Taps have run dry across South Africa's largest city in an unprecedented...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — For two weeks, Tsholofelo Moloi has been among thousands of South Africans lining up for water as the country's largest city, Johannesburg, confronts an unprecedented collapse of...
View ArticleGangs target peaceful communities in new attacks on Haiti's capital
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Armed gangs launched new attacks in the suburbs of Port-au-Prince on Wednesday, with heavy gunfire echoing across once-peaceful communities near the Haitian capital....
View ArticlePortugal’s center-right wins an election but surging populists want a say in...
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A center-right alliance led by the Social Democratic Party has won Portugal’s general election by a slender margin and is set to form a minority government that could have a...
View ArticleThe Latest | Gaps are narrowing in Israel-Hamas cease-fire talks, Blinken...
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the “gaps are narrowing” in indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas over another cease-fire and hostage release that the U.S., Egypt and...
View ArticleAfter preordained election, Putin claims vote proves public support for his...
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday thanked Russians for casting ballots in a presidential vote in which he cemented his grip on the country for another six years after the harshest crackdown on...
View ArticleWeeping, weak and soaked, dozens of Rohingya refugees rescued after night on...
MEULABOH, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian search and rescue ship on Thursday located a capsized wooden boat that had been carrying dozens of Rohingya Muslim refugees, and began pulling survivors who...
View ArticleTheir children disappeared in Argentina's dictatorship. These mothers have...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Forty-seven years ago, before her hair turned white and she had no need of a wheelchair to march around Argentina’s most iconic square, Nora Cortiñas made a promise to...
View ArticleRussia fires 31 missiles at Kyiv in the first attack in weeks but Ukraine...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia fired 31 ballistic and cruise missiles at Kyiv before dawn Thursday in the first attack on the Ukrainian capital in six weeks, officials said. Air defenses shot down all...
View ArticleLeaders from over 30 countries meet in Brussels to promote nuclear energy
BRUSSELS (AP) — In the shadows of a massive monument glorifying nuclear energy, over 30 leaders and delegations from around the world backed the idea of using the controversial energy source to help...
View ArticleEU leaders are set to agree on opening membership talks with Bosnia. Many...
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders were poised to agree in principle Thursday to open membership negotiations with Bosnia-Herzegovina, even though the Western Balkan country must still do a lot of...
View ArticleVietnam's president resigns in latest twist of anti-graft campaign shaking...
BANGKOK (AP) — Vietnam’s president resigned in the latest episode of the ruling Communist Party's “blazing furnace” anti-corruption campaign, and Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan was named acting...
View ArticleBlinken says an Israeli assault on Gaza's Rafah would be a mistake and isn't...
CAIRO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday a major Israeli ground assault on the southern Gaza town of Rafah would be “a mistake” and “unnecessary” to defeating Hamas,...
View ArticleAs India's election nears, some Bollywood films promote Modi politics by...
NEW DELHI (AP) — The movie trailer begins with an outline of the iconic glasses worn by Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped India win independence from the British colonialists in 1947. In the...
View Article$3 billion deal with the UK gets Australia closer to having a fleet of...
SYDNEY (AP) — Australia is set to provide 4.6 billion Australian dollars ($3 billion) to British industry to support the construction of nuclear-powered submarines and ensure its new fleet arrives on...
View ArticleA firework is lit, a boy is shot. Israel’s use of deadly force against...
JERUSALEM (AP) — A 12-year-old boy in east Jerusalem lights the fuse of a long firework and hoists it in the air. Then, just before it explodes and illuminates the night sky with a burst of red, he is...
View ArticleRefugee camps in Chad are overcrowded and running out of aid, and Sudanese...
METCHE CAMP, Chad (AP) — Overcrowded refugee camps in eastern Chad are set to run out of money soon, exacerbating a dire humanitarian crisis caused by the spillover from a deadly conflict in Sudan,...
View ArticleA Modi rival is arrested. Now, supporters of the opposition leader are...
NEW DELHI (AP) — Supporters of an anti-corruption crusader and one of India's most consequential politicians of the past decade held protests Friday against his arrest, which opposition parties say is...
View ArticleWhat is Holi, the Hindu festival of colors and how is it celebrated?
Holi, widely known as the Hindu festival of colors, is a joyful annual celebration at the advent of spring with cultural and religious significance. Typically observed in March in India, Nepal, other...
View ArticleRussia and China veto US resolution calling for immediate cease-fire in Gaza
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia and China on Friday vetoed a U.S.-sponsored U.N. resolution calling for “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza to protect civilians and...
View ArticleRussia attacks Ukrainian electrical power facilities, including major...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia attacked electrical power facilities in much of Ukraine, including the country's largest hydroelectric plant, causing widespread outages and killing at least five people,...
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