Daily anti-corruption protests are rattling Serbia's leader. What might come...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — If Serbian President Aleksander Vucic hoped the resignation of his hand-picked prime minister would get students to end nearly three months of anti-corruption protests, he...
View ArticleWho are the Israelis released by Hamas as part of the ceasefire in Gaza?
JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas released four young female Israeli soldiers on Saturday after more than 15 months in captivity. The release of the four comes days into a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and is part...
View ArticlePalestinians' return to northern Gaza complicates Netanyahu's war aims
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed 15 months ago that Israel would achieve “total victory” in the war in Gaza — by eradicating Hamas and freeing all the hostages. One week...
View ArticleLeader of rebels who toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad is named country's...
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The Syrian factions that toppled President Bashar Assad last month named an Islamist former rebel leader as the country‘s interim president on Wednesday in a push to project a...
View ArticleRwanda-backed rebels take more towns as they expand control after seizing...
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rebels backed by Rwanda captured more towns in eastern Congo on Wednesday as they moved beyond the key city of Goma in an apparent attempt to expand their control in the...
View ArticleFrance hands over last military base in Chad
N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities on Thursday, two months after the former French colony in central Africa broke off its defense cooperation...
View ArticleGisèle Pelicot's ex-husband, imprisoned for raping and drugging her, now...
NANTERRE, France (AP) — Dominique Pélicot, the convicted rapist who horrified France by drugging his then wife so other men could rape her, was questioned Thursday about other cases of rape and murder...
View ArticleSerbia's striking students set off on 2-day march north as their protest...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — They packed up food, water and extra clothes and set off. Hundreds of Serbian university students on Thursday started an 80-kilometer (50-mile) march toward the northern city...
View ArticleIsrael's ban on UN's Palestinian aid agency has come into effect. Here's what...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Thursday formally banned the main United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its territory despite heavy diplomatic backlash, a move that...
View ArticleWho are the Palestinian prisoners released in exchange for Israeli hostages?
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners on Thursday in exchange for three Israeli hostages held in Gaza. Five Thai workers held captive in the enclave were also freed in a...
View ArticleIsraelis and Palestinians rejoice after more hostages and prisoners are freed
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Eight more hostages were freed from the Gaza Strip by Hamas-led militants on Thursday in a sometimes chaotic process that briefly delayed Israel's release of 110...
View ArticlePanama's president says there will be no negotiation about ownership of canal
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama President José Raúl Mulino said Thursday there will be no negotiation with the United States over ownership of the Panama Canal, and he hopes U.S. Secretary of State Marco...
View ArticleRwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo say they plan to take their fight to...
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo's largest city said Thursday they want to take their fight to the far-off capital, Kinshasa, while Congo’s president called for a...
View ArticleIsraeli doctors say five released Thai hostages in 'fair' health after 15...
BEER YAAKOV, Israel (AP) — When the mother of one of the Thai hostages held in the Gaza Strip for over a year caught sight of her son on a Facebook livestream after his release Thursday, he had...
View ArticleExpected release of high-profile male hostages sparks excitement and anxiety...
JERUSALEM (AP) — News that three high-profile hostages are expected to be released Saturday, including the father of the youngest captives held in Gaza, brought excitement and trepidation to Israel on...
View ArticleGrowing anger in Greece over deadly rail disaster prompts plan by opposition...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Three Greek opposition parties vowed Friday to challenge the country’s center-right government with a censure motion over its handling of a deadly rail disaster nearly two years...
View ArticleTurkey dismisses 5 military academy graduates for taking discontinued secular...
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Five military academy graduates and three of their immediate superiors were dismissed from the Turkish Armed Forces for taking a pro-secular oath during their graduation...
View ArticleTrump's foreign aid freeze guts grassroots groups helping migrants in Latin...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A busy shelter for migrants in southern Mexico has been left without a doctor. A program to provide mental health support for LGBTQ+ youth fleeing Venezuela was disbanded. In...
View ArticleMiddle East latest: Israeli hostages' families welcome news that 3 more men...
The Israeli organization representing families of hostages held in the Gaza Strip celebrated the news Friday that three high-profile male hostages would be released by Hamas the following day. In...
View ArticleSerbian anti-graft protesters march to a northern city and plan to block bridges
NOVI SAD, Serbia (AP) — Hundreds of students protesting graft they blame for 15 deaths in a building collapse marched Friday through Serbia to the northern city of Novi Sad where they plan to block...
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