45 injured in northwest Cambodia as train hits bus at crossing without barrier
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Forty-five people were injured, five of them critically, when a train crashed into the side of a bus at a rail crossing in northwestern Cambodia Friday, police said. Gen....
View ArticleIn Jerusalem, Palestinian Christians observe scaled-down Good Friday...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of Christians participated in a customary Good Friday procession through the limestone walls of Jerusalem's Old City, commemorating one of the faith's most sacred days with...
View ArticleLeader of Northern Ireland's main unionist party steps down as he is charged...
LONDON (AP) — The leader of Northern Ireland’s largest unionist party has stepped down from the top job after being charged with sexual offenses of a historic nature, the party said in a statement on...
View ArticleRussia launches barrage of 99 drones and missiles on Ukraine’s energy system,...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Moscow launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure Friday, with a mass barrage of 99 drones and missiles hitting regions across the country, Ukraine’s armed...
View ArticleUS-funded Radio Free Asia closes its Hong Kong bureau over safety concerns...
HONG KONG (AP) — The president of U.S.-funded Radio Free Asia said on Friday that its Hong Kong bureau has been closed because of safety concerns under a new national security law, deepening worries...
View ArticleBiden says he's working to secure release of Wall Street Journal reporter...
NEW YORK (AP) — On the one-year anniversary of the Russian detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, President Joe Biden said the U.S. is working every day to secure his release....
View Article9 detained in Tajikistan in relation to Moscow concert hall attack, Russian...
MOSCOW (AP) — Nine people have been detained by Tajikistan's state security service over suspected contact with the perpetrators of last week’s attack by gunmen on a suburban Moscow concert hall that...
View ArticleGovernment agents raid Peruvian President Boluarte's residence in luxury...
Televised images swept Peru late Friday of government agents from an investigative team breaking into the president’s residence with a sledgehammer in a raid authorized by the judiciary at the request...
View ArticleZelenskyy fires more aides in a reshuffle as Russia launches drones and...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed a longtime aide and several advisers on Saturday in a continuing reshuffle while Russia unleashed fresh attacks overnight....
View Article3 UN military observers, a Lebanese interpreter wounded in blast while...
BEIRUT (AP) — Three United Nations military observers and a Lebanese interpreter were wounded Saturday while patrolling the southern Lebanese border after a shell exploded near them, the U.N....
View ArticleLGBTQ-inclusive church in Cuba welcomes all in a country that once sent gay...
MATANZAS, Cuba (AP) — Proudly wearing a rainbow-colored clergy stole and a rainbow flag in her clerical collar, the Rev. Elaine Saralegui welcomed all to her LGBTQ+ inclusive church in the Cuban port...
View ArticleHours to make and seconds to destroy, Holy Week flower carpets are a labor of...
ANTIGUA, Guatemala (AP) — Overnight before the Holy Week processions pass in front of his house, Luis Álvarez works with two dozen family members and friends to create an elaborate, 115-foot-long...
View ArticleIn Indonesia, deforestation is intensifying disasters from severe weather and...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Roads turned to murky brown rivers, homes were swept away by strong currents and bodies were pulled from mud during deadly flash floods and landslides after torrential rains...
View ArticleA man suspected of holding 4 hostages for hours in a Dutch nightclub has been...
EDE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch police detained a man Saturday after he left a nightclub where four people had been held hostage for hours, bringing a peaceful end to a tense standoff. “We are...
View ArticleIsrael acknowledges troops killed 2 Palestinians after video captures...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinians and wounded a third on Gaza’s beach, the military acknowledged Saturday, responding to a video that showed one man falling to the ground...
View ArticleShips with a second round of aid for Gaza have departed Cyprus as concerns...
JERUSALEM (AP) — A three-ship convoy left a port in Cyprus on Saturday with 400 tons of food and other supplies for Gaza as concerns about hunger in the territory soar. World Central Kitchen said the...
View ArticleAmbassadors lay flowers at site of Moscow concert hall massacre
MOSCOW (AP) — Foreign diplomats in Russia laid flowers Saturday at the site of last week’s attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed 144 people. Those in attendance included ambassadors...
View ArticleExtreme drought in southern Africa leaves millions hungry
MANGWE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Delicately and with intense concentration, Zanyiwe Ncube poured her small share of precious golden cooking oil into a plastic bottle at a food aid distribution site deep in...
View ArticleThousands rally in India's capital as opposition bloc and Prime Minister Modi...
NEW DELHI (AP) — An alliance of India’s opposition parties launched its election campaign with a massive rally Sunday that criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government of stifling opponents...
View ArticleIsraeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is to undergo hernia surgery.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office says the Israeli leader will undergo surgery on Sunday for a hernia. Netanyahu's office said the hernia was discovered during a routine...
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