South Korea's impeached president is arrested over martial law declaration...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hours after South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was formally arrested, triggering rioting by his supporters, his lawyers said Sunday that he remains defiant in...
View ArticleWho is Itamar Ben-Gvir, the far-right minister who resigned from Netanyahu's...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel's far-right national security minister resigned from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Cabinet on Sunday to express his disapproval of the Gaza ceasefire deal. The...
View ArticleNigerian gasoline tanker explosion death toll rises to 86, with 55 others...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion in north-central Nigeria has risen to 86, the country’s emergency response agency said on Sunday. The blast happened in the early...
View ArticleAt least 80 people killed in northeast Colombia as peace talks fail, official...
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — More than 80 people were killed in the country’s northeast over the weekend following the government's failed attempts to hold peace talks with the National Liberation Army, a...
View ArticlePalestinians trek across rubble to return to their homes as Gaza ceasefire...
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Even before the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas was fully in place Sunday, Palestinians in the war-battered Gaza Strip began to return to the remains of the...
View ArticleWho are the Israelis released on the first day of the ceasefire?
JERUSALEM (AP) — Three hostages held by Hamas were released Sunday after 471 days in captivity as part of a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group. A gradual release of dozens of...
View ArticleMiddle East latest: 3 female hostages arrive in Israel as fragile Gaza...
The first three hostages released from Gaza arrived in Israel on Sunday for tearful reunions with families, hours after the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold following 15 months of...
View ArticleGhana soldiers kill at least 7 people described as illegal gold miners
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Soldiers killed at least seven people at a gold mine in southern Ghana, the West African country's military said. Ghana’s armed forces said Sunday in a statement on X that around...
View ArticleItalian journalist detained in Iran says she expected to be held longer and...
ROME (AP) — An Italian journalist detained in Iran whose fate became intertwined with that of an Iranian engineer wanted by the United States said she assumed she would have been held much longer, and...
View ArticleYemen's Houthis signal they'll now limit their attacks in the Red Sea...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen's Houthi rebels signaled Monday they now will limit their attacks in the Red Sea corridor to only Israeli-affiliated ships after a ceasefire began in the Gaza...
View ArticleAfter 15 months of war, Hamas still rules over what remains of Gaza
As a ceasefire brought calm to Gaza's ruined cities, Hamas was quick to emerge from hiding. The militant group has not only survived 15 months of war with Israel — among the deadliest and most...
View ArticleIllegal mining ringleader escaped during South Africa disaster with help from...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader known as “Tiger” escaped from custody with help from police officers after resurfacing last week from a disused mine in South Africa...
View ArticleWake up and spend more on defense, Macron tells Europe as Trump takes office
CESSON-SEVIGNE, France (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron called on Europe Monday to “wake up” and spend more on defense in order to reduce its reliance on the United States for its security, in...
View ArticleBillionaires' wealth soared in 2024, anti-poverty group says as the elites...
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Billionaires' wealth grew three times faster in 2024 than the year before, a top anti-poverty group reported on Monday as some of the world's political and financial elite...
View ArticlePope dissolves Peru-based conservative Catholic movement after abuses...
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has taken the remarkable step of dissolving a Peruvian-based Catholic movement, the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, after years of attempts at reform and a Vatican...
View ArticleA magnitude 6 earthquake in Taiwan leaves 15 people with minor injuries
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6 struck southern Taiwan early Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, leaving 15 people with minor injuries. The quake...
View ArticleCanada relieved Trump doesn’t impose tariffs on the major US trading partner...
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian leaders expressed relief Monday that broad tariffs were not applied to Canadian products on the first day of Donald Trump's presidency and that he did not mention America's...
View ArticleWho in Israel has resigned over the Oct. 7 security breakdown, and who hasn't?
Israel's top general on Tuesday became the highest-ranking official to resign over Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 attack, the worst security failure in the country's history. Like much of Israel's top brass, Lt....
View ArticleSuspected settlers attacked Palestinian villages hours before Trump rescinded...
JINSAFUT, West Bank (AP) — Shortly after suspected Jewish settlers stormed Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank late Monday, setting cars and property ablaze, U.S. President Donald Trump...
View ArticleMexico defends sovereignty as US seeks to label cartels as terrorists
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday that President Donald Trump's executive order moving toward designating drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations would only...
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