custody after arrest over a Paris hotel...
PARIS (AP) — Travis Scott was released from French police custody without a charge after his arrest at a Paris hotel following an altercation with a security guard, French prosecutors said Saturday....
View ArticleRussia tightens security in Kursk region, where Ukraine launched an incursion...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia on Saturday announced what it called a counterterrorism operation to increase security in the border region of Kursk, where an incursion this week by Ukrainian forces...
View ArticleBrazilian authorities are investigating the cause of the fiery plane crash...
VINHEDO, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian authorities worked Saturday to piece together what exactly caused the plane crash in Sao Paulo state the previous day that killed all 62 people on board. Local airline...
View ArticleIran’s president proposes an ex-nuclear negotiator as foreign minister. A...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday proposed former nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi as the country’s new foreign minister and also sought to appoint a...
View ArticleSerbia's populist president says lithium protests are part of a 'hybrid'...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s president Sunday accused demonstrators who opposed a lithium mining project in the Balkan country of being part of a Western-backed “hybrid” warfare against his...
View ArticleA mass circumcision is marketed to tourists in a remote area of Uganda. Some...
NEAR MOUNT ELGON, Uganda (AP) — The dancers shook their hips to the beat of drummers who led the way, anticipating the start of mass circumcision among the Bamasaaba people of Uganda’s mountainous...
View ArticleParis and the Olympics have changed each other during their summer fling
PARIS (AP) — In French, there are no goodbyes. Instead, Olympic crowds from Paris to the surfing venue in Tahiti were saying “au revoir” — see you again — as the 2024 Games drew to a close Sunday....
View ArticleUkraine's president indirectly acknowledges daring military incursion onto...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Days after Ukraine began a surprise military incursion into Russia’s Kursk border region, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has broken the government’s silence on it by indirectly...
View ArticleIsrael widens evacuation orders in southern Gaza after a deadly strike on a...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military ordered more evacuations in southern Gaza early Sunday, a day after a deadly airstrike on a school-turned-shelter in the north killed at least 80...
View ArticleAt least 18 dead after landfill site collapses in Uganda's capital
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A vast landfill site in the Ugandan capital has collapsed, killing at least 18 people, the Red Cross said. Fourteen other people were injured when the Kiteezi landfill, which...
View ArticleFamilies of Brazilian plane crash victims gather in Sao Paulo as French...
SAO PAULO (AP) — Families of victims of an airliner crash in Brazil gathered Sunday at a morgue and hotels in Sao Paulo as three French government investigators arrived to follow the probe. Forensics...
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