EU nations agree a crackdown on migrant smugglers. Some fear it may target...
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union countries agreed on Friday a draft law aimed at preventing and countering migrant smuggling, which critics say could be used to target people or charity groups that try...
View ArticleIndian Ocean islands of Comoros, Madagascar and Mayotte are bracing for...
MORONI, Comoros (AP) — The islands of Comoros, Madagascar and Mayotte in the Indian Ocean were bracing for Cyclone Chido on Friday as the intense tropical storm whirred its way toward Africa's east...
View ArticleThousands of Syrians celebrate in central Damascus during first Friday...
DAMASCUS (AP) — Thousands of Syrians gathered Friday in Damascus' historic main mosque for the first Muslim Friday prayers since the downfall of former President Bashar Assad, while giant crowds...
View ArticleWho was in ousted Syrian President Assad's inner circle and where are they now?
BEIRUT (AP) — After insurgents toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad this month, many senior officials and members of his dreaded intelligence and security services appear to have melted away....
View ArticleHearings are done: Now the wait begins for verdict on closely-watched climate...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A lawyer for a small South Pacific island nation told the world’s highest court to heed her warning. “Tuvalu will not go quietly into the rising sea,” Phillipa Webb said,...
View ArticleA look at the South Korean leader who has been impeached after shocking...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s parliament has voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, a stunning fall from grace for a man who rose from political obscurity to the height of political...
View ArticleA look at the whirlwind events that led to the impeachment of South Korea's...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s parliament on Saturday voted to impeach embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law decree this month, a shocking stunt that paralyzed...
View ArticleA diminished Hezbollah is made even weaker by the toppling of Assad in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — A severely hobbled Hezbollah was in no position to help defend former Syrian President Bashar Assad, a longtime ally, from the lightning-fast insurgency that toppled him. With Assad...
View ArticleMiddle East latest: Top diplomats from US, Arab League and Turkey discuss...
Top diplomats from the United States, the Arab League and Turkey met in Jordan on Saturday to discuss how to assist Syria’s transition after the fall of Bashar Assad's government a week ago. No Syrian...
View ArticleSouth Korea’s parliament votes to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s parliament on Saturday impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his stunning and short-lived martial law decree, a move that ended days of political paralysis but...
View ArticleBolivia holds a divisive popular vote for its top judges, offering lessons...
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Campaigning for Sunday's judicial election may be strictly forbidden, but look closer on the streets of Bolivia’s capital, La Paz, and you’ll find that some candidates have...
View ArticleActivists release images of foxes at Finnish fur farms to push EU to ban the...
GENEVA (AP) — A red fox frantically scratches the wires of its small cage. An Arctic fox meanders lazily with a bloody tail. Other furry creatures, some with teary eyes, stare blankly into a light on...
View ArticleUkrainian drone hits Russia's Chechnya as Kyiv continues pushback after...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian drone struck a campus belonging to Russia’s National Guard Sunday in the Russian region of Chechnya, as Kyiv continues to strike back after a mass air attack from...
View ArticleBrazilian President Lula discharged from hospital after surgery to stop brain...
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was discharged from the hospital Sunday after undergoing surgery to stop a brain bleed. The 79-year-old president spoke alongside doctors...
View ArticleOil spill in Kerch Strait after two Russian oil tankers seriously damaged in...
MOSCOW (AP) — Two Russian oil tankers have been seriously damaged following a storm in the Kerch Strait, spilling oil and sparking an emergency rescue operation, Russian officials told state news...
View ArticleCyclone Chido leaves 11 dead in the French territory of Mayotte and hits...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Cyclone Chido left at least 11 people dead and caused widespread damage in the largely poor French island territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean before making landfall...
View ArticleIsrael will close its Ireland embassy over Gaza tensions as Palestinian death...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel said Sunday it will close its embassy in Ireland as relations deteriorated over the war in Gaza, where Palestinian medical officials said new Israeli airstrikes...
View ArticleChristians in Syria mark country's transformation with tears as UN envoy...
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — In churches across long-stifled Syria, Christians marked the first Sunday services since the sudden collapse of Bashar Assad's regime in an air of transformation. Some were in...
View ArticleEU seeks assurances from Syria's new leaders in exchange for dropping sanctions
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union nations on Monday set out conditions for lifting sanctions on Syria and kick-starting aid to the conflict-ravaged country amid uncertainty about its new leaders'...
View ArticleEU slaps sanctions on dozens more Russian officials and targets its shadow...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Monday imposed fresh sanctions on dozens of officials linked to Russia’s war on Ukraine, including two top North Korean defense officials, a military unit blamed...
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