UK leader Starmer will outline his 'Plan for Change.' Just don't call it a...
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is trying to change the narrative on his five-month-old government after plummeting approval ratings, business anxiety over tax hikes and protesting...
View ArticleNotre Dame’s resurrection: Its chief architect on rebuilding France’s 'heart'...
PARIS (AP) — The day after the inferno struck Notre Dame on April 15, 2019, Philippe Villeneuve walked despondently into the remains of his cathedral. Smoke choked the spring air, the spire lay in...
View ArticleWho is the South Korean leader who tried to impose martial law?
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Decades of achievement led Yoon Suk Yeol to the pinnacle of political power in South Korea, but his legacy may now boil down to a single, baffling decision to send out troops...
View ArticleSenior UK commander warns of 'Third nuclear age'
LONDON (AP) — The head of Britain’s armed forces has warned that the world stands at the cusp of a “third nuclear age,’’ defined by multiple simultaneous challenges and weakened safeguards that kept...
View ArticleSpecial Kosovo court orders arrest of 3 war veterans
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Judges of a European Union-backed court on Thursday ordered the arrest of Kosovo’s three other war veterans on alleged offenses against the administration of justice. A...
View ArticleYoon replaces the defense minister as South Korea's parliament moves to vote...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president replaced his defense minister Thursday as opposition parties moved to impeach both men over the stunning-but-brief imposition of martial law that...
View ArticleGermany hands over Australian ancestral remains held by museums for over 100...
BERLIN (AP) — Five sets of ancestral remains from Australia that had been in German museum collections since the 19th century were handed back at a ceremony Thursday that a community representative...
View ArticleSyrian insurgents capture central city of Hama in another blow to Syrian...
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian insurgents entered the central city of Hama Thursday after days of intense clashes with government forces as they push forward with their week-long offensive that brought large...
View ArticleAustralian leader blames antisemitism for arson that extensively damaged a...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Arsonists extensively damaged a Melbourne synagogue on Friday in what Australia’s prime minister condemned as an antisemitic attack on Australian values. The blaze in the...
View ArticlePutin to sign agreement offering Russia's security guarantees to ally Belarus
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Belarus on Friday to sign a treaty offering security guarantees to Moscow's closest ally. The planned signing of the document follows the...
View ArticleRussia's LGBTQ+ community is living in fear following new laws and court...
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Gela Gogishvili and Haoyang Xu led a happy life as a gay couple in Russia, even as President Vladimir Putin’s government took an increasingly anti-LGBTQ+ stance. Their social...
View ArticleSale of UK's Observer, world's oldest Sunday newspaper and a bastion of...
LONDON (AP) — The sale of the Observer, the world's oldest Sunday newspaper and a bastion of liberal values in Britain's media landscape, was approved Friday despite two days of strike action from...
View ArticleWhere Turkey stands as opposition insurgents advance in neighboring Syria
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — As forces opposed to Syrian President Bashar Assad make swift and significant advances in Syria, Turkey is watching closely for any spillover. Turkey, which shares a...
View ArticleThousands flee as Syrian insurgents advance to the doorstep of the country's...
BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands of people fled the central Syrian city of Homs, the country's third largest, as insurgents seized two towns on the outskirts Friday, positioning themselves for an assault on a...
View ArticleBerlin's new panda twins have been named. Meet Leni and Lotti, or Meng Hao...
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's new panda twins now have names — or rather, two names apiece. The two female cubs, born at the Berlin Zoo on Aug. 22, were introduced Friday as Meng Hao and Meng Tian...
View ArticleRomania's top court annuls first round of presidential vote won by far-right...
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A top Romanian court on Friday annulled the first round of the country's presidential election, days after allegations that Russia ran a coordinated online campaign to...
View ArticleMiddle East latest: Negotiations on a Gaza ceasefire have resumed, Hamas says
Jordan’s Interior Minister al-Frayeh said Friday the Naseeb border crossing with Syria had been closed because of the security situation on the Syrian side. He spoke after Syrian opposition activists...
View ArticlePope creates 21 cardinals, many of them reformers in their own right, to...
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is installing 21 new cardinals, many of whom are key figures in his reform agenda: A Dominican preacher who acted as the spiritual father for Francis' recent gathering of...
View ArticleAlone and broke against a renewed insurgency, is Assad's rule at risk of...
BEIRUT (AP) — The last time Syrian President Bashar Assad was in serious trouble was 10 years ago, at the height of the country’s civil war, when his forces lost control over parts of the largest...
View ArticleUkraine confirms second Danish delivery of F-16s as Zelenskyy seeks support...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Denmark has delivered a second batch of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday as he traveled to Paris to meet with top politicians and...
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