Live updates | UK could recognize Palestine before a final peace deal with...
Britain could officially recognize a Palestinian state after a cease-fire in Gaza without waiting for the outcome of future talks between Israel and the Palestinians on a two-state solution, U.K....
View ArticleUkraine claims its sea drones sank a Russian warship. Moscow says Patriot...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine claimed Thursday it used sea drones to sink a small Russian warship in the Black Sea as Russian investigators alleged that a Russian military transport plane that crashed...
View ArticleUS company says hostage-taking by gunmen at its factory in Turkey in Gaza...
ISTANBUL (AP) — Two gunmen took seven hostages at a factory owned by U.S. company Procter & Gamble in northwest Turkey on Thursday, according to media reports, apparently in protest of the...
View ArticleTop UK diplomat says Britain could recognize a Palestinian state before a...
RIYAK, Lebanon (AP) — Britain’s top diplomat said Thursday that his country could officially recognize a Palestinian state after a cease-fire in Gaza without waiting for the outcome of what could be...
View ArticleStudents and police clash in Greece as debate rages over legalizing private...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Police and student protesters clashed in the center of the Greek capital on Thursday after a demonstration against government plans to allow private universities. Demonstrators...
View ArticleGuatemala's new president appeals for society's help to overcome entrenched...
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — President Bernardo Arévalo said Thursday that with his political party suspended, little support in congress and an attorney general in hot pursuit, he will appeal to the...
View ArticleMajor automakers may be using Chinese aluminum produced with Uyghur forced...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Automakers including Tesla, General Motors, Volkswagen and Toyota are failing to ensure they are not using forced labor as part of their China supply chains, a report released...
View ArticleNorth Korea extends missile tests as leader Kim calls for war readiness
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military said it detected North Korea firing multiple cruise missiles into waters off its western coast Friday, adding to a provocative run in weapons testing...
View ArticleGas explosions in Kenya's capital kill at least 2, injure others and send...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Gas explosions at an industrial building in Kenya's capital killed two people, injured at least 29 others and sent a fiery smoke plume rising over homes early Friday, authorities...
View ArticleUkraine says Russia refuses to turn over the bodies of military plane crash...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia has refused Ukrainian requests to hand over the bodies of scores of prisoners of war whom the Kremlin claims were killed in the downing of a Russian military transport...
View ArticleChina pledges more help for its ailing property market, as IMF forecasts...
BANGKOK (AP) — Markets in China sank Friday despite a fresh flurry of measures to help prop up the ailing property sector, as the International Monetary Fund forecast that the Chinese economy will...
View ArticleUS will resume Peace Corps program in Palau as it moves to counter Chinese...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will resume a long-suspended Peace Corps program in the North Pacific island of Palau as the Biden administration continues moves to counter growing Chinese...
View ArticlePutin casts the Ukraine conflict as a fight for Russia's survival as he seeks...
MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin on Friday described Moscow's military action in Ukraine as a battle for Russia's survival as he campaigned for reelection next month in balloting that he's all...
View Article16-year-old killers of transgender teenager in England sentenced for...
LONDON (AP) — The two 16-year-old convicted murderers of a transgender teenager in northwest England nearly a year ago were handed life sentences Friday with minimum prison terms of 20 and 22 years....
View ArticleThe UN's top court says it has jurisdiction in part of Ukraine's genocide...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ top court said Friday it has jurisdiction to rule on a request by Ukraine for a declaration that Kyiv is not responsible for genocide, but not on...
View ArticleLive updates | Hamas is expected to respond soon to a proposal that includes...
A senior Hamas official said Friday the group will respond “very soon” to a proposal that includes extended pauses in Gaza fighting and phased exchanges of Hamas-held hostages for Palestinians...
View ArticleNorth Korea says it tested cruise missiles with 'super-large' warheads in its...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said it tested cruise missiles outfitted with new “super-large” warheads as well as a new type of anti-aircraft missile, extending a streak in weapons...
View ArticleKenya's president blames corruption and incompetence for huge fireball that...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s president says corruption and officials’ incompetence allowed a liquid petroleum plant to operate in one of Nairobi’s most crowded residential neighborhoods, where its...
View ArticleThe EU is providing Ukraine with $54 billion. How will the money be spent?
EU leaders on Thursday sealed a deal to provide Ukraine with 50 billion euros ($54 million) to shore up its war-ravaged economy after Hungary dropped weeks of threats to veto the measure. The aid...
View ArticleAt least 150,000 gather in Berlin to protest the far right
BERLIN (AP) — At least 150,000 people gathered in front of the German national parliament Saturday afternoon to protest against the far right, the latest in a string of large weekend demonstrations...
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