Sweden’s flag raised at NATO headquarters, cementing its place as the 32nd...
BRUSSELS (AP) — Sweden’s national flag was raised at NATO headquarters on Monday, cementing the Nordic country’s place as the 32nd member two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine persuaded its...
View ArticleA Gaza family uprooted by war and grieving their losses shares a somber...
MUWASI, Gaza Strip (AP) — It was a somber scene as Randa Baker and her family sat on the ground in their tent in southern Gaza at sunset Monday for their meal breaking their first day of fasting in...
View ArticleEurope's oldest monarch, the ailing King Harald V of Norway, gets a permanent...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Europe’s oldest monarch, King Harald V of Norway, received a permanent pacemaker on Tuesday, the palace said, adding that the monarch will remain in the hospital for a few...
View ArticleEuropean Union members should open talks with Bosnia on joining, the EU's...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's executive arm will recommend that member countries open accession negotiations with Bosnia-Herzegovina, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said...
View ArticleIndia's new citizenship law excludes Muslims. Why?
NEW DELHI (AP) — India has implemented a controversial citizenship law that has been widely criticized for excluding Muslims, a minority community whose concerns have heightened under Prime Minister...
View ArticleIran, Russia and China show off their ships in a joint naval drill in the...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — China, Iran and Russia have begun a joint naval drill in the Gulf of Oman, a crucial waterway near the mouth of the Persian Gulf, officials said Tuesday. Footage...
View ArticleA Russian military transport plane with 15 people on board has crashed on...
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian military transport plane with 15 people on board crashed on Tuesday while taking off from an air base in western Russia, the Defense Ministry said. It said the Il-76 aircraft...
View ArticleChinese Nobel-winning author targeted in patriotic lawsuit
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — His writing won China’s first Nobel Prize for Literature, but is it patriotic enough for Xi Jinping’s China? That’s the question at the center of a high-profile lawsuit that has...
View ArticleThe Latest | A ship loaded with tons of food is on its way to Gaza Strip
A ship carrying 200 tons of food is on its way to the embattled Gaza Strip from Cyprus to test the opening of a sea corridor to the besieged territory where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are...
View ArticleAid ship sets sail to Gaza, where hundreds of thousands face starvation 5...
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An aid ship loaded with some 200 tons of food set sail for Gaza on Tuesday in a pilot program for the opening of a sea corridor to the territory, where the five-month-old...
View ArticleElderly retirees face big losses after Chinese trust goes bust, reflecting...
CHENGDU, China (AP) — Some investors in a troubled trust fund in China are facing financial ruin under a government plan to return a fraction of their money, casualties of a slump in the property...
View ArticleCommercial rocket trying to put a satellite into orbit explodes moments after...
TOKYO (AP) — A commercial rocket trying to put a satellite into orbit was intentionally exploded shortly after liftoff Wednesday morning in central Japan following a problem that's still under...
View ArticleAlly of late Navalny accuses 'Putin’s henchmen' of attacking him in...
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Leonid Volkov, the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's close associate and top strategist, accused Wednesday Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “henchmen” of...
View ArticleUK's Conservatives say the party's biggest donor made racist comments, but...
LONDON (AP) — A minister in Britain’s Conservative government said Wednesday that the party does not plan to give back 10 million pounds ($12.8 million) it received in the past year from a donor who...
View ArticleVirgin of Charity unites all Cubans — Catholics, Santeria followers, exiled...
EL COBRE, Cuba (AP) — Ramon Nieblas fixed his tearful eyes on the small golden statue, a beloved icon of Cuba’s patron saint. Whispering, he asked the Virgin of Charity of Cobre for a miracle: Please...
View ArticleRevered by Hemingway and visited by popes, why Cuba's small patron saint is...
EL COBRE, Cuba (AP) — One religious icon unites Cubans: The Virgin of Charity of Cobre. Cuba's patron saint is venerated by observant Catholics and followers of Afro-Cuban Santeria traditions as well...
View ArticlePutin warns again that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if its...
President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if its sovereignty or independence is threatened, issuing another blunt warning to the West just days ahead of an...
View ArticlePutin is set to win 6 more years in power. Here's how it will affect the war...
Vladimir Putin is poised to sweep to another six-year term in this week's presidential election, even though Russians are dying in Ukraine in a war grinding through its third year and his country is...
View ArticleSouth Korean held in Russia on espionage allegation is missionary helping the...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean held in Russia on an espionage allegation is a missionary dispatched there to support the needy and spread the gospel, a South Korean Christian aid group said...
View ArticleFarmers disrupt traffic to Belgium's major ports in protest of environmental...
BRUSSELS (AP) — Farmers disrupted traffic around Europe's second biggest port of Antwerp and two other Belgian harbors Thursday during yet another demonstration to protest against what they say is...
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