The Latest | Israeli strike kills 3 sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh
An Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, according to Israel's army and the militant group's official media, with Haniyeh accusing Israel of acting in “the spirit...
View ArticleProject to shore up Pompeii yields stunning black banquet hall, with frescoes...
ROME (AP) — Archaeologists excavating new sites in Pompeii have uncovered a sumptuous banquet hall decorated with intricately frescoed mythological characters inspired by the Trojan War, officials...
View ArticleVietnam sentences real estate tycoon Truong My Lan to death in its...
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan was sentenced Thursday to death by a court in Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam in the country's largest financial fraud case ever, state...
View ArticleMali's junta suspends all political activities until further notice
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali's ruling junta has issued a decree suspending all political activities until further notice, saying it needs to preserve public order, a move that follows last year's decision...
View ArticleA mission of mercy, then a fatal strike: How an aid convoy in Gaza became...
DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — It was hours after sundown when the eight aid trucks drove from the makeshift jetty, cobbled together from tons of wreckage left across Gaza by months of war. The...
View ArticlePortuguese Catholic Church announces it will compensate victims of sex abuse
MADRID (AP) — The Portuguese Catholic Church said Thursday it has unanimously agreed to pay some form of compensation to victims of sex abuse by clergy. The country's Bishops Conference said after a...
View ArticleMassive attack destroys one of Ukraine's largest power plants
A massive missile and drone attack destroyed one of Ukraine's largest power plants and damaged others, officials said Thursday, part of a renewed Russian campaign targeting energy infrastructure. The...
View ArticleUkraine's parliament passes a controversial law to boost much-needed...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s parliament passed a controversial law Thursday that will govern how the country calls up new soldiers at a time when it needs to replenish depleted forces who are...
View ArticleAfghanistan's Taliban leaders issued different messages for Eid. Experts say...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Messages by two influential Taliban leaders in Afghanistan this week showed tensions between hardliners and more moderate elements who want to scrap harsher policies and...
View ArticleA journalist. An army sergeant. An 80-year-old patient. Haitian human rights...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A photographer slain in a drive-by shooting. An 80-year-old patient executed in a hospital surgery room. A couple decapitated as they closed their small store for the day....
View ArticleWhat to know about Elon Musk's 'free speech' feud with a Brazilian judge
SAO PAULO (AP) — Headline-grabbbing billionaire Elon Musk is clashing with a Supreme Court justice in Brazil over free speech, far-right accounts and misinformation on X, the social media platform...
View ArticleSudan's war began a year ago. Children are among its most fragile survivors
METCHE CAMP, Chad (AP) — The war in Sudan began a year ago. Here in a remote camp for tens of thousands of people who have fled into neighboring Chad, the anniversary is marked by near starvation....
View ArticlePope will travel to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore in...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis will visit Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea and Singapore in September, the Vatican announced Friday, confirming the longest trip of Francis’ papacy that is...
View ArticleRussian military trainers arrive in Niger as relations deteriorate with the US
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — State television in Niger has broadcast footage of Russian military trainers arriving in the country aboard a plane equipped with military supplies to boost its air defenses amid...
View ArticleBelgium launches probe into suspected Russian interference in upcoming EU...
BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo announced on Friday an investigation into suspected Russian interference in June's Europe-wide elections, saying that his country’s...
View ArticleKremlin says 2022 draft document could serve as starting point for future...
MOSCOW (AP) — A draft peace agreement that Russia and Ukraine negotiated in the early days of the conflict could serve as a starting point for talks to end the fighting, the Kremlin said Friday,...
View ArticleGerman parliament votes to make it easier for people to legally change their...
BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers on Friday approved legislation that will make it easier for transgender, intersex and nonbinary people to change their name and gender in official records. The...
View ArticleAt least a dozen killed and an estimated 15,000 displaced by flooding in Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Heavy rains pounding different parts of Kenya have led to the deaths of at least 13 people and displaced some 15,000 people, the United Nations said, as forecasters warn that...
View ArticleThai foreign minister urges Myanmar's military to avoid violent attack on...
MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) — Thailand’s foreign minister on Friday said he urged Myanmar’s military authorities not to violently respond to its army’s loss of an important border trading town to its...
View ArticleNorth Carolina welcomes a historic visitor in Japan's Prime Minister Kishida
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida cemented economic links and cultural amity with North Carolina on Friday, following up time in Washington during his official U.S. visit by...
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