At least 200 people, mostly women and children, abducted by extremists in...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 200 people, mostly women and children displaced by violence in northeastern Nigeria, were abducted by Islamic extremists while they were searching for firewood near the...
View ArticleUN raises alert for 780,000 people displaced in Mozambique, most due to...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The United Nations' refugee chief raised a new alert Thursday over 780,000 displaced people in Mozambique, the vast majority of them because of a seven-year insurgency...
View ArticleBehind the doors of a Chinese hacking company, a sordid culture fueled by...
BEIJING (AP) — The hotel was spacious. It was upscale. It had a karaoke bar. The perfect venue, the CEO of the Chinese hacking company thought, to hold a Lunar New Year banquet currying favor with...
View ArticleChina trumpets rising car exports to Russia as its envoy holds talks in Ukraine
BEIJING (AP) — In Beijing and Kyiv, the divide between China and Europe over the war in Ukraine was on display this week. As a Chinese envoy crisscrossed Europe for talks on ending the war, his boss,...
View ArticleA Greek novelist and a lawyer are the first same-sex couple to wed at Athens...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek novelist and his partner became the first same-sex couple to be married in Athens' city hall, three weeks after the legalization of same-sex marriage in Orthodox...
View ArticleThe Latest | Efforts ramp up to deliver aid to Gaza as US and Europe focus on...
Efforts ramped up on Friday to deliver more desperately needed aid to war-ravaged Gaza, with the United States and Europe focused on opening a sea route, underscoring the West's growing frustration...
View ArticleIt's not just Israeli bombs that have killed children in Gaza. Now some are...
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — It’s not just Israeli bombs that have killed children in war-ravaged Gaza — now some are dying of hunger too. Officials have long warned over the risk of famine in the...
View ArticleHong Kong's new national security bill includes stiff penalties and more...
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong unveiled a proposed law that threatens life imprisonment for residents who “endanger national security" on Friday, deepening worries about erosion of the city’s freedoms...
View ArticleUNICEF: 230 million females are circumcised globally, 30 million more than in...
CAIRO (AP) — Over 230 million women and girls have undergone female genital mutilation, most of whom live in Africa, according to a report issued on Friday by the United Nations children's agency. In...
View ArticleWith Venezuela's election set for late July, President Nicolás Maduro holds...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Venezuela’s presidential election so far is a one-horse race for incumbent President Nicolás Maduro. That’s not for a lack of potential challengers, or because of any great...
View ArticleFrance inscribes the right to abortion in its constitution as world marks...
PARIS (AP) — France inscribed the guaranteed right to abortion in its constitution Friday, a powerful message of support for women’s rights on International Women’s Day. Justice Minister Eric...
View ArticleA top EU official says a ship is preparing to leave for Gaza as test of new...
LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — A ship was preparing Friday to leave Cyprus and head for Gaza with humanitarian aid, the European Commission president said, as international donors launch a sea corridor to...
View ArticleTrump meets with Hungary's leader, Viktor Orbán, continuing his embrace of...
Former President Donald Trump met Friday with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, as the likely Republican presidential nominee continued his embrace of autocratic leaders who are part of a global...
View ArticleHow the US military is scrambling to build a floating dock for urgently...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Even before President Joe Biden announced in his State of the Union address the plans for providing aid to Gaza by sea, the Army’s 7th Transportation Brigade and other units were...
View ArticleKenyan activists are on a mission to end gender-based violence as attacks on...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Njeri Migwi’s phone buzzes incessantly. Phone calls and messages keep coming in from women seeking help to escape life-threatening situations. A mother and her remaining child...
View ArticleItaly's migrant detention centers in spotlight after death of Guinean and...
ROME (AP) — Pressure is building on authorities in Italy to close a notorious Rome migrant detention center where a 19-year-old Guinean allegedly hanged himself last month. Visiting opposition...
View ArticlePortugal is electing a new parliament and government. Here’s what to know...
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal is holding an early general election on Sunday when 10.8 million registered voters will elect 230 lawmakers to the National Assembly, the country's parliament. The...
View ArticleWho are the Russian dissidents still serving time after Alexei Navalny died...
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to secure his fifth term in power this month on the heels of opposition leader Alexei Navalny's death in prison, which devastated...
View ArticleA lonely radio nerd. A poet. Vladimir Putin's crackdown sweeps up ordinary...
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A lonely man jailed for criticizing the government on his ham radio. A poet assaulted by police after he recited a poem objecting to Russia’s war in Ukraine. A low-profile...
View ArticleViolence is battering Haiti's fragile economy and causing food and water...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Rotting fruit, withered vegetables, empty water jugs and spent gas canisters now stock the stores and stands that serve Haiti's poor — a consequence of the unrelenting...
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