Vatican blasts gender-affirming surgery, surrogacy and gender theory as...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Monday declared gender-affirming surgery and surrogacy as grave violations of human dignity, putting them on par with abortion and euthanasia as practices that it...
View ArticleOvercrowded ferry sinks off Mozambique's coast, leaving at least 98 dead,...
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A makeshift ferry overcrowded with residents reportedly fleeing a cholera outbreak sank off Mozambique's northern coast, killing at least 98 people including children, local...
View ArticleUN atomic watchdog says the status of Russian-occupied Ukraine nuclear plant...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An explosion caused by an alleged drone attack at Europe’s largest nuclear plant in Ukraine on Tuesday posed no direct threat to its safety but underscored the “extremely serious...
View ArticleTurkey and Israel announce trade barriers on each other as relations...
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey and Israel announced trade barriers on each other Tuesday as relations deteriorated further amid the war in Gaza. Turkey, a staunch critic of Israel’s military actions in...
View ArticleVerdict saying Switzerland violated rights by failing on climate action could...
STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Europe’s highest human rights court ruled Tuesday that countries must better protect their people from the consequences of climate change, siding with a group of older Swiss...
View ArticleThe Latest | Netanyahu vows to carry out Rafah invasion, which US says would...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has escalated his pledge to invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah, saying a date has been set for the ground offensive into the city filled with around 1.4...
View ArticleSouth Korea's president faces a major test in a crucial parliamentary election
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Koreans vote Wednesday in a hotly contested parliamentary election that's largely seen as a referendum on conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol and a possible sign of a...
View ArticleA South African court overturns ban, rules that former leader Jacob Zuma can...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s Electoral Court on Tuesday ruled that former President Jacob Zuma can run for office in the upcoming general election, overturning an earlier decision that had...
View ArticleAustin tells Congress Israel is taking steps to boost aid to Gaza as...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told Congress Tuesday that pressure on Israel to improve humanitarian aid to Gaza appears to be working, but he said more must be done, and it remains...
View ArticleCruelty for clicks: Cambodia is investigating YouTubers' abuse of monkeys at...
SIEM REAP, Cambodia (AP) — A baby monkey struggles and squirms as it tries to escape the man holding it by the neck over a concrete cistern, repeatedly dousing it with water. In another video clip, a...
View ArticleUS lawmakers urge release of Russia critic Kara-Murza on the anniversary of...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of Congress on Tuesday called for the immediate release of Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. as lawmakers marked the second anniversary of his imprisonment,...
View ArticleBiden to meet Japan's PM Kishida over shared concerns about China and...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida begins a much-anticipated visit to Washington on Tuesday aiming to spotlight shared concerns about provocative Chinese military action in the...
View ArticleA fire in a 16-story Hong Kong residential building kills at least 5 people...
HONG KONG (AP) — A fire in a large, mostly residential building in Hong Kong on Wednesday morning killed at least five people and left another 36 injured. Some 250 residents were rescued from the New...
View ArticleChinese President Xi meets former Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou on...
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping met with former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou in Beijing Wednesday in a bid to promote unification between the sides that separated amid civil war in...
View ArticleA major UK report says trans children are being let down by toxic debate and...
LONDON (AP) — Children who question their gender identity are being let down by lack of evidence and a toxic political debate, according to a report Wednesday from a senior doctor in England. Dr....
View ArticleRussia extends deadline for preliminary probe into Kremlin foe Navalny's...
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian authorities have extended the deadline for a preliminary probe into the still unexplained death of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, his ally said...
View ArticleA Russian attack on a Ukrainian village kills a 14-year-old girl and two...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian attack struck a grocery store and a pharmacy in a Ukrainian village close to the border with Russia on Wednesday, killing three people including a 14-year-old girl,...
View ArticleSwitzerland will host a Ukraine peace conference in June and hopes Russia can...
GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland's government said Wednesday it will host a high-level international conference in June to help chart a path toward peace in Ukraine after more than two years of war, and...
View ArticleDesperate young Guatemalans try to reach the US even after horrific deaths of...
COMITANCILLO, Guatemala (AP) — Every night for nearly two years, Glendy Aracely Ramírez has prayed by the altar in her parents’ mud-brick bedroom where, under a large crucifix, is a picture of her...
View Article3 sons and three grandchildren of top Hamas leader are killed in Israeli...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Three sons and three grandchildren of Hamas ' top political leader were killed Wednesday by an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, and the leader accused Israel of acting in...
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