Their sacred land was a gift for their courage. Yet Maká people in Paraguay...
ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — Many Maká traditions have slowly faded. Yet a few elders among these Paraguayan Indigenous people recall how their songs imitated birds. “Men used to say that, as they sang,...
View ArticleA blast in Moscow kills 2, including the founder of a unit fighting in...
An explosion rocked an upscale residential block in Moscow early Monday, killing two people – including the founder of a battalion that battled Kyiv’s forces in eastern Ukraine -- and injuring three...
View ArticleBritain's Starmer seeks strong ties with both the EU and Donald Trump. That...
LONDON (AP) — Keir Starmer travels to Brussels on Monday, becoming the first British prime minister to attend a European Union leaders’ meeting since the U.K. left the bloc five years ago. Starmer...
View ArticleAnother car bomb in a northern Syria city kills at least 19, mostly women
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Another car bomb exploded on the outskirts of a city in northern Syria on Monday, killing at least 19 people and leaving over a dozen wounded, hospital workers and emergency...
View ArticleTrump orders creation of US sovereign wealth fund, says it could own part of...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing the U.S. to take steps to start developing a government-owned investment fund that he said could be used to...
View ArticleHow Trump's pledge to punish South Africa reflects Musk's criticism of his...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said he will cut all funding to South Africa over what he called a human rights violation, a move that reflects Elon Musk's repeated and...
View ArticleEmergency crews deployed on Santorini as an earthquake swarm worries Greek...
SANTORINI, Greece (AP) — Authorities deployed emergency rescue crews to Greece's volcanic island of Santorini on Monday as hundreds of people scrambled to leave after a spike in seismic activity...
View ArticleEU leaders scramble to avoid friction with the US under Trump and avoid a...
BRUSSELS (AP) — After three years spent trying to deter Russia from destroying Ukraine, European Union leaders grappled on Monday with how to respond to a major ally who appears determined to start a...
View ArticleAs hundreds of quakes rattle Greek islands, a few brave tourists have...
SANTORINI, Greece (AP) — The hundreds of earthquakes that have rattled Greek islands on the Aegean Sea are a “seismic swarm" and could continue for weeks before eventually diminishing, the Santorini...
View ArticleWhat to know about El Salvador's mega-prison after Trump deal to send people...
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The Trump administration and the president of El Salvador said Monday that they'd struck a deal allowing the U.S. to ship both detained migrants and imprisoned...
View ArticleCongo calls rebels' ceasefire declaration 'false communication' as reports of...
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congo's government on Tuesday described the unilateral ceasefire declared by Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo as “false communication,” while the United Nations noted reports...
View ArticleJewish population in West Bank keeps rising. Settlers hope Trump will...
BEIT EL, West Bank (AP) — The Jewish population in the West Bank grew at twice the rate of the general Israeli population last year, according to an advocacy group that hopes the Trump administration...
View ArticleEl Salvador’s offer to take in US deportees and violent criminals is unlike...
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador has offered to take in people deported from the U.S. for entering the country illegally and to house some of the country’s violent criminals — even if...
View ArticleAt least 10 killed at adult education center in what officials say is...
At least 10 people, including the gunman, were killed Tuesday at an adult education center in what Sweden’s prime minister called the country’s worst mass shooting. But a final death toll, a...
View ArticleUS has frozen some funding for the UN-backed mission to quell gangs in Haiti,...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.S. has notified the United Nations that it is freezing some funding to a U.N.-backed mission in Haiti tasked with fighting gangs trying to seize full control of the...
View ArticleThe Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims and a philanthropist, dies...
PARIS (AP) — The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims at age 20 as a Harvard undergraduate and poured a material empire built on billions of dollars in...
View ArticleColombia's president orders national oil company to cancel US venture over...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday ordered the state-run oil company Ecopetrol to cancel a joint venture with a U.S.-owned company that was expected to produce around...
View ArticleMaking climate-friendly lifestyle choices isn't always easy. India learned...
BENGALURU, India (AP) — For nearly four years, India's government pushed an initiative to get people to think about how to make lifestyle choices that pollute less, like cycling instead of driving or...
View ArticleRahim Al-Hussaini is named the new Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Rahim Al-Hussaini was named Wednesday as the new Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims, following the death of his father. The 53-year-old was...
View ArticleRwanda-backed rebels have seized another town in eastern Congo
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels gained ground in eastern Congo on Wednesday despite the unilateral ceasefire they declared earlier this week, taking control of a town 100 kilometers (60 miles)...
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