Fuel tanker collision in Nigeria caused an explosion that killed at least 48...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A fuel tanker collided head-on with another truck in Nigeria on Sunday causing an explosion that killed at least 48 people, the country’s emergency response agency said. The fuel...
View ArticleChased away by Israeli settlers, these Palestinians returned to a village in...
KHIRBET ZANUTA, West Bank (AP) — An entire Palestinian community fled their tiny West Bank village last fall after repeated threats from Israeli settlers with a history of violence. Then, in a rare...
View ArticleTwo NATO members say Russian drones violated their airspace
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two NATO members said Sunday that Russian drones violated their airspace, as one reportedly flew into Romania during nighttime attacks on neighboring Ukraine while another crashed...
View ArticleOpposition presidential candidate González flees Venezuela for asylum in Spain
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Former Venezuelan presidential candidate Edmundo González arrived in Spain on Sunday after fleeing into exile in as part of a negotiated deal with Nicolás Maduro's government...
View ArticlePresident Tebboune, challengers jointly accuse Algeria’s election authority...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — After both of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s opponents questioned the results of Algeria's presidential election, the three campaigns jointly issued a statement Sunday...
View Article47 inmates escape from a prison in Liberia
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Dozens of inmates escaped from a maximum security prison outside Liberia's capital over the weekend, authorities said Monday. The 47 inmates were able to escape because of a...
View ArticleUS halts plan to remove iconic stray cats from a historic area in Puerto...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. government has temporarily halted a plan to remove iconic stray cats that live in a historic district in Puerto Rico’s capital until a lawsuit opposing the...
View ArticleIsrael-Hamas war latest: Israel orders more evacuations in Gaza after...
The Israeli military has ordered another evacuation of some residential areas in northwest Gaza where it says Palestinian militants fired rockets on the nearby Israeli town of Ashkelon. The orders...
View ArticleThe UN chief calls the death and destruction in Gaza the worst he's seen
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. chief said Monday that the United Nations has offered to monitor any cease-fire in Gaza and demanIded an end to the worst death and destruction he has seen in his more...
View ArticlePalestinians' UN proposal demands Israel leave Gaza and the West Bank in 6...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Palestinians have circulated a draft U.N. resolution demanding that Israel end its “unlawful presence” in Gaza and the West Bank within six months. The proposed General...
View ArticleSyria says Israeli strikes kill 18 people in a large-scale attack
MASYAF, Syria (AP) — The number of people killed in overnight Israeli strikes in Syria has risen to 18 with dozens more wounded, Syria's health minister said Monday — the largest death toll in such an...
View ArticleCatholic leaders raise concerns over judicial reform pushed by Mexico's...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Catholic leaders said Monday that the judicial reform pushed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador might not necessarily bring justice for victims of the crime wave that...
View ArticleAmid the worst drought in Brazil history, wildfires rage and the Amazon falls...
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil is enduring its worst drought since nationwide measurements began over seven decades ago, with 59% of the country under stress — an area roughly half the size of the...
View ArticleRejected poll monitors accuse Tunisia's election authorities of bias
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Election officials in Tunisia doubled down Monday on their decision to deny accreditation to some election observer groups who say the move shows the October presidential contest...
View ArticleSevere drought drops water level to historic low on the Paraguay River, a...
ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — A powerful drought in the Amazon rainforest led on Monday to the lowest water levels on the Paraguay River in more than a century, disrupting commerce on the major waterway,...
View ArticleGermany's expansion of border controls is testing European unity
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The German government says it is cracking down on irregular migration and crime following recent extremist attacks, and plans to extend temporary border controls to all nine of...
View Article2 Italian and 2 South Korean climbers are found dead close to Mont Blanc's...
PARIS (AP) — French rescue officials said Tuesday they found the bodies of two Italian and two South Korean climbers close to the peak of Mont Blanc on the French side after they went missing over the...
View ArticleJamaica to deploy a limited number of soldiers and police to help fight gangs...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced Tuesday that his country would send two dozen soldiers and police officers to Haiti this week to boost a U.N.-backed...
View ArticlePresidential candidates challenge election result in Algeria after...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The two opposition candidates who ran in Algeria's presidential race legally challenged on Tuesday the provisional result while harshly rebuking election officials and...
View ArticleAn Israeli strike on a Palestinian tent camp kills at least 19
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli strike hit a crowded Palestinian tent camp early Tuesday in Gaza, killing at least 19 people and wounding 60, Palestinian officials said. Israel said it...
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