Peru declares 3 days of national mourning for former President Alberto Fujimori
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s government on Thursday declared three days of national mourning over the death of former President Alberto Fujimori and granted him a state funeral despite his convictions for...
View ArticleSenegal's president dissolves parliament to call a snap legislative election
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye dissolved the opposition-led parliament on Thursday, paving the way for a snap legislative election six months after he was voted in on...
View ArticleIsrael-Hamas war latest: Blinken says US will keep pressing Israel to spare...
The U.S. secretary of state said Thursday that the United States will continue to press Israel to do more to spare humanitarian sites in the Gaza Strip, a day after an Israeli airstrike on a U.N....
View ArticleUS backs 2 permanent seats for African nations on the UN Security Council
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States announced Thursday that it will support the addition of two new permanent seats for African countries on the powerful U.N. Security Council — and a first-ever...
View ArticleVietnam typhoon death toll rises to 233 as more bodies found in areas hit by...
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The death toll in the aftermath of a typhoon in Vietnam climbed to 233 on Friday as rescue workers recovered more bodies from areas hit by landslides and flash floods, state...
View ArticleThe body of a Ugandan Olympic athlete who was set on fire by her partner is...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The body of Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei — who died after being set on fire by her partner in Kenya — was received Friday by family and anti-femicide crusaders,...
View ArticleIS militants kill 14 in a Shiite area of Afghanistan in one of the deadliest...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Islamic State militants killed 14 people in a Shiite-majority area in central Afghanistan in one of the deadliest attacks in the country this year. The militant group claimed...
View ArticleMeet the straight ally who is protesting Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ bill
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Texas Kadiri Moro stood in the middle of the hustle and bustle of Accra on Thursday, dressed in short pink Speedos and a pink polo shirt. Accompanied by trumpet players, carrying a...
View ArticlePope makes new overture to China, calling Beijing ‘a promise and hope’ for...
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis declared Friday that China was “a promise and a hope” for the Catholic Church, offering extensive praise for Beijing at the end of a four-nation tour through...
View ArticleRussia expels 6 British diplomats it accuses of spying. The UK calls it...
Russia on Friday accused six British diplomats of spying and said it decided to expel them. The U.K. said the “completely baseless” move came weeks ago and was linked to its action in May to revoke...
View ArticleHow 3 young Americans ended up in the middle of a coup attempt in Congo and...
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A military court in Congo, one of Africa’s largest countries, has convicted three Americans and dozens of others of taking part in a coup attempt and imposed “the harshest...
View ArticleThe birth of a spectacled bear brings joy to a farming community in Peru
LIMA, Peru (AP) — A spectacled bear was born in a rescue center built by a Peruvian farming community that has protected these animals for more than two decades. The bear cub, which does not yet have...
View ArticleTropical Storm Ileana heads toward Los Cabos resorts bringing heavy rains
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in Mexico's resort-studded Los Cabos area warned tourists and residents alike to stay inside Friday as Tropical Storm Ileana began to pound the southern tip of the Baja...
View ArticleCongo court sentences 3 Americans and 34 others to death on coup charges
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A military court in Congo handed down death sentences Friday to 37 people, including three Americans, after convicting them on charges of participating in a coup attempt. The...
View ArticleDrugged and raped, Gisèle Pélicot has become France's symbol of fight against...
PARIS (AP) — Gisèle Pélicot, the woman who was allegedly drugged by her now ex-husband over the course of a decade so that she could be raped by dozens of men while unconscious, is becoming a symbol...
View ArticleThousands attend an anti-government rally organized by Poland's main...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands of people attended an anti-government rally organized by Poland's nationalist conservative opposition party to boost support before next year's presidential election....
View ArticleUkraine renews calls on the West to approve long-range strikes on Russian...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine made a new call Saturday on the West to allow it to strike deeper into Russia after a meeting between U.S. and British leaders a day earlier produced no visible shift in...
View ArticleDeath toll in Myanmar from Typhoon Yagi reaches 74. Dozens of other people...
BANGKOK (AP) — The death toll in Myanmar from flooding and landslides caused by Typhoon Yagi has reached at least 74, with 89 people missing, Myanmar’s state television said Saturday. Difficulties in...
View ArticleFuel truck explosion kills at least 15 people in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A tanker truck carrying gasoline in Haiti on Saturday flipped and exploded, killing at least 15 people and seriously injuring 40 others, officials said. Prime Minister...
View Article4 people found dead in eastern Romania as rainstorms leave hundreds stranded
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Four people in eastern Romania have been found dead after torrential storms dumped unprecedented rain, leaving hundreds stranded in flooded areas, emergency authorities said...
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