Spanish woman believed to be the oldest person in the world has died at age 117
MADRID (AP) — Maria Branyas, an American-born Spaniard considered the world’s oldest person at 117 years old, has died, her family said on Tuesday. In a post on Branyas' X account, her family wrote in...
View ArticleKenyan man being held over the discovery of dismembered female bodies escapes...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A suspect who police said confessed to killing 42 women and was being detained over the discovery of dismembered bodies in Kenya’s capital has escaped from police custody,...
View ArticlePanama deports 29 Colombians on first US-funded flight
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama deported 29 Colombians on Tuesday on a flight that the government said was the first paid for by the United States under an agreement the two countries signed in July. The...
View ArticleUkraine's parliament approves ban on Moscow-linked religious groups. One...
Ukraine’s parliament has banned the activities of religious groups tied to the Russian Orthodox Church or any other faith group supporting Russia's invasion — a measure widely seen as targeting a...
View ArticlePutin makes a surprise trip to Chechnya 3 weeks into Ukraine's cross-border...
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday made an unscheduled trip to Chechnya, a mainly Muslim republic within the Russian Federation, his first visit in nearly 13 years, as Ukraine's...
View ArticleLibya's instability will worsen further without a unified government and...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The top U.N. official in Libya warned Tuesday that the political, military and security situation in the oil-rich north African country has deteriorated “quite rapidly” over the...
View ArticleIran's hard-line parliament approves all members of president's Cabinet,...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's hard-line parliament on Wednesday approved all members of reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian's Cabinet, the first time in over two decades a leader has been able to get...
View ArticleBrazil police target Tocantins' governor in investigation of COVID-19 fraud...
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's Federal police Wednesday morning carried out search warrants against the governor of Tocantins state, as part of an investigation into fraud and graft related to COVID-19...
View ArticleGreek oil tanker drifting and ablaze after repeated attacks in the Red Sea,...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Greek-flagged oil tanker traveling through the Red Sea came under repeated attack Wednesday, leaving the vessel “not under command” and drifting ablaze after an...
View ArticleIndia's Modi visits Poland for security and trade talks en route to war-torn...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Poland for top-level security and trade talks before heading to neighboring Ukraine, which is at war with India's strategic...
View ArticleMan arrested on suspicion of murder after house fire kills a mother and 3...
LONDON (AP) — A man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of murder after allegedly setting a house fire that killed a mother and her three children in northern England, police said. An initial...
View ArticleMoscow sees one of Ukraine's largest drone attacks as fighting rages in Kursk...
MOSCOW (AP) — Moscow came under one of the largest attacks by Ukrainian drones since the start of fighting in 2022, Russian authorities reported Wednesday, saying they destroyed all of those headed...
View ArticleDivers find 5 bodies during search of superyacht wreckage after it sank off...
PORTICELLO, Sicily (AP) — Divers searching the wreck of a superyacht that sank off Sicily found the bodies of five passengers Wednesday and searched for one more as questions intensified about why the...
View ArticleKey mediator Egypt expresses skepticism about the Gaza cease-fire proposal as...
CAIRO (AP) — Key mediator Egypt expressed skepticism Wednesday about the proposal meant to bridge gaps in cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas as more details emerged a day before negotiations...
View ArticleIndia's Modi urges efforts to end Ukraine war after talks in Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine during a visit to Poland on Thursday, pledging India's support and saying that no conflict...
View ArticleIndonesia cancels ratification of controversial election law changes as...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian lawmakers canceled plans to ratify controversial revisions to the country's election laws, the deputy speaker of Parliament said, after thousands of protesters...
View ArticleBangladesh court sends 2 journalists to police custody for questioning as...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A court in Bangladesh’s capital Thursday allowed police to interrogate two journalists in their custody for four days in connection with the murder of a garment worker, who...
View ArticlePoorly trained recruits contribute to loss of Ukrainian territory on eastern...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Some new Ukrainian soldiers refuse to fire at the enemy. Others, according to commanders and fellow fighters, struggle to assemble weapons or to coordinate basic combat movements....
View ArticleMan arrested over 1982 IRA bombing that killed 3 police officers in Northern...
LONDON (AP) — A 61-year-old man appeared in a Dublin court Thursday after being arrested in connection with an Irish Republican Army bombing that killed three Northern Ireland policemen in 1982....
View ArticleThe Taliban publish vice laws that ban women’s voices and bare faces in public
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have issued a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public under new laws approved by the supreme leader in efforts to combat vice and promote virtue....
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