Taliban is enforcing restrictions on single and unaccompanied Afghan women,...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban are restricting Afghan women’s access to work, travel and healthcare if they are unmarried or don’t have a male guardian, according to a U.N report published Monday. In...
View ArticleBlinken begins Africa tour in Cape Verde, touting the U.S. as a key security...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken began a tour of four African countries on Monday, meeting with the leaders of Cape Verde and Ivory Coast and touting America as the...
View ArticlePoland's prime minister visits Ukraine in the latest show of support for Kyiv...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk vowed Monday to keep supporting Ukraine against Russia's nearly 2-year-old invasion, announcing a new military aid package that includes a loan...
View ArticleRussia clashes with US and Ukraine supporters, ruling out any peace plan...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister clashed with the United States and Ukraine’s supporters at a U.N. meeting Monday where Moscow ruled out any peace plan backed by Kyiv and the West, and...
View ArticleLive updates | Palestinians flee heavy fighting in southern Gaza as US and UK...
Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip pounded the southern city of Khan Younis, pushing thousands of Palestinians to flee even further south on Monday. Families made their way on foot down the coastal...
View ArticleBenito the giraffe goes on a 40-hour road trip to find warmth, and maybe a...
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — A giraffe named Benito started a 40-hour road trip Monday to leave behind the cold and loneliness of Mexico’s northern border city of Ciudad Juarez to find warmth — and...
View ArticleLandslide in China buries 47 people in freezing temperatures and snow. Two...
BEIJING (AP) — A landslide buried 47 people in a remote village in mountainous southwestern China on Monday, state media said. Hours later, two survivors were rescued amid freezing temperatures and...
View ArticleFamilies of hostages held in Gaza storm Israel's parliament meeting demanding...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Dozens of family members of hostages held by Hamas stormed a committee meeting in Israel’s parliament Monday, demanding a deal to win their loved ones’ release, as European foreign...
View ArticleLiberia’s new president takes office with a promise to ‘rescue’ Africa’s...
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia’s new president, Joseph Boakai, was sworn into office Monday after his narrow win in a November election. Boakai, who at age 79 has become the country's oldest...
View ArticleElon Musk visits Auschwitz after uproar over antisemitic messages on X
KRAKOW, Poland (AP) — Elon Musk, who has been accused of allowing antisemitic messages on his social media platform, X, visited the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp on Monday, saying...
View Article3 dead in ski-helicopter crash in Canada
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Three people have died in a heli-ski helicopter crash in the Canadian province of British Columbia, authorities said Tuesday. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in...
View ArticleFire destroys thousands works of art at the main gallery in Georgia's...
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Thousands of artworks were destroyed in a fire that swept through the main art gallery in Abkhazia, reports said, a severe blow to the cultural heritage of the separatist...
View ArticleBrazil's official term for poor communities has conveyed stigma. A change has...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — After decades of delay and pressure, Brazil announced Tuesday that it will henceforth use “favelas and urban communities” to categorize thousands of poor, urban neighborhoods,...
View ArticleTurkey’s parliament approves Sweden’s NATO membership, lifting a key hurdle
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish legislators on Tuesday endorsed Sweden’s membership in NATO, lifting a major hurdle on the previously nonaligned country’s entry into the military alliance. Lawmakers...
View ArticleSouth African police arrest man who says he started a fire that left 76 dead...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A man was arrested Tuesday and will face 76 counts of murder after telling an inquiry that he started a deadly building fire in South Africa last year while trying to get rid of...
View ArticleUN chief warns that Israel's rejection of a two-state solution threatens...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief warned Israel on Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’s rejection of a two-state solution will indefinitely prolong a conflict that is...
View ArticleBlinken pitches the US as an alternative to Russia's Wagner in Africa’s...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday pitched the United States as a better security partner for Africa in place of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, which he accused...
View ArticleRussian missiles strike Ukrainian cities again, killing at least 7 and...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles struck three Ukrainian cities Tuesday, including its two biggest, killing at least seven people and wrecking apartment buildings after Moscow shunned any deal...
View ArticleDueling political factions demonstrate in Venezuela's capital as presidential...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Dueling political factions took to the streets of Venezuela's capital on Tuesday for the first competing rallies of the presidential election year, showcasing their ability...
View ArticleSouth Korea says North Korea has fired several cruise missiles into the sea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea fired several cruise missiles into waters off its western coast, adding to a provocative run of weapons demonstrations in the face of...
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