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Paris police say suspect in train station attack that injured 3 may have...

PARIS (AP) — A man armed with a knife and a hammer wounded three people Saturday in an early morning attack at the bustling Gare de Lyon train station in Paris, another nerve-rattling security...

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Viktor Orbán's anti-woke resistance has made him the 'splinter under the...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary's parliament will convene an emergency session on Monday to do something its western partners have waited for, often impatiently, for more than a year: to hold a vote,...

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Hamas demands Israel release Marwan Barghouti, a man some Palestinians see as...

JERUSALEM (AP) — He's viewed by some Palestinians as their Nelson Mandela, and he's a prime candidate to become their president in the future. He's also the highest-profile prisoner held by Israel....

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For the first time, an Irish nationalist will lead Northern Ireland's government

LONDON (AP) — An Irish nationalist made history Saturday by becoming Northern Ireland’s first minister as the government returned to work after a two-year boycott by unionists. Sinn Fein Vice...

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At least 46 reported dead in Chile as forest fires move into densely...

VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile (AP) — Intense forest fires burning around a densely populated area of central Chile have caused at least 46 deaths, Chile's pesident said Saturday evening, and officials said at...

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What to know about the US strikes in Iraq and Syria and its attacks with the...

BEIRUT (AP) — British forces on Saturday joined their American allies in new attacks against militia in Yemen. The U.S. military earlier launched strikes on dozens of sites manned by Iran-backed...

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US, Britain strike Yemen's Houthis in a new wave, retaliating for attacks by...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Britain struck 36 Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday in a second wave of assaults meant to further disable Iran-backed groups that have relentlessly attacked...

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US warns of further retaliation if Iran-backed militias continue their attacks

JERUSALEM (AP) — After a weekend of retaliatory strikes, the United States on Sunday warned Iran and the militias it arms and funds that it will conduct more attacks if American forces in the Mideast...

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An argument over the Middle East conflict leaves a Jewish student...

BERLIN (AP) — A college student in Berlin beat a Jewish classmate until he was hospitalized after the two got into an argument Friday night about the Israel-Hamas conflict, police said. The...

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Senegal police clamp down on protesters as opposition rejects election delay

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Police made arrests and fired tear gas at opposition supporters during protests Sunday against the decision by President Macky Sall to postpone Senegal's Feb. 25 elections as...

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37 people killed in disputed oil-rich African region of Abyei in fighting...

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Thirty-seven people were killed over the weekend in fighting apparently tied to a land feud in the disputed oil-rich region of Abyei, an official said Sunday. The bloodshed...

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Parisians vote to hit SUVs with eye-popping parking costs in latest green...

PARIS (AP) — Parisians voted Sunday to muscle SUVs off the French capital's streets by making them much more expensive to park, the latest leg in a drive by Socialist Mayor Anne Hidalgo to make the...

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Forest fires rage on in central Chile, killing at least 112 people over 3 days

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Firefighters wrestled Sunday with massive forest fires that broke out in central Chile two days earlier, as officials extended curfews in cities most heavily affected by the...

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What's in the bipartisan Senate package to aid Ukraine, secure U.S. border

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators have come out with a carefully negotiated $118 billion compromise that pairs tens of billions of dollars in wartime aid for Ukraine with new border laws aimed at shrinking...

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Shelling kills at least 28 at bakery in Russian-occupied Ukraine,...

Ukrainian shelling killed at least 28 people at a bakery in the Russian-occupied city of Lysychansk, Moscow-installed officials said. At least one child was among the dead Saturday, local leader...

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Salvadorans celebrating expected reelection of 'world's coolest dictator' as...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Salvadorans packed the capital's central square Sunday evening to celebrate the expected reelection of Nayib Bukele as president even before any official results were...

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Australia appalled at China’s suspended death sentence for writer Yang Hengjun

SYDNEY (AP) — Australia said Monday it was appalled at China’s suspended death sentence for writer and democracy blogger Yang Hengjun. Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said in a statement it was...

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Blinken returns to Mideast in push for hostage deal and postwar plan for...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Saudi Arabia's crown prince Monday at the start of his fifth visit to the Middle East since the outbreak of the war in Gaza,...

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Senegal parliament delays election until December after opposition lawmakers...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s parliament voted Monday to delay the West African nation’s presidential election until Dec. 15 in a chaotic voting process that took place after opposition lawmakers...

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1st Russians are fined or jailed over rainbow-colored items after LGBTQ+...

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The first publicly known cases have emerged of Russian authorities penalizing people under a court ruling that outlawed LGBTQ+ activism as extremism, Russian media and rights...

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