Indonesia is admitted to the BRICS bloc of developing nations, Brazil announces
SAO PAULO (AP) — Indonesia has been admitted as a full member of the BRICS bloc of developing economies, the group's presiding country Brazil announced Monday. Indonesia’s candidacy was endorsed by...
View ArticleWho was Dietrich Bonhoeffer? An AP Explainer about the anti-Nazi pastor
Who was Dietrich Bonhoeffer? Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Lutheran pastor and theologian from Germany executed by the Nazis in 1945 at age 39 for his role in a resistance movement that included attempts...
View ArticleWho will replace Justin Trudeau?
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation after facing an increasing loss of support both within his party and in the country. Now Trudeau's Liberal Party must...
View ArticleSenegal and Chad say ousting of French troops was their sovereign decision
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese and Chadian leaders said that the ousting of French troops from their territories was their sovereign decision, rejecting remarks from French President Emmanuel Macron...
View ArticleEuropean court rules against Greece over migrant’s illegal deportation, calls...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights in a landmark ruling Tuesday found that Greece illegally deported a woman back to neighboring Turkey, and described the use of summary...
View ArticleBangladesh's ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to undergo medical...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia was traveling to London on Tuesday for medical treatment, her aides said, leaving behind a nation grappling with...
View ArticleFrance marks 10 years since deadly Charlie Hebdo attack
PARIS (AP) — A decade after Islamic extremist gunmen stormed the offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in a deadly assault that shook France to its core and ignited a global outcry in...
View ArticleMiddle East latest: Israel's military launches a wave of raids across the...
The Israeli military launched a wave of deadly raids across the occupied West Bank overnight and into Tuesday, killing at least three Palestinians who it said were militants. Hamas said in a statement...
View Article3 Pakistani soldiers, 19 insurgents killed in separate raids in northwest
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani security forces killed 19 insurgents in three separate raids on militant hideouts in northwest Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, the military said Tuesday. Three soldiers also...
View ArticleDonald Trump Jr. arrives in Greenland with a message from his dad: 'We’re...
President-elect Donald Trump told residents of Greenland that “we’re going to treat you well” as his oldest son visited the mineral-rich Danish territory that’s home to a large U.S. military base,...
View ArticleVenezuelan opposition leader says his son-in-law has been kidnapped in Caracas
CARACAS. Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González, who claims to have defeated President Nicolás Maduro in last year’s presidential election, said his son-in-law was kidnapped...
View ArticlePope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office,...
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to become prefect of the department responsible for all the...
View ArticleCambodian police detain a Thai man suspected of gunning down Cambodian...
BANGKOK (AP) — Cambodian police said Wednesday they apprehended a Thai man suspected of gunning down a former opposition politician from Cambodia in a popular Bangkok tourist area. Lim Kimya, an...
View ArticleTents arrive for survivors of a quake that killed 126 in freezing,...
BEIJING (AP) — Relief teams in western China shifted their focus to resettling survivors after a search Wednesday for any remaining victims of a deadly earthquake that struck a day earlier near a holy...
View ArticleA Russian missile attack in southern Ukraine has killed at least 13...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A daytime Russian missile attack on the southern Ukraine city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least 13 civilians and injured about 30 others Wednesday, officials said. Footage posted on...
View ArticleAn Italian journalist is freed from detention in Iran and returns home
ROME (AP) — An Italian journalist detained in Iran for three weeks was freed Wednesday and returned home, after her fate had become intertwined with that of an Iranian engineer arrested in Italy and...
View ArticleCanadian leaders say Trump's talk about Canada becoming the 51st state isn't...
TORONTO (AP) — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s comments that Canada should become the 51st state are no longer a joke and are meant to undermine America’s closest ally, Canada’s finance minister...
View ArticleHow Venezuela's political newcomer became an opposition leader who says it's...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Edmundo González has become a beacon of hope for millions of Venezuelans. They want to call him president. He believes he won that office at the ballot box last year. The...
View ArticleMore Americans jailed in Venezuela pose a test of Trump's deal-making foreign...
MIAMI (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will be sworn in for a third term Friday, while hundreds of government opponents arrested since his disputed reelection last summer languish in the...
View ArticleMiddle East latest: Israeli hostage found dead in Gaza, military says
Israeli forces have recovered the body of a hostage held in Gaza, the military said Wednesday, adding that it was identifying additional remains that could belong to another captive. The recovery of...
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