Scholz's challenger vows tough border rules as attack puts migration in...
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's opposition leader vowed Thursday to bar people from entering the country without proper papers and to step up deportations if he is elected chancellor next month, as a knife...
View ArticleNorth Macedonia court frees 4 convicted over 2017 parliament attack
SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — Four former officials from North Macedonia’s conservative VMRO-DPMNE party were released on Thursday after their convictions for organizing a violent attack on parliament in...
View ArticleDavos 2025: Trump leaves an impression with his video address to the World...
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump drew pockets of laughter and a few moans with his blunt comments to an international audience while appearing by video link Thursday at the World...
View ArticleTeen who killed 3 girls at Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England...
LONDON (AP) — A teenager who stabbed three young girls to death at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England was sentenced Thursday to more than 50 years in prison for what a judge called “the most...
View ArticleFighting reaches the outskirts of eastern Congo's largest city as rebels...
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Panic spread in eastern Congo's main city on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to Goma and seizing a nearby town as they battle the Congolese army. Bombs were heard...
View ArticleItaly's top court upholds Amanda Knox's conviction for falsely accusing...
ROME (AP) — Italy’s highest court on Thursday confirmed a slander conviction against U.S. defendant Amanda Knox for accusing an innocent man of murdering her British flatmate 17 years ago in a...
View ArticleMiddle East latest: Israeli forces may not pull out of Lebanon on time,...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested Friday that his county's military might not withdraw all of its forces from Lebanon by this weekend's deadline set in its ceasefire with Hezbollah....
View ArticleChina's Lunar New Year travel rush kicks into high gear with 9 billion trips...
BEIJING (AP) — China’s Lunar New Year travel rush has kicked into high gear, with billions of trips expected in coming days for the peak of the 40-day annual mass migration — the world's biggest...
View ArticleGovernor of Congo's North Kivu province dies of his wounds in fighting with...
GOMA, Congo (AP) — The governor of eastern Congo’s North Kivu province has died from injuries sustained during fighting on the front line, a military spokesman said Friday, as M23 rebels closed in on...
View ArticleTens of thousands protest in Slovakia over pro-Russia policies of populist...
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Tens of thousands of people in Slovakia gathered at squares and street across the country on Friday to voice their opposition to the pro-Russia policies of populist Prime...
View ArticleMajor storm lashes Ireland and Scotland as hurricane-force winds down power...
LONDON (AP) — Millions of people in Ireland and northern parts of the U.K. heeded the advice of authorities to stay at home Friday in the face of hurricane-force winds that disabled power networks and...
View ArticlePutin echoes Trump's claim that conflict in Ukraine could have been avoided...
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday echoed U.S. President Donald Trump's claim the conflict in Ukraine could have been prevented had he been in the White House in 2022. He also...
View ArticleNetanyahu suggests Israel might not complete its withdrawal from Lebanon by a...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested Friday that Israel might not withdraw all of its forces from Lebanon by a deadline set in its ceasefire with Hezbollah, and Washington...
View ArticleWhat to know about the escalating conflict in eastern Congo as rebels close...
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Fighting has escalated sharply in recent weeks in eastern Congo, where rebels have seized key towns and are closing in on the city of Goma, the government’s last stronghold in...
View ArticleA driver rams an anti-government rally in Serbia's capital and injures one...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A woman rammed a car into a crowd of anti-government protesters in Serbia's capital and injured one of them Friday, police said, as a student-led strike shut down businesses...
View ArticleDesperate families await return of 4 female soldiers held by Hamas for 15 months
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Hamas announced Friday that it would release four female soldiers held hostage for 15 months in Gaza, as part of an exchange for dozens of Palestinian prisoners laid out in its...
View ArticleHere's what happens next during the ceasefire in Gaza
The first week of the latest ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas militant group is complete. Hamas has begun to release hostages and Israel has freed nearly 300 Palestinian prisoners. But the deal...
View ArticleColombia offers $700,000 reward for information on ELN rebel leaders
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government on Saturday announced a roughly $700,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of four leaders of a rebel group, whose turf war with...
View ArticleOpus Dei cardinal acknowledges Vatican sanctioned him after abuse allegation...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The once-powerful archbishop of Lima, Peru and the first-ever cardinal of Opus Dei acknowledged Saturday that the Vatican had imposed sanctions on him in 2019 following an...
View ArticleIsraeli military sets up roadblocks in southern Lebanon and announces it...
MAYS AL-JABAL, Lebanon (AP) — Israel's military Saturday set up roadblocks across border towns and roads in a strategic valley in southern Lebanon, a day before the deadline for it to withdraw from...
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