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Polish police arrest 2 convicted politicians with former government who took...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish police on Tuesday arrested two politicians convicted of abuse of power who had taken refuge for hours in the palace of President Andrzej Duda, in a dramatic escalation of...

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Ex-Green Beret stands with Venezuelan coup plotter ahead of U.S. sentencing...

MIAMI (AP) — A U.S. veteran who plotted to overthrow Venezuela’s president is proudly standing with a former Venezuelan army general who pleaded guilty in New York on terrorism charges, describing his...

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Hezbollah launches drone strike on base in northern Israel but military says...

GHANDOURIYEH, Lebanon (AP) — Hezbollah said it launched a drone strike at the Israeli army's northern headquarters Tuesday in retaliation for recent strikes in Lebanon that killed top Hamas and...

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Live updates | Blinken calls on Israel to ease toll on Gaza civilians and...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is back in Tel Aviv and, after meeting with top leaders Tuesday, said Israel must do more to lessen the war in Gaza's toll on civilians and said Washington...

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Armed men break into a live TV studio in Ecuador as the country is rocked by...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Masked men broke onto the set of a public television channel in Ecuador waving guns and explosives during a live broadcast Tuesday, and the president issued a decree declaring...

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Modi's beach visit to a remote Indian archipelago rakes up a storm in the...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted a series of photos on social media last week showing him snorkeling, strolling on a white-sand beach and lounging in a chair next to...

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Video appears to show the Israeli army shot 3 Palestinians, killing 1,...

BEIT RIMA, West Bank (AP) — Security camera video from a West Bank village shows a young man standing in a central square when he is suddenly shot and drops to the ground. Two others rushing to his...

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A legal battle is set to open at the top UN court over an allegation of...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A legal battle over whether Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza amounts to genocide opens Thursday at the United Nations' top court with preliminary hearings into South...

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Yemen's Houthis launch their largest Red Sea drone and missile attack, though...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen's Houthi rebels fired their largest-ever barrage of drones and missiles targeting shipping in the Red Sea, forcing the United States and British navies to...

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Ukraine's Zelenskyy says Russia can be stopped but Kyiv badly needs more air...

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Ukraine has shown the world that Russia's military can be stopped, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday as he began a visit to the Baltic nations in search of more...

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A veteran diplomat from Laos, the new ASEAN special envoy for Myanmar,...

BANGKOK (AP) — A veteran Laotian diplomat recently appointed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ’ special envoy to Myanmar arrived Wednesday on his first mission to the strife-torn nation,...

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France’s youngest prime minister is a rising political star who follows in...

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to appoint a 34-year-old prime minister surprised many because of his age and relatively short career. But Gabriel Attal has become one of the...

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Blinken seeks Palestinian governance reform for postwar Gaza as deadly...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pressed the Palestinian president Wednesday to reform his government, seeking to rally the region behind postwar plans for Gaza that...

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Somali extremists kill 1 person and capture 5 others from UN helicopter after...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Fighters with al-Qaida's East Africa affiliate al-Shabab attacked a United Nations helicopter that made an emergency landing Wednesday in territory controlled by the...

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Live updates | Fighting in central Gaza near hospital, as Blinken seeks...

Israeli military operations in Gaza are focused on the southern city of Khan Younis and urban refugee camps in the territory's center. Hundreds of people have been killed in recent days in strikes...

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Illegal tunnel under New York City synagogue destabilized nearby buildings,...

NEW YORK (AP) — The illegal tunnel discovered under a historic Brooklyn synagogue compromised the stability of several structures surrounding the religious complex, prompting an order to vacate as...

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Live updates | UN top court hears genocide allegation as Israel focuses...

The United Nations’ top court began hearings Thursday on South Africa’s allegation that Israel’s war with Hamas amounts to genocide against Palestinians. Israel strongly denies the claim. Although the...

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Israel's military campaign in Gaza seen as among the most destructive in...

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military campaign in Gaza, experts say, now sits among the deadliest and most destructive in recent history. In just over two months, researchers say the offensive has...

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Nelson Mandela's support for Palestinians endures with South Africa's...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Barely two weeks after he was released from prison in 1990, Nelson Mandela flew to Zambia to meet with African leaders who had supported his fight against South Africa's...

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British Post Office scandal: Inquiry resumes into one of 'greatest...

LONDON (AP) — An inquiry into one of Britain’s gravest injustices resumed Thursday as momentum grew to compensate and clear the names of more than 900 Post Office branch managers wrongly convicted of...

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