A defense minister and 2 former governors vie for Indonesia’s presidency
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesians on Wednesday will elect the successor to popular President Joko Widodo, who is serving his second and final term. It is a three-way race for the presidency among...
View ArticleThe Israeli military says it has rescued 2 hostages from captivity in the...
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military rescued two hostages in a dramatic raid under fire from the Gaza Strip early Monday, marking a small but symbolically significant success in its quest to...
View ArticleEgypt is threatening to void its decades-old peace treaty with Israel. What...
JERUSALEM (AP) — It was a warm handshake between the unlikeliest of statesmen, conducted under the beaming gaze of President Jimmy Carter. Sunlight streamed through the trees at Camp David, Maryland,...
View ArticlePakistan's premier defends the delay in releasing election results and denies...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's caretaker prime minister on Monday defended the widely criticized delay in announcing the results of last week's parliamentary election, saying authorities took only 36...
View ArticleHow Trump urging Russia to invade 'delinquent' NATO members distorts how the...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Donald Trump, the front-runner in the U.S. for the Republican Party's nomination this year, says he once warned that he would allow Russia to do whatever it wants to NATO member...
View ArticleMexican police arrest members of drug gang behind the alleged killing of 8...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors said Monday they have arrested six members of a drug gang in the Mexican resort of Cancun that allegedly killed and hacked up five people with a machete, and dumped...
View ArticleCanadian man facing 5 murder charges in the deaths of his wife, children and...
CARMAN, Manitoba (AP) — A Canadian man has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his wife, three young children and a 17-year-old female relative, authorities said...
View ArticleWhat’s at stake in Indonesia as the world’s third-largest democracy elects a...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia, the world’s third-largest democracy, will open its polls on Wednesday to nearly 205 million eligible voters in presidential and legislative elections, the fifth...
View ArticleKelvin Kiptum’s family says marathon record holder's death shattered their...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kelvin Kiptum’s family said Monday their dreams and future hopes have been shattered following the death of marathon world-record holder in a car crash Sunday night. Kiptum and...
View ArticleIndonesia's presidential election has high stakes for US and China
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — When Indonesians cast their votes on Wednesday for a new president in one of the world’s biggest elections, the stakes will also be high for the United States and China. The...
View ArticleThailand looks set to crack down on legal pot market with ban on...
BANGKOK (AP) — Two years after Thailand made pot legal, the country appears set to crack down on its freewheeling drug market with a ban on “recreational” use. Legal cannabis has fueled Thailand's...
View ArticleSouth Africa asks UN court to urgently examine Israel's targeting of Rafah in...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s government said Tuesday it had lodged an “urgent request” with the U.N.’s International Court of Justice to consider whether Israel’s military operations...
View ArticlePresident's intervention keeps Paris' riverside bookstalls in place for the...
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron canceled plans Tuesday to move Paris' famed second-hand booksellers' boxes from the banks of the Seine River in preparation for the opening ceremony of...
View ArticlePakistan's former premier Sharif and allies agree to form a coalition
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The party of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and its allies announced late Tuesday that they will jointly form a coalition government, ending the uncertainty since last...
View ArticleLive updates | Gaza's death toll mounts as negotiators cite progress on a...
The Palestinian death toll from an Israeli hostage rescue operation in a key Gaza city rose to 74 on Tuesday, officials in the war-ravaged enclave said, even as the warring sides appear to have made...
View ArticleClimate activists target Botticelli's 'Birth of Venus' in Florence's Uffizi...
Two climate activists on Tuesday targeted Botticelli’s masterpiece “The Birth of Venus” hanging at Florence’s Uffizi Gallery, attaching images of recent flood damage in the Tuscany region on the...
View Article9 gold mine workers are missing in Turkey after a landslide that carries...
ISTANBUL (AP) — A huge landslide hit a gold mine in eastern Turkey on Tuesday, trapping at least nine workers underground, officials said. The landslide at the Copler mine happened at 2:30 p.m. near...
View ArticleSouth Korea says North Korea has fired cruise missiles, adding to provocative...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Wednesday fired multiple cruise missiles into the sea in its fifth test of such weapons since January, South Korea’s military said, extending a streak in...
View ArticleUN chief warns climate chaos and food crises threaten global peace: 'Empty...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief warned Tuesday that climate chaos and food crises are increasing threats to global peace, telling a high-level U.N. meeting that climate disasters...
View ArticleAirstrike from Israeli hostage rescue wipes out entire Palestinian family in...
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Ibrahim Hasouna trudged over the rubble of the destroyed house, pointing out where family moments had taken place — where his mother and sister-in-law used to sleep, where he...
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