Australian judge rules senator broke race law by telling rival legislator to...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian judge ruled on Friday that anti-immigration party leader Sen. Pauline Hanson breached racial discrimination laws by crudely telling Pakistan-born Sen. Mehreen...
View ArticleNorth Korea boasts of 'the world's strongest' missile, but experts say it's...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea boasted Friday that the new intercontinental ballistic missile it just test-launched is “the world’s strongest,” a claim seen as pure propaganda after experts...
View ArticleSeismic change in Botswana as party that ruled for 58 years since...
GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi conceded defeat in the general election Friday, in a seismic moment of change for the county that ended the ruling party's 58 years in...
View ArticleAlgeria pardons and releases journalist who became a key voice during 2019...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria has pardoned a journalist who emerged as a key voice during the country’s 2019 pro-democracy protests and was later imprisoned for taking foreign funding for his media...
View ArticleWhat to know about the unprecedented floods that killed more than 200 in Spain
MADRID (AP) — In a matter of minutes, flash floods caused by heavy downpours in eastern Spain swept away everything in their path. With no time to react, people were trapped in vehicles, homes and...
View ArticleUS is sending $425 million in military assistance to Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon announced Friday it was sending an additional $425 million in military assistance to Ukraine as Kyiv prepares to face Russian forces augmented by more than 10,000 North...
View Article29 Nigerian children may be sentenced to death for protesting against...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Twenty-nine children could be facing the death penalty in Nigeria after they were arraigned Friday for participating in a protest against the country’s record cost-of-living...
View ArticleHead of UN-backed team of experts cites paramilitary force in Sudan for...
GENEVA (AP) — The head of a U.N.-backed fact-finding team looking into human rights violations and abuses in Sudan said Friday it found the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces responsible for...
View ArticleBrazilian state law overturns soy moratorium that helped curb Amazon...
AGUA CLARA, Brazil (AP) — A historic agreement that's helped curb deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon for nearly two decades suffered a major blow after Mato Grosso, the country´s largest...
View ArticleNegotiations stall over some crucial issues on final day of UN biodiversity...
CALI, Colombia (AP) — At the United Nations biodiversity summit in Colombia, negotiators have struggled to find common ground on key issues. These include how to finance protections for 30% of the...
View ArticleMud-caked volunteers clean flood debris in a Spanish town as authorities...
CHIVA, Spain. (AP) — Mud cakes her boots, splatters her leggings and the gloves holding her broom. Brown specks freckle her cheeks. The mire covering Alicia Montero is the signature uniform of the...
View ArticleIsrael pummels Lebanon and Gaza, killing dozens in fresh waves of airstrikes
BEIRUT (AP) — Israel launched dozens of intense airstrikes across Lebanon's northeastern farming villages on Friday, killing at least 52 people and wounding scores more, the Lebanese Health Ministry...
View ArticleIsrael's path of destruction in southern Lebanon raises fears of an attempt...
BEIRUT (AP) — Perched on a hilltop a short walk from the Israeli border, the tiny southern Lebanese village of Ramyah has almost been wiped off the map. In a neighboring village, satellite photos show...
View ArticleAttack on central Israel injures 11 as Iran's leader promises a punishing...
JERUSALEM (AP) — An attack on a central Israeli town early Saturday injured 11 people as Iran's supreme leader vowed a punishing response to Israel's attack last week and Israeli airstrikes continued...
View ArticleHundreds hold vigil for victims of roof collapse in northern Serbian city
NOVI SAD, Serbia (AP) — Hundreds of people lit candles and left flowers and toys on Saturday to commemorate 14 people who were killed when a concrete canopy crashed at the entrance of a railway...
View ArticleA leader of Mexican folk saint cult 'La Santa Muerte' is killed at an altar...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A local leader of the Mexican folk saint cult “La Santa Muerte” was gunned down at an altar to the skeletal figure late Friday, authorities said. Two other people were killed and...
View Article'It is all in ruins.' The shattered lives of Paiporta at the epicenter of...
PAIPORTA, Spain (AP) — The pictures of the smiling toddlers on the wall somehow survived. Most everything else in the daycare — the cradles, the highchairs, the toys — was ruined when a crushing wall...
View ArticleIran's supreme leader threatens Israel and US with 'a crushing response' over...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's supreme leader on Saturday threatened Israel and the U.S. with “a crushing response” over attacks on Iran and its allies. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spoke as...
View ArticlePuerto Rico prepares for Election Day as a third-party candidate makes history
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The two parties that have dominated Puerto Rican politics for decades are losing their grip as they face the stiffest competition yet from a younger generation fed up with...
View ArticleUS flies long-range bomber in drill with South Korea, Japan in reaction to...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States flew a long-range bomber in a trilateral drill with South Korea and Japan on Sunday in response to North Korea’s recent test-firing of a new...
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