Japan hosts Ukraine reconstruction conference to showcase its support for the...
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday pledged his country's long-term engagement in Ukraine's reconstruction, calling it a future investment, as Japan stressed its commitment to...
View ArticleHouthi rebels attack severely damages a Belize-flagged ship in Bab el-Mandeb...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A missile attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels damaged a Belize-flagged ship traveling through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden,...
View ArticlePhilippine troops clash with Muslim militants in a gunbattle that has left at...
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines (AP) — Philippine troops clashed with Muslim militants in a gunbattle that left at least seven soldiers and two rebels dead in a fog-shrouded hinterland in the south,...
View ArticleWikiLeaks founder Assange may be near the end of his long fight to stay out...
LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's fight to avoid facing spying charges in the United States may be nearing an end following a protracted legal saga in the U.K. that included seven years...
View ArticleAmerican man admits to attacking 2 US tourists and killing one of them near a...
BERLIN (AP) — An American man on Monday admitted to charges of murder and rape after he allegedly pushed two U.S. women down a ravine, fatally injuring one of them near Germany's Neuschwanstein castle...
View ArticleWidow, ex-prime minister and former police chief indicted in 2021...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A judge in Haiti responsible for investigating the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse has indicted his widow, Martine Moïse, ex-prime minister Claude...
View ArticleTribal bloodshed shines spotlight on instability in strategically vital Papua...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A tribal clash in Papua New Guinea’s remote highlands in which at least 26 people were killed has put a growing internal security problem under the microscope in the...
View ArticleMore than 29,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel-Hamas war, Gaza...
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s assault in Gaza has killed more than 29,000 Palestinians since Oct. 7, the territory’s Health Ministry said Monday, marking another grim milestone in one of the...
View ArticleNavalny's widow vows to continue his fight against the Kremlin and punish...
The widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny vowed on Monday to continue his fight against the Kremlin, while authorities denied his mother access to a morgue where his body is believed to be...
View ArticleLong after pope's abuse summit, victims still traumatized by the system meant...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — One afternoon in mid-December, Pope Francis had a meeting that wasn’t on his official agenda or otherwise recorded, that underscored the utter dysfunction of the Catholic Church’s...
View ArticleWikiLeaks founder Assange starts final UK legal battle to avoid extradition...
LONDON (AP) — Julian Assange's lawyers will begin their final U.K. legal challenge on Tuesday to stop the WikiLeaks founder from being sent to the United States to face spying charges. The 52-year-old...
View ArticleThe UN Security Council is voting on a Gaza cease-fire on Tuesday, with the...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Arab nations are putting to a vote a U.N. resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza, knowing it will be vetoed by the United States but hoping to show...
View ArticleTaiwan protests after China boards a tourist boat near Kinmen Island
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan on Tuesday protested China’s boarding of a tourist boat, as tensions rise around the Kinmen archipelago, which lies a short distance off China's coast but is controlled by...
View ArticleIsrael orders new evacuations in northern Gaza, where UN says 1 in 6 children...
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel ordered new evacuations from parts of Gaza City on Tuesday, as a study led by the U.N. children's agency found that one in six children are acutely malnourished in the...
View ArticleA Russian court extends the pretrial detention for an American reporter...
MOSCOW (AP) — A court in the Russian capital ruled Tuesday to keep Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in custody pending his trial on espionage charges that he denies. The Moscow City Court...
View ArticleMexico's army takes over yet another civilian role — filling potholes
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president acknowledged Tuesday that the armed forces have taken over yet another civilian role: fixing the nation’s highways. Filling potholes has now been added to a long...
View ArticleRivals of Pakistan's ex-premier Khan name Shehbaz Sharif as joint candidate...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The political rivals of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan announced details of a power-sharing agreement late Tuesday, naming Shehbaz Sharif as their joint...
View ArticleA widow and 2 powerful officials indicted: Takeaways from the probe into...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A judge who investigated the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse has indicted some 50 suspects in the case, including the slain president's widow, the...
View ArticleHow the Kremlin weaponized Russian history — and has used it to justify the...
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Earlier this month, when Tucker Carlson asked Vladimir Putin about his reasons for invading Ukraine two years ago, Putin gave him a lecture on Russian history. The 71-year-old...
View ArticleSouth Korea orders striking doctors to return to work as their walkouts...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea on Wednesday officially ordered thousands of striking doctors to return to work immediately, a step that could lead to legal punishments if the doctors don’t end...
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