Israel says it struck Hezbollah weapons smuggling sites in Syria, testing a...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli aircraft struck Hezbollah weapons smuggling sites along Syria's border with Lebanon, the Israeli military said Saturday, testing a fragile, days-old ceasefire that...
View ArticleSyrian insurgents are inside Aleppo in a major setback for Assad as...
BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands of Syrian insurgents fanned out inside Aleppo in vehicles with improvised armor and pickups, deploying to landmarks such as the old citadel on Saturday, a day after they...
View ArticleIceland votes for a new parliament amid disagreements on immigration, energy...
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Icelanders are electing a new parliament Saturday after disagreements over immigration, energy policy and the economy forced Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson to pull the...
View ArticleA landmark climate change case will open at the top UN court as island...
THE HAGUE (AP) — The top United Nations court will take up the largest case in its history on Monday, when it opens two weeks of hearings into what countries worldwide are legally required to do to...
View ArticlePlastic treaty talks draw to a close with production limits still under debate
BUSAN, South Korea (AP) — Negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution are drawing to a close Sunday as nations continue debating whether part of that should be putting limits on plastic...
View ArticlePutin signs off record Russian defense spending as top EU officials visit Kyiv
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin approved budget plans, raising 2025 military spending to record levels as Moscow seeks to prevail in the war in Ukraine. Around 32.5% of the...
View ArticleIreland's incumbent parties look likely to hang on to power after a fractured...
DUBLIN (AP) — Ireland’s two long-dominant center-right parties looked likely to form a new government as results came in from a fractured national election, though with a reduced vote share and...
View ArticleRomanians vote in parliamentary election as turmoil in presidential race...
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanians cast ballots Sunday in a parliamentary election sandwiched between a two-round presidential race, the first of which has plunged the European Union and NATO member...
View ArticleOver 40 people hospitalized in Georgia during protests over suspension of EU...
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — A third night of protests in the Georgian capital against the government’s decision to suspend negotiations to join the European Union left 44 people hospitalized after police...
View ArticleSyria launches counterattacks in an attempt to halt insurgents' surprise advance
BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian military rushed in reinforcements and struck Idlib city Sunday in an attempt to push back insurgents from advancing farther after seizing Aleppo and surrounding strategic...
View ArticleSocial democrats gain and incumbents are punished in Iceland's election
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Voters in Iceland joined a global trend of punishing incumbents in a parliamentary election, with a center-left party winning the largest share of votes in the North Atlantic...
View ArticleAustralian police arrest 13 people and seize a record 2.3 tons of cocaine...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Australian police seized a record 2.3 tons of cocaine and arrested 13 people in raids after the suspects' boat broke down off the coast of Queensland, authorities said...
View ArticleImpeachment complaint filed against Philippine Vice President Duterte after...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An impeachment complaint was filed Monday against Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte, who is facing a legal storm over a death threat she made against the president and...
View ArticleBefore exiting, Biden heads to Africa to highlight his own counter to China....
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — President Joe Biden is finally making his long-promised visit to Africa to showcase a U.S.-backed railway project in three countries that he has pushed as a new approach...
View ArticleHong Kong launches panda sculpture tour as the city hopes the bear craze...
HONG KONG (AP) — Thousands of giant panda sculptures will greet residents and tourists starting Saturday in Hong Kong, where enthusiasm for the bears has grown since two cubs were born in a local...
View ArticleIraqi militias deploy in Syria to back government's counteroffensive against...
BEIRUT (AP) — Iranian-backed Iraqi militias have deployed in Syria to back the government's counteroffensive against a surprise advance by insurgents who seized the largest city of Aleppo last week, a...
View ArticleMiddle East latest: Israel says soldier thought to have been taken hostage is...
The Israeli military said Monday an Israeli American soldier who was believed to have been captured alive by Hamas in its Oct. 7, 2023, attack was killed that day and his body taken into the Gaza...
View ArticleLandmark climate change case opens at the top UN court as island nations fear...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top United Nations court took up the largest case in its history on Monday, hearing the plight of several small island nations helpless in combating the devastating...
View Article56 people killed in stampede following clashes at a Guinea soccer match,...
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Fifty-six people were killed and several injured in a stampede at a soccer stadium in southern Guinea, following clashes between fans, Guinea’s government said Monday....
View ArticleStars, heads of state, solemn rituals and high-security celebrations for...
PARIS (AP) — The reopening of Notre Dame this coming weekend is going to be a high-security affair, with a repeat of some measures used during the Paris Olympics and the sealing-off to tourists of the...
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