More than 100 people missing after boat capsizes in northern Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — More than 100 people, mostly women and children, were missing after an overloaded boat bringing them back from an Islamic festival at night capsized in northwestern Nigeria,...
View ArticlePrince Harry visits the small mountain kingdom of Lesotho, where he's called...
MASERU, Lesotho (AP) — Prince Harry is visiting the small mountain kingdom of Lesotho having co-founded a youth charity there in 2006 in honor of his late mother, Princess Diana. The Duke of Sussex...
View Article4 Russian journalists accused of working for a Navalny group go on trial in...
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Four Russian journalists went on trial in Moscow on Wednesday after being accused of working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late Russian opposition politician...
View ArticleCatholic reform debate launched by Pope Francis leans away from ordained...
ROME (AP) — Debate was leaning away from allowing women to take on ordained roles in the Catholic Church as the second phase of Pope Francis’ reform project opened Wednesday with an agenda topped by...
View ArticleMexico's Sheinbaum keeps doing morning briefings, though her style is unlike...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's new President Claudia Sheinbaum started her day Wednesday much like her political mentor, ex-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, began most of his: with an early morning...
View ArticleDominican Republic will deport up to 10,000 Haitians a week, citing an...
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The Dominican Republic announced Wednesday that it would start massive deportations of Haitians living illegally in the country, expelling up to 10,000 of them...
View ArticleBodies of the children and teachers who died in a Thai school bus fire return...
LAN SAK, Thailand (AP) — The bodies of almost two dozen young students and teachers who died in a bus fire in a suburb of Bangkok were returned late Wednesday to central Thailand, where they began...
View ArticleIsrael presses forward on two fronts and reports 8 combat deaths as fears of...
BEIRUT (AP) — Israel pressed forward on two fronts Wednesday, pursuing a ground incursion into Lebanon against Hezbollah that left eight Israeli soldiers dead and conducting strikes in Gaza that...
View ArticleIn music and dance, Sudanese performers transport refugee audiences back home
CAIRO (AP) — As the performers took the stage and the traditional drum beat gained momentum, Sudanese refugees sitting in the audience were moved to tears. Hadia Moussa said the melody reminded her of...
View ArticleTyphoon Krathon shuts parts of Taiwan for a third day as it nears the island...
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — A slow-moving typhoon approaching Taiwan led to school and office closures for a third consecutive day Thursday, with authorities asking people to stay indoors. Typhoon...
View ArticleBelarus opposition urges immediate release of over 200 political prisoners in...
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian opposition leader in exile Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Thursday said 224 political prisoners in Belarus must be freed urgently, and called on Western countries to...
View ArticleDozens of migrants still missing off Djibouti's coast after smugglers forced...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Rescuers searched Thursday for dozens of migrants from Africa still missing after smugglers apparently forced them out of two boats in the Red Sea off the coast of Djibouti...
View ArticleSouth Africa's top court will decide if impeachment proceedings against the...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa's Constitutional Court said Thursday that it would hear a case next month brought by two opposition parties to revive impeachment proceedings against...
View ArticleAt least 78 people died when a boat with 278 on board capsized in eastern...
GOMA, Congo (AP) — At least 78 people died when an overcrowded boat capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo on Thursday, a local governor said. A frantic search and rescue operation was underway hours...
View Article6 migrants from Egypt, Peru and Honduras die near Guatemalan border after...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican army troops opened fire on a truck carrying migrants from a half dozen countries, and six migrants from Egypt, Peru and Honduras died in an event that President Claudia...
View ArticleWhat to know as Israel expands its operations in Lebanon
Israeli airstrikes hammered targets across southern Lebanon and Beirut's suburbs while its military urged residents to flee more than two dozen Lebanese towns and villages, further signs that Israel...
View ArticleG20 environment ministers back funding for forest conservation
SAO PAULO (AP) — Environment ministers of the Group of 20 nations agreed Thursday to support the creation of funding sources for ecosystem services, acknowledging Brazil's proposal to establish a...
View ArticleIsrael extends evacuation warnings in Lebanon, signaling a wider offensive
BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military on Thursday warned people to evacuate communities in southern Lebanon that are outside a U.N.-declared buffer zone, signaling that it may widen a ground operation...
View ArticleNorth Korea's Kim threatens to destroy South Korea with nuclear strikes if...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to use nuclear weapons and destroy South Korea permanently if provoked, state media reported Friday, after the South’s leader...
View ArticleUN peacekeepers stay on Lebanon's border despite Israeli ground incursion
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. peacekeepers are staying in their positions on Lebanon’s southern border despite Israel’s request to vacate some areas before it launched its ground operation against...
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