Colombia's president will declare an emergency over deadly ELN attacks in the...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Monday that he will declare a state of emergency over the guerrilla attacks in the northeast that have killed dozens of people and forced...
View ArticleRescue camera gave officials a view of hundreds of miners in South Africa...
CARLETONVILLE, South Africa (AP) — A specialized mine rescue camera was lowered late last year into an almost 2.6-kilometer (1.6-mile) deep mineshaft in South Africa, where hundreds of illegal miners...
View ArticleMiddle East latest: Israel launches a major West Bank operation, days after...
Israel launched a major military operation Tuesday in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin that killed at least nine Palestinians and left at least 40 more people wounded, Palestinian health officials...
View ArticleIsrael's top general resigns over Oct. 7 failures, adding to pressure on...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's top general resigned Tuesday, taking responsibility for security failures tied to Hamas' surprise attack that triggered the war in Gaza and adding to pressure on Prime...
View ArticleWhite House cheers release of two Americans freed in a swap with Taliban...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan's Taliban freed two Americans in exchange for a Taliban figure imprisoned for life in California on drug trafficking and...
View ArticleColombians flee to Venezuela as clashes between rebel groups escalate in...
TRES BOCAS, Colombia (AP) — The Colombian border village of Tres Bocas has become a ghost town as residents flee to neighboring Venezuela to escape a new wave of violence in Colombia’s Catatumbo...
View ArticleAs Davos 2025 reacts to Trump tack, EU chief leads defense against climate...
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — As the World Economic Forum’s annual gabfest in the Swiss Alps got into full swing on Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump gave everybody something to talk about with his...
View ArticleWhy is Israel launching a crackdown in the West Bank after the Gaza ceasefire?
In the days since a fragile ceasefire took hold in the Gaza Strip, Israel has launched a major military operation in the occupied West Bank and suspected Jewish settlers have rampaged through two...
View ArticleA rebel group is advancing on eastern Congo's largest city and over 100,000...
NZULO, Congo (AP) — The M23 rebel group's advance toward eastern Congo's largest city has displaced over 178,000 people in the past two weeks, the United Nations said, as the fighters closed in on...
View ArticleWitnesses describe chaos and panic at Turkish ski resort as fire ripped...
KARTALKAYA, Turkey (AP) — As flames tore through a 12-story hotel at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey, friends Esra Karakisa and Halime Cetin watched helplessly as the horror unfolded...
View ArticleAfghans who fled Taliban rule urge Trump to lift refugee program suspension
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghans who fled after the Taliban seized power appealed Wednesday to U.S. President Donald Trump to exempt them from an order suspending the relocation of refugees to the United...
View ArticleDavos 2025: Trade, tariffs, AI and UN chief Guterres dominate World Economic...
DAVOS, Switzlerand (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres ratcheted up his warning about climate change and said the world’s thirst for fossil fuels is a “Frankenstein monster” that spares no...
View Article1,772 Black servicemen who died in WWI were ignored in South Africa. At last...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The names are carved on poles of African hardwood that are set upright as if reaching for the sun. No one knows where the men they represent were buried. But their...
View ArticleMurdoch's UK tabloids apologize to Prince Harry and admit intruding on the...
LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry claimed a “monumental” victory Wednesday as Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. tabloids made an unprecedented apology for intruding in his life for years, and agreed to pay substantial...
View ArticleMiddle East latest: Israel says it killed a militant in Gaza as fragile...
The Israeli military said Wednesday its soldiers killed an alleged militant in Gaza whom it said posed a threat to its forces, as the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas stretched into a fourth day. It...
View ArticleMexican border states prepare migrant shelters as Trump begins deportation...
CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico (AP) — Mexico raised sprawling tents on the U.S. border Wednesday as it braced for President Donald Trump to fulfill his pledge to carry out mass deportations. In an empty lot...
View ArticleHow the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal will unfold —and why it is so precarious
CAIRO (AP) — Israeli troops have pulled back to the edges of Gaza, the first hostages have been released and many Palestinians have returned to what remains of their homes in the first few days of the...
View ArticleThai LGBTQ+ couples register marriages as law gives them equal status
BANGKOK (AP) — Hundreds of LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand made Thursday a life-changing occasion, registering their marriages legally on the first day a law took effect granting them the same rights as...
View ArticleCroatia warns against travel to Serbia after 5 civil society activists were...
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia warned its citizens Thursday to postpone unnecessary travel to neighboring Serbia after the deportation of five Croatian activists who had taken part in a meeting of...
View ArticleDavos 2025: Some notable quotes from the World Economic Forum meeting
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Leading business and political figures attending the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, have discussed and debated topics such as technology, tariffs,...
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