Quantcast
Channel: AP International | Louisiana First News
Browsing all 4585 articles
Browse latest View live

In a Rwandan reconciliation village, collaborative efforts among women give...

BUGESERA, Rwanda (AP) — Anastasie Nyirabashyitsi and Jeanette Mukabyagaju think of each other as dear friends. The women’s friendship was cemented one day in 2007, when Mukabyagaju, going somewhere,...

View Article


Christiania, Copenhagen’s hippie oasis, wants to rebuild without its illegal...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The now-aging hippies who took over a derelict naval base in Copenhagen more than 50 years ago and turned it into a freewheeling community known as Christiania want to boot...

View Article


Israel finds the body of a hostage killed in Gaza, while talks will resume on...

CAIRO (AP) — Israel's military said Saturday it had recovered the body of a 47-year-old farmer who was held hostage in Gaza, while negotiators prepared for another round of talks Sunday on brokering a...

View Article

These Palestinian mothers in Gaza gave birth Oct. 7. Their babies have known...

NUSEIRAT, Gaza Strip (AP) — Rockets streaked through the morning sky in Gaza on Oct. 7 as Amal Al-Taweel hurried to the hospital in the nearby Nuseirat refugee camp, already in labor. After a...

View Article

Security forces kill 2 Papuan rebel leaders in shootout near jointly owned...

JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — Two Papuan separatist leaders were killed in a shootout between security forces and their rebel group near one of the world’s largest gold mines in Indonesia’s restive Papua...

View Article


Kagame blames the world's inaction as Rwanda commemorates the 1994 genocide...

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwandan President Paul Kagame blamed the inaction of the international community for allowing the 1994 genocide to happen as Rwandans on Sunday commemorated 30 years since an...

View Article

Russia declares flood-hit Orenburg region a federal emergency with other...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s government declared the situation in flood-hit areas in the Orenburg region a federal emergency on Sunday, with preparations for possible flooding underway in three other...

View Article

Yellen says US-China relationship on 'more stable footing' but more can be...

BEIJING (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sent a message of mutual cooperation at a meeting Sunday with Chinese Premier Li Qiang, highlighting the improvement in relations since her visit to...

View Article


Drones attack the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, according to plant...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Officials at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant said that the site was attacked Sunday by Ukrainian military drones, including a strike on the dome of the...

View Article


Top UN court will hold hearings in a case accusing Germany of facilitating...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Preliminary hearings open Monday at the United Nations’ top court in a case that seeks an end to German military and other aid to Israel, based on claims that Berlin is...

View Article

International leaders condemn Ecuador after police break into the Mexican...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The global condemnation of Ecuador's government for its decision to break into the Mexican Embassy snowballed Sunday with more presidents and other leaders expressing...

View Article

Israel is pulling some troops from southern Gaza. Now the plan is to clear...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's military announced Sunday it had withdrawn its forces from the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, wrapping up a key phase in its ground offensive against the Hamas militant...

View Article

An espionage scandal rocks Austria, laying bare alleged Russian spying...

VIENNA (AP) — Austria faces its biggest espionage scandal in decades as the arrest of a former intelligence officer brings to light evidence of extensive Russian infiltration, lax official oversight...

View Article


Nicaragua urges top UN court to halt German military aid to Israel because of...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Nicaragua called on the United Nations' top court on Monday to halt German military aid to Israel, arguing that Berlin’s support enables acts of genocide and breaches of...

View Article

What's expected at Japanese PM Kishida's US visit? A major upgrade in defense...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is making an official visit to the United States this week. He will hold a summit with President Joe Biden that's meant to achieve a major upgrading...

View Article


Here's what South Koreans are concerned about as they vote for parliament...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Soaring green onion prices. Striking doctors. A politician’s allegedly sexist jab at a female candidate. These are among the issues animating voters in South Korea as they go...

View Article

Brazil Supreme Court justice orders investigation of Elon Musk over fake news...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A crusading Brazilian Supreme Court justice has included Elon Musk as a target in an ongoing investigation over the dissemination of fake news, and has opened a separate...

View Article


Iran's foreign minister accuses U.S. of giving Israel 'green light' to attack...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Iran's foreign minister Monday accused the United States of giving Israel the “green light” for a strike on its consulate building in Syria that killed seven Iranian military...

View Article

'Panama Papers' trial starts. 27 people charged in the worldwide money...

PANAMA CITY (AP) — The trial of 27 people charged in connection with the worldwide “Panama Papers” money laundering started Monday in a Panamanian criminal court. Those on trial include the owners of...

View Article

The Latest | Netanyahu vows to carry out Rafah invasion, which US says would...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has escalated his pledge to invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah, which is filled with around 1.4 million Palestinians, most of whom are displaced from...

View Article
Browsing all 4585 articles
Browse latest View live