Poland's foreign minister says the presence of NATO troops in Ukraine is 'not...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's foreign minister says the presence of NATO forces “is not unthinkable” and that he appreciates the French president for not ruling out that idea. Radek Sikorski made the...
View ArticleIrish prime minister concedes defeat in a vote over constitutional amendments...
DUBLIN (AP) — Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar conceded defeat Saturday as two constitutional amendments he supported that would have broadened the definition of family and removed language about a...
View ArticleKosovo OKs referendums in 4 Serb-majority municipalities on whether to oust...
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s Central Electoral Commission on Saturday approved referendums in four Serb-majority municipalities to be held on April 21 on whether to oust their ethnic Albanian...
View ArticleGunmen kidnap 15 children in yet another school abduction in northern Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Armed men broke into a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria early Saturday and seized 15 children as they slept, police told The Associated Press, about 48 hours after nearly...
View ArticleGangs attack police stations in Haiti as Caribbean leaders call an emergency...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Police and palace guards worked Saturday to retake some streets in Haiti’s capital after gangs launched massive attacks on at least three police stations. Guards from the...
View ArticleEthiopia's Tigray region is now peaceful, but extreme hunger afflicts its...
NEBAR HADNET, Ethiopia (AP) — The cruel realities of war and drought seem to have merged for Tinseu Hiluf, a widow living in the arid depths of Ethiopia's Tigray region who is raising four children...
View ArticleWhy is Haiti so chaotic? Leaders used street gangs to gain power. Then the...
Haiti’s prime minister was last seen in Puerto Rico, negotiating his return to a homeland gripped by violence and controlled by heavily armed gangsters. With his fate in the air and the situation in...
View ArticleWhat to know about Russia’s presidential election, set to give Putin another...
This week's election in Russia is expected to cement President Vladimir Putin's grip on power until at least 2030. Any opposition figures who could have challenged him are either in prison or exiled...
View ArticleA US ship with equipment for building a pier is on its way to Gaza as part of...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A U.S. Army vessel carrying equipment for building a temporary pier in Gaza was on its way to the Mediterranean on Sunday, three days after U.S. President Joe Biden...
View ArticleMoldova faces multiple threats from Russia as it turns toward EU membership,...
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — The past two years have been the hardest and most tumultuous for European Union candidate Moldova in more than three decades as it faces threats from Russia in multiple...
View ArticlePolls open in Portugal’s general election with mainstream moderates trying to...
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Polls have officially opened Sunday in Portugal’s general election with mainstream moderates trying to keep a populist party at bay. The election, with 10.8 million registered...
View ArticleOn Russian TV ahead of the election, there's only one program: Putin's
LONDON (AP) — Thousands of Russians braved the cold for hours earlier this month to honor the opposition politician Alexei Navalny after his funeral. They chanted anti-war slogans and covered his...
View ArticleAl-Qaida's Yemen branch says leader Khalid al-Batarfi dead in unclear...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The leader of Yemen's branch of al-Qaida is dead, the militant group announced late Sunday, without giving details. Khalid al-Batarfi had a $5 million bounty on his...
View ArticlePalestinians in Gaza begin Ramadan with hunger worsening and no end in sight...
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians began fasting for Ramadan on Monday as the Muslim holy month arrived with cease-fire talks at a standstill, hunger worsening across the Gaza Strip and no end in...
View Article50 people are injured by a 'strong movement' on a plane traveling from...
SYDNEY (AP) — At least 50 people were injured Monday by what officials described as a “strong movement” on a Chilean plane traveling from Sydney to Auckland, New Zealand. LATAM Airlines said in a...
View ArticleChina's congress ends with a show of unity behind Xi's vision for national...
BEIJING (AP) — China’s national legislature wrapped up its annual session Monday with the usual show of near-unanimous support for plans designed to carry out ruling Communist Party leader Xi...
View ArticleConditions inside Fukushima's melted nuclear reactors still unclear 13 years...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Monday marked 13 years since a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the country’s northern coasts. Nearly 20,000 people died, whole towns were wiped out and the Fukushima Daiichi...
View Article13 years after Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan remembers the dead and vows...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan marked the 13th anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that triggered a nuclear meltdown and left large parts of Fukushima prefecture uninhabitable on Monday with a...
View ArticleSuspected attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels sees explosion near ship in Red Sea
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An explosion that took place near a ship in the Red Sea on Monday is suspected to have been an attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels, though the blast caused no damage,...
View ArticleUS man convicted of murder and rape, given life sentence for attack on 2...
BERLIN (AP) — An American man was convicted of murder and other charges on Monday for brutally attacking two American women near Germany's famed Neuschwanstein castle last summer and pushing them into...
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