Residents of Iceland village near volcano that erupted are allowed to return...
GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Residents of the small Icelandic fishing village near where a volcano erupted were told Friday they could return home. The regional police chief said residents, business...
View ArticleAbout 300 Indian travelers are sequestered in a French airport in a human...
VATRY, France (AP) — About 300 Indian citizens heading to Central America were sequestered in a French airport for a third day Saturday after a dramatic police operation prompted by a tip that those...
View ArticleA pro-peace Russian presidential hopeful is blocked by the election commission
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian politician calling for peace in Ukraine hit a roadblock in her campaign Saturday, when Russia’s Central Election Commission refused to accept her initial nomination by a group...
View ArticleIsrael strikes 2 homes, killing more than 90 Palestinians while hundreds have...
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — More than 90 Palestinians, including dozens from an extended family, were killed in Israeli airstrikes on two homes, rescuers and hospital officials said Saturday, a day after...
View ArticleCzech Republic marks a day of mourning for the victims of its worst mass killing
PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic came to a standstill at noon Saturday as people across the country observed a minute of silence for the victims of its worst mass killing that left 14 dead and...
View ArticlePolish president says he'll veto a spending bill, in a blow to the new...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's president said Saturday that he intends to veto a spending bill which includes money for public media and raises for teachers, dealing a blow to the new pro-European...
View ArticleA Christmas rush to get passports to leave Zimbabwe is fed by economic gloom...
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Atop many Christmas wish lists in economically troubled Zimbabwe is a travel document, and people are flooding the passport office this holiday season ahead of a price hike...
View ArticleBritish home secretary under fire for making joke about date rape drug
LONDON (AP) — British Home Secretary James Cleverly was under fire Sunday for joking about date rape just hours after announcing plans to crack down on what he had dubbed a “perverse” offense....
View ArticleOn Christmas Eve, Bethlehem resembles a ghost town. Celebrations are halted...
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The typically bustling biblical birthplace of Jesus resembled a ghost town Sunday after Christmas Eve celebrations in Bethlehem were called off due to the Israel-Hamas war....
View ArticleA weekend of combat in Gaza kills 14 Israeli soldiers as public support for...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Fourteen Israeli soldiers were killed in combat in Gaza over the weekend, the Israeli military said Sunday, in some of the bloodiest days of battle since the ground offensive...
View ArticleIn a troubled world, Christians strive to put aside earthly worries on...
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Christians around the world were striving on Christmas Eve to put aside the worries and fears of an unsettled, war-torn world as they prepared to celebrate the birth of Jesus...
View ArticlePope says 'our hearts are in Bethlehem' as he presides over the Christmas Eve...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Recalling Jesus’ birth in a stable in Bethlehem, Pope Francis in a Christmas Eve homily said that “the clash of arms even today" prevents Jesus “from finding room in the world.”...
View ArticleRussian shelling kills 4 as Ukraine prepares to observe Christmas on Dec. 25...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian shelling in southern Ukraine’s Kherson region killed four people Sunday, including an 87-year-old man and his 81-year-old wife who died after a strike on their apartment...
View ArticlePolice in Serbia fire tear gas at election protesters threatening to storm...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Riot police in Serbia fired tear gas to prevent hundreds of opposition supporters from entering the capital’s city council building on Sunday in protest of what election...
View Article276 Indians stuck in a French airport for days for a human trafficking probe...
VATRY, France (AP) — A charter plane grounded in France for a human trafficking investigation departed Monday for India with 276 Indians aboard, authorities said. The passengers had been heading to...
View ArticleImprisoned Russian politician Navalny is now in a penal colony near the...
MOSCOW (AP) — Associates of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Monday that he has been located at a prison colony above the Arctic Circle nearly three weeks after contact with...
View ArticleTurkey steps up airstrikes against Kurdish groups in Syria and Iraq after 12...
QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — Turkey intensified its airstrikes against Kurdish groups in Syria and northern Iraq in retaliation for the deaths of 12 Turkish soldiers in Iraq over the weekend. The Turkish...
View ArticleUkraine says it shot down Russian fighter jets and drones as the country...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday hailed the shooting down of two Russian fighter jets on Christmas Eve and said “this Christmas sets the right mood for the entire...
View ArticleAn Israeli airstrike in Syria kills a high-ranking Iranian general
BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike Monday in a Damascus neighborhood killed a high-ranking Iranian general, Iranian state media said. The killing of Seyed Razi Mousavi, a long-time adviser of the...
View ArticleThe imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny resurfaces with...
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Tuesday released a sardonic statement about his transfer to a Arctic prison colony nicknamed the “Polar Wolf,” his first appearance since...
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