EU's top diplomat ramps up pressure on Ukraine's backers to permit strikes on...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's top diplomat on Thursday ramped up pressure on Ukraine’s international backers to lift restrictions on the use of weapons they provide to the conflict-ravaged...
View ArticleWhat to know about Israel's large-scale military operation in the occupied...
Israel is carrying out large-scale military raids in parts of the occupied West Bank, where the decadeslong conflict with the Palestinians had worsened even before the outbreak of the war in Gaza....
View ArticleAn Afghan woman who sings outdoors to protest the Taliban’s morality laws...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A woman who posted a video of herself singing outdoors in Afghanistan to protest the Taliban’s morality laws, which include a ban on women’s voices in public, said Thursday she won’t...
View ArticleIsrael kills a top militant in its deadliest West Bank raids since the Gaza...
TULKAREM, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli military said it killed five more West Bank militants, including a local commander, as it pressed ahead Thursday with its deadliest operation in the occupied...
View ArticleA 4-year-old broke a 3,500-year-old jar at an Israeli museum. Forgiven, he's...
HAIFA, Israel (AP) — A 4-year-old boy who accidentally broke a rare 3,500-year-old jar in an Israeli museum has been forgiven and even invited back, as curators hope to turn the disaster into a...
View ArticleIran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near...
VIENNA (AP) — Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels in defiance of international demands, a confidential report by the United Nations’ nuclear...
View ArticleUkraine says one of its Western-donated F-16 warplanes has crashed
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — One of the handful of F-16 warplanes that Ukraine has received from its Western partners to help fight Russia’s invasion has crashed, Ukraine’s Army General Staff said Thursday....
View ArticleClaw machine games are Rio de Janeiro's new public enemy
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro — already notorious for street muggings, corrupt politicians, ruthless militias and Kalashnikov-toting drug traffickers — has a new public enemy: plushies. Or,...
View ArticleIsrael-Hamas war latest: Israeli military says it killed 5 more militants in...
The Israeli military says it has killed five more militants in a large-scale operation in the occupied West Bank, including a well-known local commander. There was no immediate Palestinian...
View ArticleJapan's defense ministry seeks record budget as it faces growing threat from...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Defense Ministry on Friday sought a record 8.5 trillion yen ($59 billion) budget for the next year to fortify its deterrence on southwestern islands against China’s increasing...
View ArticleWhat to know about the rescued hostage's Bedouin community in Israel
The rescue from Gaza of hostage Qaid Farhan Alkadi, who belongs to the Bedouin community in Israel, has put the focus on a minority group that has largely existed on the margins of Israeli society and...
View ArticleMajor power outage hits Venezuela's capital, with Maduro government blaming...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelans awoke Friday to a major power outage in the capital, Caracas, and several states. President Nicolas Maduro's government blamed the outage, which it said began...
View ArticleGermany deports 28 Afghan nationals to their homeland, the first since the...
BERLIN (AP) — Germany deported Afghan nationals to their homeland on Friday for the first time since August 2021 when the Taliban returned to power. Government spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit...
View ArticleEast Timor celebrates 25th anniversary of UN-backed vote for independence
DILI, East Timor (AP) — East Timor on Friday celebrated the 25th anniversary of a U.N.-backed referendum that secured its independence from its major neighbor Indonesia, which invaded the former...
View ArticleAn Israeli boy who broke an ancient jar learns how the museum is piecing it...
HAIFA, Israel (AP) — As her 4-year-old son perused the Israeli museum’s ancient artifacts, Anna Geller looked away for just a moment. Then a crash sounded, a rare 3,500-year-old jar was broken on the...
View ArticleTakeaways from the AP's report on Mexican mothers searching for their...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — According to official figures, at least 115,000 people have disappeared in Mexico since 1952, though the real number is believed to be higher. During the country’s “dirty war,” a...
View ArticlePakistani troops kill 37 militants in raids on their hideouts
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces have killed 37 insurgents in multiple raids over more than a week on militant hideouts in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, the military...
View ArticlePassengers bought berths on a 3-year cruise. Months on, the ship is still...
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Lanette Canen and Johan Bodin gave up life on land to become seaborne nomads on a years-long cruise. Months later, the couple has yet to spend a night at sea. Their...
View ArticleUkrainian president fires air force commander after fatal F-16 crash
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired the commander of the country’s air force Friday, four days after an F-16 warplane that Ukraine received from its Western partners...
View ArticleMexican drug lord Osiel Cárdenas Guillén has been released from a US prison...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, one of Mexico’s most-feared drug lords, has been released from a U.S. prison after serving most of a 25-year prison sentence, authorities confirmed Friday. A...
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